2019

Unheard: Voices of the Children

SATB choir and audio playback, 5’

Commissioned and performed by the Cantabile Chamber Singers at Social Justice, Church of the Redeemer, Toronto

Generously funded by the Ontario Arts Council

We’re Not Done Drumming

Symphony orchestra, 15’

Commissioned and performed by the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony and Symphony Nova Scotia

Generously funded by the Ontario Arts Council

2018

Music when Soft Voices Die

SATB choir, 3’

Commissioned and performed by the Cantabile Chamber Singers at Lumina, Church of the Redeemer, Toronto

O Lux Beata Trinitas

SATB choir, 3’

Commissioned and performed by the Cantabile Chamber Singers at Lumina, Church of the Redeemer, Toronto

2017

Alone

SATB choir, 4’

Commissioned and performed by the Cantabile Chamber Singers at Music of the People, Church of the Redeemer, Toronto

I Am Not Yours

SSAA choir and baritone solo, 4’

Commissioned for Lynn Janes Retirement Celebration Premiered by Alumni choir at Havergal College, Toronto

Prayer for the Hanukkah Lights

SATB choir, 2’

Commissioned and performed by the Cantabile Chamber Singers at Music of the People, Church of the Redeemer, Toronto

String Quartet No. 2

string quartet, 6’

Premiered by Glenn Gould Professional School Quartet, Mazzoleni Hall, Toronto

Sudden Light

SATB choir and piano improvisation, 4’

Commissioned and performed by the Cantabile Chamber Singers at Choral Collage, Church of the Redeemer, Toronto

Y’Varechecha

SATB choir, violin and piano improvisation, 5’

Commissioned and performed by the Cantabile Chamber Singers at Choral Collage, Church of the Redeemer, Toronto

2016

A Dream Within a Dream

SATB, 3′

Premiered by the Cantabile Chamber Singers at Church of the Redeemer, Toronto

Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep

SATB, 3′

Premiered by the Cantabile Chamber Singers at Church of the Redeemer, Toronto

Scarborough Fair/House of the Rising Sun

SATB choir and violin, 4’

Commissioned and performed by the Cantabile Chamber Singers at All Around the Circle, Church of the Redeemer, Toronto

Shalom Chaverim/Zum Gali Gali

SATB choir and violin, 3’

Commissioned and performed by the Cantabile Chamber Singers at All Around the Circle, Church of the Redeemer, Toronto

2015

Angele Dei

SATB, 4′

Premiered by the Cantabile Chamber Singers at Grace Church on the Hill, Toronto

Dirty Laundry — Heavy Load

DJ and string quartet, 5′

Nominated for 2016 Juno Award — Instrumental Album of the Year

Available on Itunes:

https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/spin-cycle/id988991104

La Jeune Fille

SATB choir, 3′

Premiered by the Cantabile Chamber Singers at Grace Church on the Hill, Toronto

Liberation

SATB choir, violin, cello, 5′

Premiered by the Cantabile Chamber Singers at Grace Church on the Hill, Toronto

The Lake

SATB, 5′

Premiered by the Cantabile Chamber Singers at Grace Church on the Hill, Toronto

Laura joins the Cantabile Chamber Singers improvising on piano as they perform her choral composition “The Lake”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTOKu7vB2vA

2014

A Dream

SA choir, 3’

Et Dodim Kallah

SA choir, violin and cello, 4’

Fire and Ice

SATB choir, 5’

Premiered by the Cantabile Chamber Singers at Juxtapositions, Grace Church on the Hill, Toronto

Hosanna

SATB choir, 3’

Premiered by the Cantabile Chamber Singers at Juxtapositions, Grace Church on the Hill, Toronto

Available through Renforth Music

Relentless

Chamber Orchestra, 11’

Doctoral thesis, University of Toronto

Sanctus

SATB choir, 3’

Premiered by the Cantabile Chamber Singers at Juxtapositions, Grace Church on the Hill, Toronto

Available through Renforth Music

Transcendence

I. Hold On
II. Let Go

String quartet, 11’

Nominated for 2016 Juno Award — Instrumental Album of the Year

Available on Itunes:

https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/spin-cycle/id988991104

2013

Three Songs for Remembrance Day

I. Do Not Stand at my Grave and Weep
II. From Stalingrad
III. Ubi Caritas
TTBB choir, 10’

Premiered and commissioned by the Canadian Men’s Chorus at Honour, Glenn Gould Studio Theatre, Toronto

Available through Renforth Music

Anima Christi

SATB choir, 3’

Premiered by the Cantabile Chamber Singers at Festival 500, Gower Street United Church, St. Johns

Available through Renforth Music , Listen/buy on iTunes

Trance-Formation

Percussion and audio playback, 14’

Premiered by Krystina Marcoux at Theatrum Unicus, Tanna Schulich Hall, Montreal

On a Whim

Piano trio, 5’

Premiered by the Gryphon Trio at Hatzis@60 Concert, Toronto

Available at the Canadian Music Centre

2012

Lux Aeterna

SATB choir and cello, 5’

Premiered by the Cantabile Chamber Singers at Lux, Trinity College Chapel, Toronto

Available through Renforth Music

String Quartet No.1 (in three movements)

String quartet, 18’

Premiered by deVah quartet at Gustav Ciamaga Memorial Concert, Toronto

2011

Up and Down Dubstep

Piano, percussion and audio playback, 9’

Premiered by Beverley Johnston and Pamela Reimer at Rant!: Bradyworks Series, Chapelle Historique du Bon-Pasteur, Montreal

Available at the Canadian Music Centre

The Jealous Husband: Present Day on a Toronto Subway

Soprano, tenor, flute, oboe, clarinet, 2 alto sax., tenor sax., trombone, timpani, piano, accordion, 2 violins, viola, contrabass and audio playback, 5’

Premiered at the New Music Festival, Toronto 2010

Questions by the Innocent

Orchestra, pre-recorded voices and electronic sounds, 12’

To Spring

SATB choir, 7’

Available through Renforth Music

Running Through My Head

Woodwind quintet, 5’

Interference

Clarinet, marimba, cardboard box and audio playback, 8’

Premiered by Peter Stoll and Beverley Johnston at Cadenzas Concert, Toronto

2009

Hammer Funk

Bassoon and audio playback, 4’

Premiered by Nadina Mackie Jackson at Electroacoustic Concert, Toronto

Three Poems by Emily Dickinson

S oprano, woodwind quintet, string quintet and harp, 7’

Premiere conducted by Gary Kulesha at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, Toronto

Heyo Heyo Ha

Four percussionists, 3’

Premiered by TorQ Percussion Quartet at TorQ, Christos Hatzis and Friends Concert, Toronto

Heyo Heyo Ha

Four percussionists, 3’

Premiered by TorQ Percussion Quartet at TorQ, Christos Hatzis and Friends Concert, Toronto

2008

Life’s a…

Violin and audio playback, 5’

Premiered by Lynn Kuo at Electroacoustic Concert, Toronto

2007

Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night

Baritone, clarinet, violin, cello, bass and piano, 6’

2006

Ice Cold Fever

for vibraphone, piano and bass, 5’

Springtime in the Forest

Woodwind quintet, 5’

These Lights

SATB choir, 3’

Premiered by the Cantabile Chamber Singers, Toronto

Remember Me

SSAA choir, 3’

Premiered by the University of Toronto Women’s Chorus conducted by Robert Cooper, Toronto

2004

From a Common Spring

Piano quartet, 3’

Premiered at Soundstreams Young Artist Overture, Glenn Gould Studio Theatre, Toronto

Out of the Nest

Piano trio, 4’

Premiered by the Gryphon Trio at the Ottawa International Chamber Music Festival, Dominion-Chalmers United Church, Ottawa

In Harmony: Four short songs for children’s choir, 8’

Published as part of a musical, performed across Canada and the USA

2003

New Music for Ma’oz Tzur

SATB choir, 3’

Premiered by the Amadeus Choir, Toronto

Innocent

SSA choir, 3’

Premiered by the Renanim Choir at Holocaust Education Week Concert, Toronto 2002

Uv’koah S’gulat Nair

SATB choir and piano, 3’

Premiered by the Amadeus Choir, Toronto Broadcast live on CBC Radio One’s Here and Now Show, performed by Earl Haig Singers

2001

21st Century Hanukkah

SATB choir and piano, 3’

Premiered by the Amadeus Choir, Toronto Broadcast live on CBC Radio One’s Here and Now Show, performed by Forte: the Toronto Men’s Chorus

2000

New Music for Mi Yi Malel

SATB choir and piano, 2’

Premiered by the Amadeus Choir, Toronto Broadcast live on CBC Radio One’s Here and Now Show, performed by the Amadeus Choir

1999

Al Hanissim

SATB choir and piano, 2’

Premiered by the Amadeus Choir, Toronto