COMPOSITIONS AND PERFORMANCES 1995-2005

For solo piano

Perdu Dans Mes Rêves - for solo piano, 1995, 3 min.
-Premiered by the composer, February 1, 1996, (Montreal)

Character Piece No.1 - for solo piano, 1996, 2 min.

Sonata in e-minor - for solo piano – 1996, 3 min.

Ballade in e minor - for solo piano - 1997, 5 min.
- Premiered by the composer, December 15, 1997 (Montreal).

Ballade in e-minor - for solo piano – 1997, 6 min.

Taming the Sun - for solo piano – 1997, 7 min.

Ländler - for solo piano – October 1997, 1 min.

Invention on an Original Theme - for solo piano – December 1998, 2 min.

Aah-Pootee! Overture - for piano - 1998, 5 min .

Fugue in d-minor - for solo piano - 1999, 3 min.

ode 2 M - for solo piano - 2000, 4 min.
- Premiered by Catherine Sauvé, April 10, 2000 (Trois Rivieres).
 Also performed by Deborah Armstrong, 2000 (Montreal)
 and David Dubo, 2002, 2003 (Paris).

Rapidstudy - for piano solo – March 2003, 1 min.

For solo clarinet

Four Short Pieces - for solo clarinet - 1999, 7 min.
- Premiered by Querida Hills, March 9, 1999 (Montreal).

For two instruments 

Variations in f-major - for cello and piano. 1996. 6 min.

Je, Me, Moi - for piano and tape - 1999, 5 min.
- Premiered by Jeremy Thompson, April 26, 1999 (Montreal).

Trans-it … - for piano and cello. Unfinished composition. December 2004, 8 min.


For small ensemble and Chamber orchestra

String Quartet in d-minor - for string quartet 1997?, 6 min.

F.D. - for flute, clarinet, marimba, violin, cello and piano - 1998, 4 min.

Le Caveau des Oubliettes - for clarinette, euphonium, marimba and piano - 2003, 12min. Commissioned by the Quatunord Quartet, Dunkerque. Premiered June 15, 2003 (Paris).

Rhapsody - for chamber orchestra - 2001, 10 min.
- Premiered by the McGill Contemporary Music Ensemble, April 9, 2001.
  Conducted by Denys Bouliane.
- Performed by the Prism Ensemble of Montreal, June 27, 2001 (Montreal).
  Conducted by George Rice.

For full orchestra

Rhapsody - for full orchestra – 2002, 10 min.
- 2222, 2210, 0210, strings
- Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra composition competition finalist, 2002.
  Conducted by Michael Reason

Elevation - for full orchestra - 2003, 11 min.
- 3333, 4431, 1311, strings
- Commissioned by René Bosc of the Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra.
- Recorded for broadcast by the RFPO, July 10, 2003 (Paris).
  Conducted by Kirill Karabits.

For voice, chorus and accompaniment

Ave Maria - for soprano and piano. Premiered by Ardra Shepherd. 1995

Am I only dreaming – for soprano and piano. From Earth Angels. 1995

Calling – for soprano and piano. From Earth Angels. 1995

Where I'd rather be - four parts a cappella. From Earth Angels. 1995

Lamb of God - for soprano, alto and piano. 1996. 3 min.

My Life Closed Twice Before It’s Close - for soprano and piano. (Poem by Emily Dickinson) – 1998, 3 min.

Maranatha - for large chorus, cello, piano and percussion - 2000, 10 min.
- Premiered by the McGill University Chorus, October 31, 2000 (Montreal).
  Conducted by Iwan Edwards.  Performed by the Ottawa Choral Society, June 9, 2002 (Ottawa).  Conducted by Iwan Edwards.

One-act opera

Martin Streda - monodrama for baritone and chamber ensemble - 2003, 30 min.
baritone, flute/piccolo, clarinet/bass clarinet, percussion I, percussion II, string quartet, compact disc performer.
- To be premiered by Columbia Composers New York, November 19, 2005.

Musical Theatre

Earth Angels - Broadway-style musical. Piano and Vocal Score for 10 principal singers and chorus. Book, lyrics and music by Andrew Svoboda. 90 min. 1995. Commissioned by Assumption Secondary School, Burlington, Ontario.  Premiered by Assumption Drama Department, November, 1995.

Aah-Pootee! That’s Snow! – Family musical for eight singers and three musicians. 90 min. 1997 (revised in1999). Commissioned by Cutler Productions, Montreal, Quebec.  Premiered in Montreal by Cutler Productions, July - August, 1998.  Produced in off-Broadway in New York as part of the NYC Family Arts Festival, July - August, 2000.

Music for Film or News

Merlin’s Dreams - ‘Opening title’ and ‘end credits’. Arrangement for 14 instruments. March 2003, 4 min.
Current affairs News Program. Arrangement for 4 instruments. March 2003. 1 min. 

(Updated October 2005)

 

 

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