Four Poems - 1111/2000/timp/hp/strings - commissioned and premiered by Symphony New Brunswick - inspired by the work of New Brunswick poet Charles G. D. Roberts - listen to mvt.1; listen to mvt.2; listen to mvt.3; listen to mvt.4; purchase or rent score/parts

Three Autumn Scenes - 2222/4231/timp/strings - premiered by the Prince George Symphony - listen to mvt.1; listen to mvt.2; listen to mvt.3; purchase or rent score/parts

Studies in Solitude - 2222/2220/1perc/strings - commissioned and premiered by the Ottawa Chamber Orchestra - listen to mvt.1; listen to mvt.2; listen to mvt.3

Canoe Legends - 2222/4331/timp+2perc/hp/strings - commissioned and premiered by the Peterborough Symphony in celebration of the orchestra's 50th anniversary - this project was a collaboration with Peterborough-based Indigenous vocal/percussion ensemble Unity - thank you to the SOCAN Foundation and the Ontario Arts Council for the funding to make this project possible - listen to excerpt 1; listen to excerpt 2; listen to excerpt 3

Concerto for Piano Duet and Orchestra - piano 4 hands + 2222/4231/timp+1perc/strings - premiered by pianists Catherine Donkin and Amélie Langlois with the Ottawa Chamber Orchestra - listen to excerpt 1; listen to excerpt 2; listen to excerpt 3

Hopewell Cape - 2222/2200/timp/strings - jointly commissioned and premiered by the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and Symphony New Brunswick in celebration of Canada's sesquicentennial year - listen; purchase or rent score/parts

Fantasia on Coventry Carol - 2222/4231/timp+1perc/strings - premiered by the Colorado Youth Orchestra - listen; score available soon

A Matter of Spirit - SS(S)AA(A) chorus with short solos + 2222/4231/timp/strings - commissioned and premiered by Hypatia's Voice Women's Choir of Ottawa and the Parkdale Orchestra on the Centenary of the Armistice (November 2018) - a 10-mvt work for women's choir and orchestra with text taken from the writings of three Canadian women during the First World War - made possible by funding from the City of Ottawa - listen to excerpt1; listen to excerpt2; listen to excerpt3

Udo, Shalom - SATB (or SA) chorus + 2222/4231/timp/strings - commissioned and premiered by OrKidstra (an Ottawa-based social development program) on the occasion of their 10th anniversary - this piece is part of a larger project consisting of new pieces for choir and/or orchestra by seven Canadian composers - made possible by funding from the Canada Council for the Arts - listen; score available soon

Dies Natalis - lyric coloratura soprano with SATB chorus and strings - commissioned and premiered by Thirteen Strings of Ottawa - listen; purchase score/parts

Magnificat(mezzo-soprano solo with 10 treble parts) - listen; purchase score

In Flanders Fields(unaccompanied SATB or TTBB) - listen; purchase score

In Paradisum(unaccompanied SSAATTBB) - listen; purchase score

The Dawn is Not Distant(SSAA with piano) - listen; purchase score

Rainstorm(SSAA with piano and optional percussion) - listen; purchase score

Sorrow into Song(SATB with piano) - listen; purchase score

Pieces of Flame(six pieces for SSAA with string quartet) - listen to piece 5

This Fragile Web(SATB with violin and piano) - listen; purchase score

Four Choral Critters(SATB with piano) - listen to The First Two (The Duck and The Panther); listen to The Other Two (The Guppy and The Llama); OR listen to this great video of The First Two; purchase The First Two; purchase The Other Two

Autumn Colours in the Canal(SSAA with piano) - listen; purchase score

Candles(unaccompanied SSAATTBB with short solos) - listen; score available soon

Aurora(SSAATTBB with viola) - listen; score available soon

Sirkel(SSSAAA) - listen

La Lune Blanche(SATB with handbells and piano) - listen; score available soon

Following the Moonroad(six pieces for SSAATTBB with cello) - listen to excerpt; listen to all

He Calls(SSAA with soprano solo) - listen

careful careful(SATB with marimba and harp) - listen

A Better Time Will Come(SSAATTBB with solos) - listen

Bagatelle(fl, hn, pno) - listen; purchase score

Mappa Mundi(4 gtrs, vc) - listen to piece 1; listen to piece 2; listen to piece 3; listen to piece 4

Moonlight in Canada(solo gtr) - listen

Distracted by the Stones on the Path(2 gtrs) - listen; purchase score

Three Cummings Settings (high voice and piano) - purchase score

Three Short Stories(2 gtrs, vln) - listen to piece 1; listen to piece 2; listen to piece 3; purchase score

Preludes for Harp - listen to Prelude 1; purchase Prelude 1; listen to Prelude 2; purchase Prelude 2; listen to Prelude 3; purchase Prelude 3

Theme and Variations for Guitar and Piano - listen

Flute Trio(fl, vc, pno) - listen to mvt.1; listen to mvt.2; listen to mvt.3; listen to mvt.4; purchase score

Piano Trio(vln, vc, pno) - listen to mvt.1; listen to mvt.2; listen to mvt.4; purchase score

Palindromes: please see the “my fascination with retrograde” section

Descending Major Second - solo - listen on YouTube; listen on SoundCloud; purchase score

Ascending Minor Third (Wind and Sand) - solo - listen; purchase score

Ascending Perfect Fourth - solo - listen on YouTube - purchase score

Ascending Tritone - solo - listen on YouTube; listen on SoundCloud; purchase score

Descending Minor Sixth -solo - listen on YouTube - purchase

Ascending Major Sixth - solo - listen on YouTube; listen on SoundCloud; purchase score

Ascending Major Seventh (Showing Off) - solo - listen on YouTube; listen on SoundCloud; purchase score

The Sea of Tranquility(4 hands) - listen; purchase score

The Bay of Rainbows (4 hands) - listen; purchase score

Cats & Patterns(4 hands) - six pieces inspired by the work of British artist and illustrator Louis Wain - listen to Cat 1; purchase Cat 1; listen to Cat 2; purchase Cat 2; listen to Cat 3; purchase Cat 3; listen to Cat 4; purchase Cat 4; listen to Cat 5; purchase Cat 5; listen to Cat 6; purchase Cat 6

How Beautiful is the Rain!(8 hands) - listen; purchase score

Palindrome in F minor (a strict palindrome for solo piano, i.e. exactly the same forwards and backwards) - listen on Youtube; listen on SoundCloud; purchase score

Palindrome in D minor (a strict palindrome for solo piano, i.e. exactly the same forwards and backwards) - listen on YouTube; listen on SoundCloud; purchase score

Palindrome in A minor (a strict palindrome for solo piano, i.e. exactly the same forwards and backwards) - listen on YouTube; listen on SoundCloud; purchase score

Aeolian Mirror (a retrograde inverse canon for piano 4 hands: if you play one player’s part upside down and backwards, it’s the same as the other player’s part) - listen; purchase

Crab Canon (an inverse canon or canon cancrizans: one line of music that is heard forwards and backwards simultaneously) - listen; purchase score

The first palindrome I ever composed (a strict palindrome) - listen