I've spent the last decade working as a contemporary music composer, sound artist and producer. The launch of Deflexion and the name, Summers, marks a new chapter for me as an artist, as I branch out in genre from my existing background in contemporary classical music.

Deflexion is:

• An 8-track lo-fi and synth-filled EP that combines dreampop and datawave

• Created using warm analogue synthesizers and vintage drum machines

• Influenced by 1980s-1990s electronic music and the 2010s vaporwave movement

• Inspired by retro game soundtracks like Final Fantasy 8 and Donkey Kong Country

• Comprised of sonic landscapes to listen to while you drive, browse online, vibe through a gaming session, and more!

I've already been working hard on the tracks, and am so excited to share with you all this important new period of my artistic career.

Wondering how it sounds? Listen now to an early (unmixed) sample of a track from the album! I have 7 more tracks just like this one that are already in the late production and early mixing phases.

Your support will help take us beyond the completed mixes and make the full album a reality. Not only will you add this album to your own collection, your support will help fund emerging independent musicians, producers and audio engineers collaborating on this project.

Support the IndieGogo Campaign here!

ROY G BIV uses an ambient light sensor attached to an alto saxophone to measure changes in both colour and light intensity. It then uses these changes to radically alter the saxophone’s sound.

So excited to have teamed up with performer Stef Haynes for this project. Thank you to the CMC for the use of their space for the development of this project.

Check it out!

I’m very excited to have joined the Canadian League of Composers’ board as the Chair of External Advocacy, as well as sitting on the Professional Development Committee.

As chair of Advocacy, my role will be to help advocate for composers across Canada for better pay and fairer working conditions as I work to set rates and interface with royalty organizations.

In my role with professional development, I will help the CLC develop PIVOT and their webinar lecture series.

I’m very happy to announce that I have graduated with my Doctorate of Musical Arts from the University of Toronto. It was a long, and sometimes difficult 5 years as I worked on completing my thesis composition, [STATIC] Desire for amplified chamber ensemble.

Find out more about the thesis composition here.

I’m glad to say that I successfully defended my doctoral thesis at the University of Toronto and passed with no changes required to my thesis composition.

Consider checking out the score to my thesis composition, [STATIC] Desire for Amplified Chamber ensemble.

I was lucky enough to get to travel down to Morelia, Mexico this month to present my piece, iSAD at CMMAS (Centro Mexicano para la Música y las Artes Sonoras) as part of the JTTP prize package.

Morelia was a beautiful city, and I greatly enjoyed my time exploring the city and discovering its culture.