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SELECTED WORKS:

SOLOS / ELECTRONICS

The First Place: At the Entrance (2011-2)
solo percussion

@9'
Constellations I-III (2011)
piano & sinewaves

@10'
Interior Landscapes II A (2010)
sinewaves

45'
Interior Landscapes II B (2010)
sinewaves

45'
For Eva Hesse (with CN) (2007)
sinewaves (2-8 channels possible)
(may be performed with a solo flute part)

14'08"
Structures in the Mind's Eye (2005-2006)
solo viola, sinewaves

30' (PDF)
Her Teeth Were White (1999)
solo percussion

4' - 7' (PDF)

DUOS

Ephemeralities: Listening Being(s) (2018+ work in progress)
2 accordions, sinewaves

20'-45' (variable)
A Steadfast Duo (2010/2011 - in progress)
2 violins, sinewaves

45'
This is only here. This is only now. (2010)
2 violins

10' - 11'
3 Strands (2010)
2 violins (with live recording & playback)

15'
Quick Figure (for Marc Sabat) (2010)
2 violins

3'
HC 91 (2010)
2 violins

5'

CHAMBER WORKS

Whorl Whirling Wings (2022)
for six voices & electronics

11' 30"
Oracles I-V (listening spaces) (2019/20)
for 20 instruments (4 woodwinds, 5 brass, 9 strings, 2 percussion)

28'
Memory Spaces (appearances) (2017)
for fourteen stringed instruments

ca. 14'
Flutter (2016-2017)
string quartet

ca. 15'
Mind is Moving... (2015)
2 percussion, 2 pianos, electric piano, sinewaves

ca. 18-24'
During a Lifetime (Veneration, Spectra) (2015)
saxophone quartet (s/a, a, t, b), sinewaves

ca. 18'
Inner Voicings I-III (2014)
2 fls (db. piccs, b fls), 2 cbcls (db. Bb cls), 3 vlns, 2 vlas, 2 vlcs, 1 cb,
1/4 tone acc, sinewaves

ca. 20'
Openings I (2013-4)
fl (afl), bcl (cl), vln, vlc, pc, MIDI kbd, sinewaves

6' 15"
Constellations IV (2013-4)
fl, bcl, vln, vlc, pc, pno, sinewaves

4' 30"
Freehand Poitras (2008)
2 violins, cello

ca. 9'
Wildflowers (2007)
chamber ensemble (11 instruments)

16'
Reservoir (2006)
chamber ensemble (8 instruments), sinewaves

26'20" (PDF)
CILIA TREMBLE (2006)
A series of short works composed for Haus 19

    For Eva Hesse
     sinewaves
15'
    For Agnes Martin
     2 violins, accordion
ca. 3'
    Triptych for AS I-III
     2 violins, accordion, sinewaves
10' (PDF)
    For JT
     2 violins, accordion
3'10" (PDF)
    For TN
     2 violins, accordion
4' (PDF)
    For BN
     sinewaves
5' (PDF)
    For CN
     sinewaves
1'30"
    Acclines
     2 violins, accordion

10' (PDF)
Gradients of Detail (2005-6)
string quartet

21'30" (PDF)   
The Spaces Between Them (2005)
chamber ensemble (7 instruments), sinewaves

34'40" (PDF)
(a)long lines: we'll draw our own lines (2004)
chamber ensemble (7 instruments)

30' (PDF)   
Partial Response (2000)
mezzosoprano, 2 alto saxophone mouthpieces/necks

13'30" (PDF)
instil / in silence (1997)
clarinet, trumpet, piano, percussion, violin, contrabass

1'30" (PDF)
Papyrus Bending (1994)
saxophone quartet

9'50"
Mercator's Projection (1994)
violin, clarinet/bass clarinet, trumpet, percussion

8'

ORCHESTRA / CHAMBER ORCHESTRA

Reservoir (symphonic) (2013)
orchestra & sinewaves

ca. 21'20"
Materia / Immateria (2013)
orchestra & sinewaves

ca. 19'
Heliotrope (2007)
chamber orchestra & sinewaves

11'16" (PDF)   
Wind in the Ceiling (2004-05)
chamber orchestra

5'

WITH TEXT

Narrow Road: Travelling Songs (2000)
mezzosoprano, viola, piano (dbl. melodica),
percussion (dbl. bass melodica)
Based on poems by Canadian writer Gerry Shikatani

12'
    1. buildings/stores
    2. the street
    3. green growth
    4. in air
    5. green moss

Expansion (1998)
male speaking voice, flute (& sop sax), piano
text by Christophe Marchand-Kiss
10'