I was extremely honoured and excited to have been selected to have my orchestral work ‘Monuments’ performed as part of the Orchestra Voices of the Future concert at the Winnipeg New Music Festival. Alongside six other composers, we got to spend a week working with the orchestra, and taking part in classes and masterclasses with mentor composers. It was such an incredibly rewarding week, and I was thrilled with the performance. Take a listen for yourself, below and read the review by ‘I Care If You Listen’ of the concert.
Aviation Island, is a duo created by myself, and fellow Toronto composer, Bekah Simms. Our first and self-titled album is a true labour of love that we created over the past two years, incorporating elements of both folk and pop, and blending our unique musical backgrounds into every song on the album. I hope you enjoy listening to it as much as we enjoyed creating it!
You can listen to, and purchase the album here:
https://aviationisland.bandcamp.com/releases
Choreographer, Ming-Bo Lam and I will be remounting our work: Interplay. In this performance we will be adding electronics/stage microphones, and a second dancer. We call it: Interplay 2.0
Come check it out at the New Blue Dance Festival June 13th-17th at 918 Bathurst! Tickets available here: http://www.newbluedance.com/
I am very honoured to have been chosen to represent the UofT at the Trieste Conservatory, in Trieste, Italy. I will be having my piano trio performed at their week-long composer symposium, and will be working with composers and performers throughout the week. I should hopefully be sharing a recording of my piano trio with you all when I return. Ciao!
I am excited to announce that I have won the 2017 Exultate Chamber Choir Choral Composition Competition for my piece entitled: The Winter Lakes. This piece is and ode to my new home: ‘Ontario’. I seek to capture the exquisite natural beauty of its landscapes, and people in this piece.
Take a listen to it here!
So excited that the film score I was working on for the film, Echoes in the Ice is heading to the Cannes Film Festival, through the Telefilm program: ‘Not Short on Talent’. Thanks to BJ Verot and Brad Crawford for involving me in this intense film!