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”
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:
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
2012
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’
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