Pastorale for Flute and Strings
(violins,violas,cellos,double
basses) • 1974• 6'00"
• Première: May 1975, Okanagan
Composers’ Festival, Oyama, B.C.: James
Kennedy, flute; Fred Schipizky. double bass; Argenta String Quartet
(Stacey Boal,Trudean Nichol, Ben Neuman, Antony Mazerew)
•
1976, Oyama, B.C.: David Gordon Duke, conductor; solo flute; Argenta String
Quartet; Dan
Armstrong. double bass
•
1978, Eric Harvie Theatre, Banff Centre: Tom Roiston, conductor; Joanne
Geerling, flute
Four Indian Songs
(soprano, orchestra)•
1985
•
10’OO”
Première: 4 April 1985, Victoria Symphony Orchestra, Discovery Series,
University of Victoria,
B.C.: Glen Fast, conductor; Catherine Lewis, soprano
• 8
May 1994, Sir
James Dunn
Theatre, Daihousie Arts Centre, Halifax: Chebuct
Symphony Orchestra; Christoph Both, conductor; Paula Rockwell, soprano
• 21 July 1978, “Drums of My Father”
from Four Indian Songs, Banff Centre:
Canadian Chamber Orchestra; William Shookoff, conductor, Kristin Sameulson,
soprano
•
(see also Four Indian Songs for soprano and piano)
•
1974
Three Chinese Songs of Autumn
(bass voice, chamber orchestra)
•
1995
•
1O’OO”
Clarion Calls
(for bass clarinet and
string orchestra) Commissioner: Gordon Clements.
•Première:
October 23, 2011, on concert 7 NEW WORKS, Gordon Clements,
bass clarinet;
13 strings of the Victoria Symphony
Orchestra. Conductor: Timothy Vernon.
Alix Goolden Hall.
Wreck We Em: Pour une voiture défunte...
(a cappella women’s choir; 2 alto soloists)
•
1997•
9’OO”
Première: 22 March 2002, Alix Goolden Hall, Victoria, B.C., A History of
Humour
in Çhoral Music: University of Victoria
Chamber Singers~ Bruce More, conductor
•
April 3, 2011, 2:30 pm. at the Philip T. Young Recital hall,
University of Victoria.
Benefit concert for the Japan victims of tsunami. Philomela
Women's Choir; director, Mary Kennedy. Soloist, Catherine
Fern Lewis.
Sonnet: The Song Within
(on a poem by John Gracen Brown) (SATB, piano)
•
2003
•
7’OO”
Our Song
(on a poem: My Mother, the
Parrot. by Janine Rickard)
•
2005
Plachuschy Myesyats,
(Weeping Moon)
for Doukhobor Choir, SSATBB
•2007
•
World premiere: Feb. 15, 2009: SLAVIC MUSIC Choral Concert: VOCES
INTIMAE,
at the St.
Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Church, Victoria, BC 3pm,Tony Booker,
conductor
Ile de Ré
(cello, piano)
•1975
•
5’OO”
•
dedicated to Jean Coulthard
• Première: 21 July 1977. Victoria
Conservatory of Music,
Art
Gallery of
Greater
Victoria, Victoria, B.C.: James Hunter. cello;
Winifred Scott Wood, piano
• Broadcast première: 1978, CBC: Lee Duckles,
cello; Arlie Thompson, piano; Don
Mowatt, producer
• 30 March 1978, Registered Music Teachers’
Association, North Vancouver, B.C.:
Desmond Hoebig, cello;
Arlie Thompson. piano
• 22 May 1978.
Okanagan Festival, Sorrento, B.C.: Desmond Hoebig, cello; Arlie
Thompson, piano
2 August 1978, Roubakine Auditorium, Banff Centre: Desmond Hoebig.
cello;
Gwen Hoebig, piano
• 27 May 1983.
Okanagan Composer's Festival, Kelowna, B.C.: Shauna Rolston,
cello; Isabel Moore piano
• 28 November 1986, Victoria,
B.C., Canada Music Week: Bridget MacRae, cello;
Sarah MacDonald, piano
•
15 June 1992, Community Arts Council Gallery, Vancouver,
B.C., Women in Music:
Andrew Pearce, cello, Terence Dawson, piano
• 30 June 1992, CFRO. Vancouver Public
Radio, Peter Grant, producer: Andrew
Pearce, cello,
Terence Dawson, piano
• 8 April 1993, United Baptist Church,
Wolfville, N.S.: Christoph Both, cello; Rita
Atrott, piano
• 14 November 1993, Vancouver East Cultural
Centre, On Wings of Song,
Masterpiece Chamber Music series
(2 performances): Eugene Osadchy, cello;
Terence Dawson,
piano
• 23 March 1994, Christ Church Cathedral
Discovery Series, Victoria, B.C., Island
Chamber Players: Joyce
Menting, cello; Tony Booker, piano
• 16 February 1994, as above, broadcast on CBC
Radio, “The Arts Tonight”
• 26 February 1994, Bad Homburg, V.D.H.
Evangelische Christus-Kirchen
Gemeinde: Christoph Both, cello; André Terebesi. piano
• 27 February 1994, Grosse Sall des
Bürgerhauses. Neu-Anspach, Germany,
Kulturforum: Christoph Both,
cello; André Terebesi, piano
• 27 February 1994, Evangelische
Dornburchgemeinder, Frankfurt, Germany:
Christoph Both, cello;
André Terebesi, piano
• 21 March 1995, McNulty Recital Hall,
Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario,
Cornwall Concert Series
No. 75: Christoph Both, cello; Heather Morrison, piano
Sonata for Oboe and Organ.
1974
•
9’30”
• Première: 31 May 1985, Christ Church
Cathedral, Victoria, B.C.: Derek Berg, oboe;
Michael Gormley. organ
• 20 September 2001, West Point Gray United
Church, Vancouver, B.C.: Lauris
MacKenzie, oboe; William
Bruneau, organ (revised version)
Reunion
(cello, piano, percussion)
•1997
•
5’OO”
Première: 5 August 1979, Eric Harvie Theatre, Banff
Festival Centre:
Tsuyoshi
Tsutsumi, cello; Ada Bronstein, piano;
Michael Baker and Brian Johnston,
percussion
The Five Elements
(woodwind quintet). l6’30”
Première: 10 July 1987, Victoria International Festival, Philip T. Young
Recital
Hall, University of Victoria, B.C.: Victoria
International Festival Contemporary
Ensemble: Lanny
Pollet, flute; Suzanne LeMieux, oboe; Betty Harbord, clarinet;
Richard Ely, horn; Nancy Hilborn, bassoon
• Broadcast première: 26 November 1989. CFRO
(Co-op Radio Vancouver),
“Women of Note,” Ida Dennekamp. producer:
Victoria International Festival
Contemporary Ensemble:
Lanny Pollet, flute; Suzanne LeMieux, oboe; Betty
Harbord,
clarinet; Richard Ely, horn; Nancy Hilborn. bassoon
• The Avenue Winds: Melanie Keller. flute;
Sarah Rathke, oboe; Steve Sanchez,
clarinet; Charles Moenhke.
bassoon; Erika Wilson, horn; 28 July 2006, San
Francisco
Chamber Wind Festival. Victorian Englander House, 807 Franklin
Street, San Francisco
Varsix Tango
(cello or violin/piano, or solo piano)
•1986
•
3’OO”
• Première, cello/piano version: 28 November
1986, Victoria Conservatory of
Music:Alastair
Money, cello; Kristina Sutor, piano
• Première, piano version: 22 May 1987,
Canadian Composers in Concert, Philip T.
Young Recital Hall,
University of Victoria, B.C.: Toshiko Tampo, piano
• Première, viola/piano version: 1987, Son et
Café, Chanticleer Restaurant
Victoria, B.C., Island Chamber
Players: Stacey Boal, viola; Mary Lou Dawes, piano
• 4 June 1987, Victoria Conservatory of Music,
Young Building, Camosun College:
Toshiko Tampo, piano
• 6 August 1988, Philip T. Young Recital Hall,
University of Victoria, B.C.: Peter
Caton, cello; Toshiko
Tampo, piano
• Broadcast première: 26 November 1989, CFRO,
“Women of Note,” Ina
Dennekamp, producer: Alastair Money,
cello; Kristina Sutor, piano
My
Faithful Dog, On the High Seas, Playing Fair
(teaching pieces for cello, piano)
•1986
• 16 November 2003, My Faithful Dog, On
the High Seas, Langley, B.C.
Contemporary Showcase: students of Ian Hampton
• 28 November 1997, My Faithful Dog, Collage,
Dunbar Heights United Church:
Christopher Ross-Ewart, cello
Vermicelli Trio
(3 cellos or 3 double basses)
•
1987
•
3’OO”
• Première: 2 May 1995, Victoria Performing
Arts Festival. Philip T. Young Recital
Hall, University of
Victoria, B.C., Strings, Class 375, Junior Chamber Ensemble:
Laura Lapp, Lauchlin Burnett, Katherine McCallion, cellos
• Première, double bass version: 26 July 2005.
Victoria Summer Music Festival,
Philip T. Young Recital
Hall, University of Victoria, BASSES LOADED IX: Gary Karr
and 20 international students of Karrkamp
Waltz
(from “Fantasie on a Theme by Jean Couithard”) (piano and string quartet)
•
1987 •
1’30”
• Première: May 1988, Murray Adaskin Prize in
Music Composition Benefit Concert,
Philip T. Young Recital
Hall, University of Victoria, B.C.: Mark Ferris and Paul
Abbott, violins; Isabelle Roland, viola; Karen Pattullo, piano
String Quartet No. 1: Human Time Zones
•
1988
•
15’OO”
• Première (1st movement): 4 June 1990,
Community Arts Council of Greater
Vancouver, Pro Nova String Quartet: Vivian Waters and Sara Pearce, violins;
Hans-Karl Pilz, viola; Peggy Lee. cello
• Première (entire): 22 December 1990. Christ
Church Cathedral, Victoria, B.C.,
Island Chamber Players:
Vivian Tillmans and Ron Comber, violins; Stacey Boal,
viola;
Perry Foster, cello
• 6 May 1995, Sonic Boom Concert, Western
Front Gallery, Vancouver, B.C., Pro
Musica:
Michelle Speller and Daphne Boëda, violins; Davie Rose, viola; Laura
McPheeters, cello
Kuer für Wolfgang: Suite for Brass Sextet, Solo Bassoon, Four Percussion
• 1990
• 6’OO”
• Première: 27 January 1991, Women in View
Festival, Chinese Fire Hall Theatre,
Vancouver, B.C.: electronic tape
Little
Latin Suite
(cello, piano).
1991
•
7’OO”
• Première: 1 March, 2 April 1991, Young
Auditorium, Camosun College, Victoria,
B.C.: Joyce M.
Skaggs, cello; Robert Holliston, piano
• 10 June 1991, “Hear and Now” series, Women
in Music, Community Arts Council
of Greater Vancouver: Joyce
M. Skaggs, cello; Robert Holliston, piano
• 5 December 1993, Début Série pour Jeunes
Artistes, Chapelle historique du Bon-
Pasteur, Montréal:
Annie Gadbois, cello; Sandra Murray, piano
• 1997, Art Gallery of Greater
Victoria, B.C.:
Joyce Menting, cello; Toshiko Tampo,
piano
8 July 1999, Villa Communale di Gazuoldo degli Ippoliti, Gazuoldo, Lombardy.
Italy:
Valdine Ritchie, cello; Lauren Coney, piano
• 14 July 2005, Victoria Piano Summer School,
Philip T. Young Recital Hall,
University of
Victoria: Joyce Eliwood, cello; Susan de Burgh, piano
Rum-ba-ba
(4 violas, double bass)
• 1992
• 4’OO”
Première: 5 August 1992, Vancouver Chamber Music Festival, St. George’s
School, Vancouver, B.C.: Scott St. John, Toby Hoffman, Maria Lambros Kannen
and Carla-Maria Rodrigues, violas; Wilmer Fawcett, double bass
• Broadcast première: 8 August 1992, CBC Radio
“Arts National,” Karen Wilson,
producer; Paul Kennedy,
announcer: Scott St. John, Toby Hoffman, Maria
Lambros
Kannen and Carla-Maria Rodrigues, violas; Wilmer Fawcett, double bass
• 10 September 1992, CBC Radio “Mostly Music,”
Karen Wilson, producer; Ken
Winters, announcer: Scott St.
John. Toby Hoffman. Maria Lambros Kannen and
Carla-Maria
Rodrigues, violas; Wilmer Fawcett, double bass
• 18 July 2003. Casalmaggiore International
Festival, Auditorio Comunale, Santa
Croce, Casalmaggiore,
Italy: Jordan Voelker, Hannah Shaw, Rebecca Huber
(USA) and Alexandra
Voltsi (Greece). viola: Salvador Pedraza (Mexico), double
bass
• 22 July 2003. Casalmaggiore International
Festival, Piazza Garibaldi,
Casalmaggiore, Italy: Jordan
Voelker. Hannah Shaw. Rebecca Huber (USA) and
Alexandra
Voitsi (Greece), viola; Salvador Pedraza (Mexico), double bass
• 13 July 2006: Casalmaggiore International
Festival, Auditorium Santa Croce,
Casalmaggiore, Italy: violists
Chantai Lemire (Canada), Maria Ritzenthaler (USA)
Vanessa Hellinga
(Canada), Aleida Gherels
(Canada/USA); double bass Davide
Bertolini (Italy)
Songs of the Loon
(clarinet, cello)
•
1995
•
13’OO”
• Première (partial): 8 July 1995. Christ
Church Cathedral Summer Recital Series,
Victoria, B.C.:
Patricia Kostek, clarinet; Joyce Menting, cello
• Première (entire): 14 March 1997. Sonic Boom
Festival, Western Front Gallery,
Vancouver, B.C.: Karen
Noel-Bentley, clarinet; Finn Manniche, cello
• 31 January 1998, In Honour of Jean Couithard,
Celebration of Women Composers
series, Knox United Church,
Kerrisdale, Vancouver, B.C.: A.K. Coope, clarinet;
Brian
Mix, cello
• 25 March 2000, Honours Concert, Okanagan
Festival for Composers: Patricia
Kostek. clarinet; Paul
Kiffner, cello (CD)
• 3 June 2001 (partial), “Résonances,” Société
Radio Canada, Guylain Picard,
producer:Patricia
Kostek, clarinet; Paul Kiffner, cello (CD)
• 8 June 2003, New Music North Festival,
Thunder Bay, Ontario, Hilidale Lutheran
Church: Connie
Gitlin, clarinet: Mark Rudoff, cello
• 8 April 2003, “Take Five,” CBC Radio.
Shelley Soames, host: Patricia Kostek,
clarinet; Paul Kiffner, cello
My Grouchy Cat
(cello, piano). 1998
• 3’OO”
• Première: 27 November 1998, Collage
Festival, Dunbar United Church,
Vancouver, B.C.: Christopher Ross-Ewart,
cello
Dragonflies/Libellules
(cello, piano)
•2001
•
1 ‘30”
Sonata for Oboe and Organ
2000
•
revised
•
9’OO”
• Première: 30 September 2001, A Concert for
Canada’ s New Century, West Point
Grey United Church, Vancouver, B.C.: Lauris McKenzie, oboe; William Bruneau,
organ
Mopoongaleli
(harp, marimba) ‘2001
•
6’OO”
•
ms
• Première: 22 November 2001, Masterworks for
Harp, Philip T. Young Recital Hall,
University of Victoria, B.C.: Josh Layne, harp; Robin Layne, marimba
• 2 August 2002, Open air concert, Beacon Hill
Park, Victoria, B.C.: Josh Layne,
harp; Robin Layne, marimba
Tuning to Spirit
(violin and viola or violin and cello) 2005
•
15’OO”
• Première: 14 May 2005. New Music North
Festival, Lakehead University, Thunder
Bay, Ontario: Madonna Douglas, violin; Patrick Horn, viola
Welcoming Waves
(oboe/English horn, cello, harp)
•2004
•
12’OO”
• Première: 12 March 2005. Sonic Boom
Festival, Western Front Gallery,
Vancouver: Erin Marks, oboe/English horn; Finn Manniche. cello; Josh Layne,
harp
Rarescale
(C flute or bass flute/piano or flute/harp)
•
2006
•
5’20”
Première: 31 May 2006, First Unitarian Church, Victoria: Evelyne Deschènes,
C flute; Charlotte Ridgway, piano
• 6 October 2006: Rarescale Concert Series,
The Space, Isle of Dogs, London,
England:Carla Rees, bass flute; Kerry Yong, piano
•
14 January 2007 :From Mozart To Modern, Fairfield United Church, Victoria:
Michelle Cox, flute ; Josh Lane, harp.
•
19 January 2007:Mozart To Modern, St. Paul's United Church, Sidney:
Michelle Cox, flute ; Josh Lane, harp.
•
21 January 2007: Old School House Art Gallery, Qualicum Beach; Michelle Cox,
flute,
Josh Lane, harp.
•
18 March 2007: Sonic Boom Festival, Western Front Gallery, Vancouver: Brenda
Fedoruk, flute; Jane Hayes, piano.
•
Friday, October 3, 8 pm., Rarescale, . This will be a c.d. launch concert of
New Music
North, at Fort William Baptist Church, Thunder Bay, Ontario. Penny Clarke,
alto
flute, ; Derek Oger, piano.
•
July 18, 8pm. 2009, San Francisco Chamber Wind Festival, at
the San Francisco
Conservatory's recital hall. Martha Stoddard, alto flute;
Timothy Zerlang, piano.
•
November 19, 2011, Gordon Head
United Church, Victoria. Canada Music Week
concert, presented by the
BCRMTA, Victoria branch. Diane Berry, alto flute; Josh
Layne, harp.
Song for the Earth for '
cello and piano
•
2006
•
5'
•
World première: February 22, 2008, Wood Recital Hall, Victoria
Conservatory
of Music, Victoria, B.C.: Mark Rudoff, cello; Laura Loewen, piano.
•
23 February 2008, Powell River United Church, Powell River B.C.: Mark Rudoff,
cello;
Laura Loewen, piano. Special guests: The Kengel Trio
• April 11, 2008, Sonic Boom
Festival, The Western Front Gallery, Vancouver.
Stefan Hintersteininger, 'cello; Sarah Bowker, piano
• January 24, 2009:
at the First Baptist Church, Quadra St. Victoria: concert: A
CELEBRATION OF CANADIAN MUSIC : at 2p.m., Song for the Earth; Joyce Ellwood,
'cello,Toshiko Tampo, piano.
• August 4,
2011, at the Morrish home on North Pender Island B.C. .
Repeat concert Wednesday, August 10, 2011 at noon
hour Music and Munch
concert series, All-Saints- by- the -Sea,
Ganges, Saltspring Island. Tyr Jami, 'cello;
Graeme Wilkinson, piano.
Lullaby
rearranged for flute and viola
•
May 29, 2008, Lakehead University's Jean McNulty Recital Hall: Thunder Bay,
Ontario, New Music North Concert, Penny Clarke, flute; Catherine
Jillings, viola.
Silvergreen
(solo piano). 1972
• Première: 19 July 1986.
Margison Tea House, Sooke, B.C.: Toshiko Tampo (2
performances)
Estival
(formerly Ballet Sonatina) (solo piano)
•
1973
•
Première: May 1975, Okanagan Composers’ Festival, Oyama, B.C.: Gail
O’Riordan, piano
•
Broadcast première: 1975. CBC Radio. Don Mowatt, producer: Gail O’Riordan,
piano
•
1985, Shawnigan Lake. B.C.: Gail O’Riordan, piano
• Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba:
Diana Mackintosh, piano
1986, Banff Centre, Alberta: Jon Kimura Parker, piano
• 1982. Canada Music Week, Victoria
Conservatory of Music, Victoria, B.C.:
Winifred Wood piano
•
28 March 1884, Music Building Auditorium, University of British Columbia,
Vancouver, B.C.:Carla Tsang, piano
• 10 December 1998 (2nd movement), “Jean Coulthard as Mentor,” “Women of
Note” series, Philip T. Young Recital Hall. University of Victoria, B.C.:
Toshiko
Tampo, piano
•
November 11, 2009; on Passages Past and Present, Gordon Head United Church,
Victoria, BC
•
Repeat performance: November 29, 2009, at Tom Lee Centre, Langford; B.C.
•
On
Midsummer Concert, Saturday, 8pm, July 16, 2011, at St. Mark's
Lutheran
Church,
1111 O'Farrell St., San Francisco, California. Guest pianist, Charlotte
Ridgway.
• November 19, 2011, Gordon head United Church
, Victoria. Canada Music Week
concert, presented by the
BCRMTA, Victoria branch.
Carmyn Slater, piano soloist. First movement only.
Leprechaun Suite for Guitar
(solo guitar)
•1975
•
8’OO”
• Première: 28 May 1977, Okanagan Composers’
Festival: Alan Rinehart, guitar
• 1977, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria: Alan
Rinehart, guitar
A Breast for Beating
in My Hour of Need (solo cello)•
1976
•
circa 5’OO”
Music for a play
by Otto Löwy about Franz Kafka
Broadcast première: 1975, CBC International Market: Lee Duckles, cello
L’Arc-en-ciel
(harp or piano). 1980
•
2’30”
• Première: 1982, Vancouver Music Festival
Workshop, Langara College,
Vancouver,B.C.:
Elizabeth Ely, harp
• 1981, University of Toronto, Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building,
Toronto,
Ontario:Gianetta Baril, harp
• 21 January 1981. Okanagan Composers’ Festival, Sorrento, B.C.: Jean
Ethridge,
piano
• 1982, Church of Our Lord, Victoria, B.C.: Sylvia Rickard, piano
• 1984, Victoria Conservatory of Music, Victoria, B.C.: M. Lovejoy,
piano
• 31 March 1989, University of Toronto Music Faculty, Toronto, Ontario:
Elizabeth
Ely, harp
• 30 May 1998, Christ Church Cathedral Benefit Concert, Victoria, B.C.:
Mia Otake,
harp
Theme and Variationsfor
Solo Harp. 1982
•
17’OO”
• Première: 14 November 1982, Artists Against
the Seal Hunt, Arts Club Theatre,
Vancouver, B.C.: Kathryn
Ely, harp
• Broadcast premère: 1983. CBC Radio “West
Coast Performance”: Kathryn Ely,
harp
• 10 December 1982. Church of Our Lord,
Victoria Conservatory of Music, Victoria,
B.C.:Kathryn Ely,
harp
• 19 December 1982. Music at the Gallery. Art
Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria,
B.C.: Kathryn Ely,
harp
• 11 April 1990, University of Toronto
Bachelor of Arts degree recital, Toronto,
Ontario: Elizabeth
Ely, harp
Ambystoma
(solo piano). 1981
•
2’OO”
• Première: 19 May 1983. Crofton House School.
Vancouver, B.C.: Sylvia Rickard,
piano
5 Pieces:
Invention, Minuet and
Trio, Polonaise, L’Arc-en-ciel, Study
(solo teaching
pieces for
young pianists)’ 1982
• Published in A Student’s Guide to Musical Form
(Waterloo Music, 1983; U.S.
edition, Music in Many Forms,
published by Kjos Music, San Diego, 1984).
• Minuet and Trio: lO April 2006, Greater Victoria
Festival of the Arts, Victoria:
Austin Hung, piano
•
November 19, 2011, Gordon Head United Church , Victoria. Canada Music Week
concert,
presented by the BCRMTA, Victoria branch. Victor Li, piano soloist.
with
every breath you take...
(solo clarinet)
•
1993
•
13’OO”
• Première: 7 February 1994, Musik Högskolan
vit Göteborgs Unversitet,
Göteborg, Sweden: Patricia Kostek,
clarinet
10 February 1994, Kammermusik Salen, Musikhögskolan, Stockholm, Sweden:
Patricia Kostek, clarinet
• 12 February 1994. Musikhögskolan, Orebro.
Sweden: Patricia Kostek, clarinet
• 13 February 1994. Haga Church, Sweden:
Patricia Kostek, clarinet
• 15 February 1994, Kainmer-Musiksalen,
Kristianstadt, Sweden: Patricia Kostek,
clarinet
• Canadian première: 18 March 1994, An Evening
of Solos and Premières, Open
Space Gallery. Victoria, B.C.:
Patricia Kostek, clarinet
• 21 August 1994, Music at the Gallery, Art
Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria,
B.C.:Patricia Kostek,
clarinet
Nagareboshi/Shooting Stars
(solo piano). 1997
•
18’OO”
• Première: 7 November 1998, Music in the
Morning, Diane Farris Gallery,
Vancouver, B.C.: Toshiko Tampo, piano
• 1O
December 1998, Women of Note series (lectures/music), Philip T. Young
Recital Hall, University of Victoria, B.C.: Toshiko Tampo, piano
• 29 July,
2008: First Baptist Church, Victoria ,B.C: Toshiko Tampo, piano.
• August
30th,
2008: Nagareboshi, Yodobashi Baptist /Church Chapel, Shinjuku,
Tokyo. Piano, Toshiko Tampo
• January
24, 2009: at the First Baptist Church, Quadra St. Victoria: concert: A
CELEBRATION OF CANADIAN MUSIC : at
2p.m., ; Nagareboshi, Toshiko Tampo, piano
solo.
• Feb. 12, 2009; NEW
MUSIC NORTH presents NEW MUSIC for Saxophone,
Piano and Live Electronics: NAGAREBOSHI. Pianist; Derek Oger, 7:30 pm,
Thursday,
St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, Thunder Bay, Ontario
• Feb. 15, 2009, NEW MUSIC
NORTH presents NEW MUSIC for Saxophone,
Piano and Live Electronics: NAGAREBOSHI. Pianist; Derek Oger,at
7:00 pm.
at Gallery 345,Toronto, Ontario
Teco-Teco
• August 5, 2008: World premiere of Teco-Teco, for solo clarinet. Ottawa
Chamber
Music Festival. Rebecca Danard, solo clarinet.
•
Teco-Teco, for solo clarinet; Cris Inguanti, clarinet; SONIC BOOM FESTIVAL,
presented by Vancouver Pro Musica
Society, at 7:30
p.m. 'Thursday, March 19,2009, at the Western Front Gallery, 303 East 8th.
Avenue, Vancouver.
•
November
19, 2011, Gordon Head United Church, Victoria. Canada Music Week concert,
presented by the BCRMTA, Victoria branch. Gord Clements, clarinet soloist.
Four Indian Songs
(text from the Frances Densmore Collection, Shirley Daniels)
(soprano, piano). 1974
Première: 11 August 1975, Shawnigan Lake Summer School of the Arts
(and
Vancouver Women’s Club), Shawnigan Lake, B.C.: Joanne Dorenfeld, soprano;
Gail
O’Riordan, piano
• Broadcast première. Nootka Love Song: April
1975, CBC Radio: Joanne Dorenfeld,
soprano; Gail O’Riordan,
piano
• European première:
22
May 1987,
Canadian Embassy, Budapest, Hungary:
Katherine Ardo,
soprano; Mel Kerby, piano
• 28 May 1977 (two songs). Okanagan Composers’
Festival: Ginette Duplessis,
soprano; Arlie Thompson, piano
• 28 October 1977 (three songs), Victoria
Status of Women Action Group, Elliot
Building, University of
Victoria, B.C.: Anne Bennett, mezzo-soprano; Jean
Ethridge,
piano
• 4 August 1978, Banff Centre, Banff, Alberta:
Kristin Samuelson, soprano; William
Shookoff, piano
• 2
April 1980, Pleiades Theatre.
Calgary, Alberta: Roberta Stevens, soprano; Diane
Cummings,
piano
• June 1982, Church of Our Lord.
Victoria, B.C.: Norma Selwood, soprano; Teresa
Turgeon,
piano
• 19 May 1983, School Alumnae Concert. Crofton
House School, Vancouver, B.C.:
Norma Selwood, soprano;
Sylvia Rickard, piano
• 17 November 1983, Music at the Gallery. Art
Gallery of Greater Victoria, B.C., Ars
Nova Ensemble: Norma
Selwood, mezzo-soprano; Sylvia Rickard, piano
• 17 November 1987. Victoria Conservatory of
Music, Camosun College, Victoria,
B.C.:
Norma Selwood, mezzo-soprano: Sylvia Rickard, piano
• 14 & 21 February 1988, Glenbow Museum,
Calgary, Alberta: Katherine Ardo,
soprano; Mel Kerby, piano
• I April 1989, First United Church.
Victoria. B.C.. Norma Selwood, mezzo-soprano;
Teresa
Turgeon. piano
• 19 June 1989. Hear and Now series, Vancouver
Community Arts council Gallery,
Vancouver.
B.C.. Norma Selwood. mezzo-soprano; Teresa Turgeon, piano
• May 1991, Young Auditorium. Caniosun
College. Victoria, B.C., lst place,20th
Century Music: Kamilla Vaski, mezzo-soprano; Robert Holliston. piano
• 5 May 1992, Young Auditorium, Camosun
College, Frances James Adaskin
Scholarship for 20th Century
Canadian Vocal Music, Ist place: Kamilla Vaski,
mezzo-soprano;
Robert Holliston, piano
• 15 July 1994, Choral Symposium, Lake Ogontz,
Littleton, New Hampshire: Paula
Rockwell, soprano; Paulina
Kocic, piano
• 28 April 1995, Community Concerts of Canada,
Woodlawn United Church,
Dartmouth, N.S.: Paula Rockwell,
soprano; Rita Attrot, piano
•
21 October 1995, Sandstone Studio, St. Aidan’s Church, Gabriola Island,
B.C.:
Barbara Ebbeson, soprano; Alison Nishihara. piano
• 18 November 1995, St. Aidan’s Church,
Nanaimo, B.C.: Barbara Ebbeson,
soprano; Alison Nishihara, piano
•
22 May 1998, Performer’s Choice, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.:
Louise
Leroux, soprano; Holly Duff, piano
•
Performances of individual songs from the cycle on various dates
Three Chinese Songs of Autumn
(bass-baritone/English horn or flute/harp)• 1978
• lO’OO”
• Première: 2 November 1978, “An Autumn Day,”
Victoria Conservatory of Music,
Victoria, B.C.: Stephen Horning, bass-baritone; Joanne Geerling, flute;
Janice
Waite, piano (replacing harp)
• 20 July 1979, “Mooring My Boat at Fen Shui
by Night” (poem by Huang Shu), Banff
Centre, Banff, Alberta: Greg Ryerson, baritone; Joanne Geerling, flute;
Janice
Waite, piano (replacing harp)
•
Première (revised version): 14 February 1986, Christ Church Cathedral,
Victoria,
B.C.: Cal Barber, bass; Richard Volet, flute; Kathryn Ely, harp
• 24 November (concert) and 1 December (recital)
1989, Canada Music Week,
Victoria Conservatory of Music faculty, Young Auditorium, Camosun College,
Victoria, B.C.: Brian Jull. bass; Robert Holliston. piano (arr. by Robert
Holliston)
•
Broadcast première: 26 November 1989, “Women of Note,” CFRO Vancouver, Ima
Dennekamp. producer: Brian Jull bass; Robert Holliston, piano
1 October 1993, Canadian Composers in Concert, Adaskin Scholarship Concert,
University of Victoria, B.C.: Brian Jull, bass; Lanny Pollet, tiute;
Kathryn Ely, harp
Epithalamion
(on the poem by John Donne) (soprano. violin)• 1984
•
20’OO”
• Première: 1984 Aurora Musicale series.
Muriel Richardson Auditorium, Winnipeg
Art Gallery,
Manitoba: Gaelyne Gabora, soprano; Taras Gabora, violin
U.S. première: 28 March 1988, faculty concert, St. Louis Conservatory, St.
Louis,
Missouri: Gaelyne Gabora, soprano; Taras
Gabora, violin
• 20 July 1988, Contemporary Music Series,
Victoria International Festival,
University of Victoria,
B.C.: Gaelyne Gabora, soprano; Taras Gabora, violin
• 13 February 1992, Faculty Chamber Music
Concert, Oberlin College
Conservatory, Oberlin.
Ohio: Gaelyne Gabora, soprano; Taras Gabora, violin
15 July 1999, Oberlin a Casalmaggiore, Auditorio di San Croce,
Casalmaggiore,
Italy:
Jennifer Ashe, soprano; Taras Gabora, violin
Requiem for Judith
(on a poem by Sheilagh Ogilvie) (soprano, mezzo-soprano, piano).
1987. 1 l’OO”
• Première: 4 June 1987, Victoria Conservatory
of Music, Camosun College.
Victoria, B.C.: Catherine Young, soprano; Norma Selwood, mezzo-soprano;
Toshiko Tampo, piano
• 4 May 1990, Canadian Composers in Concert,
Philip T. Young Recital Hall,
University of Victoria, B.C.:
Suzanne Bowen, soprano; Norma Selwood, mezzo-
soprano;
Toshiko Tampo-Hinton, piano
• 20 August 1993, Young Building Auditorium,
Camosun College, Victoria, B.C.:
Hanna Bendtsen, soprano;
Elizabeth Ciceri, mezzo-soprano; Robert Holliston,
piano
•
April 6, 2011, at 8 pm. at the Jean McNulty Hall, Lakehead University,
Thunder
Bay,Ontario, Student contemporary Music Concert. Kayla Soares, soprano;
Sarah
Grant, mezzo soprano; Erik Riekko, piano.
The Mature Student
(on a text by Sylvia Rickard, Norma Selwood and Lanny Pollet) (mezzo
soprano, piano, page turner)
•
1989
•
15’OO”
• Première: 20 March 1989, Philip T. Young
Recital Hall, University of Victoria, B.C.:
Norma Selwood, mezzo-soprano; Teresa Turgeon, piano; Karen Pattulo, page
turner
Char Hawaen (on a text by Mary Graham)
(soprano, clarinet, harp)’ 1983
• 15’OO”
• Première: 17 November 1983, Music at the
Gallery, Art Gallery of Greater
Victoria, B.C., Ars Nova
Ensemble: Norma Selwood, soprano; Lawrence de la
Haye,
clarinet; Kathryn Ely, harp
• 1 March 1988, Tuesday Music, Philip T. Young
Recital Hall, University of Victoria,
B.C.: Norma Selwood,
soprano; Karen Mang, clarinet; Marlis Neumann, harp
• 8 April 1988,
3rd
year graduation recital by Karen Mang, Philip T. Young Recital
Hall, University of Victoria, B.C.: Norma Selwood, soprano; Karen Mang,
clarinet;
Marlis Neumann, harp
• 12 March 1993, “Women and Transformation” new music series, Open Space
Gallery, Victoria. B.C.: Catherine Lewis. soprano; Patricia Kostek,
clarinet;
Kathryn Ely, harp
• 7 November 1998, Music in the Morning, Diane Farris
Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.:
Norma Selwood, mezzo-soprano;
Patricia Kostek, clarinet; Rita Costanzi, harp
Birth, Death and Regeneration
( for tenor, 'cello and piano. Poet:
Rainer Maria Rilke). 1992
•
7’OO”
Love Flowers of Chinese Courtesans
(soprano, harp). 1995
•
l5’OO”
• Première: 18 May 1995. graduation recital,
Young Auditorium, Lansdowne
Campus, Camosun College,
Victoria, B.C.: Nonalee Dong, soprano; Kathryn Ely,
harp
Belle-Mère
(on a poem by Claude Treil) (bass voice, piano)’ 1995
•
9’OO”
•
August 11, 2010, Music and Munch Series, Ganges, Anglican Allsaints
Church-by-the-Sea, Saltspring Island, B.C. Christian Tatonetti, baritone; Graeme
• 5pm,August 18, 2010, at North Pender Island, at the home of Alan Norrish:
Christian Tatonetti, baritone; Graeme Wilkinson,
piano.
• September 24, 2010, Benefit Concert and Art Sale, 7-10pm., at
the
Wood Hall, Victoria Conservatory of Music, 900 Johnson
St. Victoria, BC to benefit
the homeless through Our Place Society. Christian Tatonetti, baritone;
Graeme
Wilkinson, piano.
Brise Marine
•
Dec. 10, 2010 ,7:30. p.m., WORLD PREMIERE of E. Stephane Mallarme's BRISE
MARINE, Concordia Graduate Chamber Ensembles. Oscar Peterson Concert Hall,
Loyola campus, Concordia U., Montreal. Marie Beaulieu, soprano;
Lindsay Roberts,
oboe; Graeme Wilkinson, piano.
photographing you a...
(on a poem by
Daphne Marlatt) (soprano, viola or cello, percussion)
’1996
•
9’OO”
• Première: 2 November 1996, Instruments Meet
Thy Maker, Open Space Gallery,
Victoria, B.C.: Catherine
Lewis, soprano; Christine Prince, viola; Graham
Hargrove,
percussion
• 16 March 2001. Bang. Scrape & Screech,
Spectrum faculty concert series,
Victoria Conservatory of
Music, Alix Goolden Hall, Victoria, B.C.: Catherine Lewis,
soprano; Christine Prince, viola; Jonathan Eng, percussion
Epitaph
(on a poem by Dorothy Parker) (mezzo-soprano, piano)
.
2000’
7’OO”
• Première: 27 May 2000. New Music Festival,
Festival House, Granville Island,
Vancouver, B.C.: Barbara
Ebbeson. mezzo-soprano; Leslie Dala, piano
• 26 August 2000, Gabriola Island, B.C.:
Barbara Ebbeson, mezzo-soprano; Leslie
Dala, piano
The Gardener’s Song
(on a poem by the composer) (mezzo-soprano, guitar or piano)’ 1998’
5’OO”
•
for
Janine Rickard
The Bells of Casalmaggiore
(on a poem by Marie Balistreri) (soprano, violin, viola, cello).
1999 ‘6’00”
• Première: 10 July 1999. Piccolo Auditorio,
Casalmaggiore, Italy: Sarah Gartshore,
soprano; Cristina
Lazaridou, violin; Jacob Adams, viola; Verity Murray, cello
• Canadian première: 10 March 2001,
Performance Works, Sonic Boom Festival,
Granville Island,
Vancouver, B.C.: Bette Cosar, soprano; Mark Ferns, violin; Reg
Quiring, viola; Sue Round, cello
• 13 July 2006: Cassalmaggiore International
Music Festival, Chiesa Santo
Stefano: Amber Wellborn,
soprano (USA); Genia Maslov, violin (Israel); Fiona
Opie,
viola (UK); Jonathan Taylor, cello (Canada)
• July 18, 2008: The Bells of Casalmaggiore,
Auditorio di Santa Croce,
CASALMAGGIORE INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF MUSIC; Casalmaggiore,
Italy.
Erin Bardua, soprano; Mira Benjamin, violin; Magdalina
Nicolescu, viola; Mitzuki
Tanabe, 'cello
Lullaby
(on a poem by Dorothy Parker) (soprano, viola)
•
2000
•
8’OO”
• Première: 12 May 2000, Spectrum 2000 faculty
chamber music series, Alix
Goolden Hall, Victoria
Conservatory of Music. Victoria, B.C.: Catherine Lewis,
soprano; Christine Prince, viola
Buttercup Fields
(on a poem by Lindsay Selwood) (medium voice, piano)
.
2000
•
3’OO”
Canadian Music Centre Millennium commission for young adult voice
• Première: 23 March 2001, Millennium Series
Workshops Final Concert, Wood Hall,
Victoria Conservatory of Music, Victoria, B.C.: Catherine Lewis, soprano;
Heather
Goward, piano
• 22 May 2001, wood Hall, Victoria
Conservatory of Music: Jared Hynnes, tenor;
Heather Goward,
piano
• 2 April 2004, Lakehead University
Contemporary Ensemble: Tammy Wilson,
mezzosoprano; Susan
Oksanen, piano
Answering the Call
(on poems by Lindsay Selwood) (baritone voice, clarinet, guitar)
.
2001
15’OO”
• Première (movements 1, 3 & 5): 14 March
2004, Sonic Boom Festival, Western
Front Gallery,
Vancouver. B.C.: Richard Williams, baritone; Johanna Hauser,
clarinet; Michael Strutt, guitar
Three Poems: “Epitaph” and “Unfortunate Coincidence”
(on poems by Dorothy Parker)
(mezzo-soprano, piano)
.
4’OO”
• Première. “Unfortunate Coincidence”: 28
February 2003, Sonic Boom Festival,
Vancouver Pro Musica.
Scotia Bank Dance Centre, Vancouver, B.C.: Barbara
Ebbeson,
mezzo-soprano; Rachel lwa’asa. piano
• 4 June 2004. New Music North. Art Gallery,
Thunder Bay, Ontario: Patricia Jegou,
mezzo-soprano; Deanna
Oye, piano
Three Cabaret Songs
•
Nov. 13, 2010, THREE
CABARET SONGS; on concert: OPERA AND SONG, at San
Francisco's
Community Center. Elizabeth Henry, soprano; Keisuke Nakagoshi, piano.
•
November 28, 2009, Erato Ensemble, on concert: OF TIME AND TIDE, at St.
Andrew's
Wesley
United Church, Vancouver. Catherine Laub, soprano; Rita Attrot, piano.
•
July 17, 2010, 8th. Annual Contemporary
Music Festival at the San Francisco
Community Center. Elizabeth
Henry, soprano; Keisuke Nakagoshi, piano.
Fletcher’s Challenge: Allegorical opera in pageant form
(on a text by the composer) (bass
soloist, chamber choir, flute, cello, double bass, harmonica, accordion)’
1993
•
90’OO”
• 6 April 1996,
concert performance (final chorus, solos), Garden Works, Open
Space Gallery. Victoria, B.C.:
Catherine Lewis, conductor
Why
Nobody Pets the Lion at the Zoo
(on a poem by John Ciardi)
(2 pianos, narrator). 1986.3’OO”
• Première: 8 March 1986, Newcombe
Auditorium, Victoria, B.C.: David Bulmer and
Frances Perriam, piano; Stacey Boal, narrator
•
27 November 2003, Lakehead University Contemporary Ensemble, McNulty Recital
Hall: Susan Oksanen and Amy Kukkee, piano; Anna McLellan, narrator
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