Music

Orchestra

  • warmth comes (10’) for symphony orchestra

    Premiered by Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra (2024)

    Winner of 2024 CMC Prairie Emerging Composer Prize.

  •  floating wingless bloated (5’) for symphony orchestra

    Written for Victoria Symphony (2018)

 Solo/Duo

  • in for solo viola and live electronics

    Commissioned by Kate Read (2024).

    in progress

  • to unwind a sea shell (23’) for solo piano and triggered audio

    Performed by Stephen Eckert (2023) and written as part of an experimental dance film. Film coming soon!

    I acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for The Arts.

  •  mothmouth (12’) for solo guitar and 2 prerecorded guitars

    Commissioned by Ben Diamond (2022)

    Full piece coming soon!

  •  crying in the club (7’) for solo multi-percussion and electronics

    Premiered by Bert Power at Sound Symposium (2022)

  •  singing in circles (20’) for solo cello and 8 prerecorded cellos

    Unperformed. Send me an email if you’re down to tackle it! It is awesome.

  •  into air (15’) for solo violin and 4 prerecorded violins

    Commissioned by Adrian Irvine (2021) and premiered at 2021 Tuckamore Festival

    I acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts.

  •  murmurations (12’) for solo piano and 5 prerecorded pianos

    Written for Stephen Eckert (2020)

    Runner-up: Open Ears Festival Emerging Digital Sound Art Competition (2022)

  •  steam copy (3’) for solo electric guitar

    Written for Andrew Noseworthy (2020)

  •  heavy stones (13’) for 2 baritone saxophones

    Commissioned by Nicole Strum and Tristan De Borba (2020)

    Recording coming soon!

  •  no longer wings (7’) for erhu and piano (versions for violin, viola or cello instead of erhu also available)

    Written for Piano Erhu Project (Nicole Ge Li, Corey Hamm) (2020)

  •  breath shapes (5’) for violin and piano

    Written for Duo Concertante (Nancy Dahn, Tim Steeves) (2019)

Chamber Ensemble

  •  untitled project (~12’) for string quartet

    Written for Astralis Quartet (2024).

    in progress

  •  mothmouth (12’) for 3 guitars

    Commissioned by Ben Diamond (2022).

  •  singing in circles (20’) for solo cello and 8-cello choir

    Unperformed! Let’s talk, cellists!

  •  barmp (5’) for 3 trumpets

    Commissioned by Trio Lyrical (2021) and made possible with the generous support of the City of St. John’s.

  •  murmurations (13’) for 6 pianos

    Written for Stephen Eckert (2020)

  •  strain (10’) for viola and 2 percussion

    Written for Triongle Ensemble (Aaron Graham, Julia Chien, Sarah Kwok) (2020) Unperformed! Let’s make it happen!

  •  different waves (14’) for string quartet

    Commissioned by Tuckamore Music Festival (2016, revised and 3rd movement added in 2020)

  •  riverspeak (10’) for piano trio

    Written for Emma Schneidecke, Natalie Finn and Kassey-Anne Demers (2019)

  •  Sitwell songs (15’) for soprano, string quartet and percussion

    Written for Rachel Fenlon, Friction Quartet and Erin Donovan (2018) and Carolyn Quick with UBC students (2018)

  •  5 bagatelles (10’) for wind quintet

    Written for MUN Wind Quintet (2016)

    (this is one of my first pieces, I’m only leaving it up here because I find it charming)

Choral

  •  Luna (5’) for SSAATTBB choir

    Written for MUN Chamber Choir (2016)

Dance Collaborations

  •  to unwind a sea shell (23’)

    Collaboration with Stephen Eckert, Hilary Knee and Giancarlo Delgado Aspiazu. Coming soon!.

    I acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for The Arts.

  •  fire howl (23’)

    Commissioned by Hilary Knee and Neighbourhood Dance Works (2022). Premiering August 2022 in Corner Brook, NL. Electronic track made in collaboration with the vocalist Bridget Swift.

Open Score

  • many mirrors (for Arvo)

    Commissioned by Redshift Music Society (2022). Written for singers playing tuned percussion, but can be substituted for any pitched instrument.

Film and Video Game Scores/Arrangements

  •  The Righteous reorchestrations

    Full orchestration of The Righteous film score, composed by Andrew Staniland. Composed for Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra (2022/2023)

  •  Mummer’s Journey

    Interactive virtual Woody Point video game developed by Gros Morne Summer Music (2021)

  •  Reverie

    Short film written and directed by Chelsea Xinyi Chen (2019)

  •  5 Björk Arrangements for voice, clarinet, flute, violin, cello, piano and percussion

    Commissioned by Gros Morne Summer Music (2016)

  •  8 The Beatles Arrangements for voices, clarinet, flute, violin, cello, piano, percussion and rock band

    Commissioned by Gros Morne Summer Music (2016)

  •  Christmas Medley for string quartet (4’)

    Commissioned by Gros Morne Summer Music (2021)

Other Fun Stuff

  • Woodblocks - TRASH DANCE EP (17’)

    Short, trashy and slightly unhinged EP. The sounds are greasy, the grooves are a little nasty, and everything was run through a tape machine that sounds like it was excavated from your parent’s attic. Ridiculous.