In the Time of Our Disbelieving

STRING ORCHESTRA minimum 5•4•3•3•1 Duration: 12′ Composed: 2020 Excerpt: Premiere: I Musici de Montréal, Jean-Marie Zeitouni, conductor, November 12, 2020 (Livestream); August 2, 2021, Ottawa.

Rains of Ash and Embers

STRING ORCHESTRAminimum 6•6•4•4•2 plus 2 Harps Duration: ca. 7 minutesComposed: 2019 Programme Note: 2018 has gone on record as the worst fire season in Western Canada.  It broke the record which was set the previous summer, 2017.  Close to 13,000 sq km of British Columbia was burned, and clouds of smoke and ash travelled across Canada affecting air quality and…

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Circadian Rhythms

STRING ORCHESTRAminimum 6•6•4•4•2 Duration: ca. 14 minutesComposed: 1997 Programme Note: Circadian Rhythms was commissioned by CBC Radio Music for the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra’s 1997/98 concert season.  It was written between September 1996 and February 1997.  The title refers to our solar day biorhythms.  This piece is a musical exploration of the sleep-cycle portion of the circadian rhythms, and its three…

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