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Concerto (World Première)

February 13, 2025 - February 14, 2025
Location: Palais Montcalm – Maison de la musique, Québec City
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Kerson Leong, violin + Les Violon de Roy; Nicolas Ellis, conductor

Past

Trajectories, Entanglements, and Intersections (World Première)

November 22, 2024
Location: Basel, Switzerland

Dark Nights, Bright Stars, Vast Universe

November 15, 2024 - November 16, 2024
Location: Jack Singer Concert Hall, Calgary
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Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra; Sarah Ioannides, conductor

Dark Nights, Bright Stars, Vast Universe (U.S. première)

October 28, 2024
Location: Tsai Performance Center, Boston
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Boston University Orchestra; Sarah Ioannides, conductor

This Is the Colour of My Dreams

October 27, 2024
Location: Jack Singer Concert Hall, Calgary
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Beth Root Sandvoss, cello & Calgary Civic Symphony

On Rethinking Heroism in the 21st Century

May 23, 2024 - May 25, 2024
Location: Rennes, France
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Orchestre de Bretagne, Direction musicale: Nicolas Ellis

Curiosity, Genius, and the Search for Petula Clark

May 7, 2024
Location: Carnegie Hall, New York
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Royal Conservatory Orchestra

Curiosity, Genius, and the Search for Petula Clark

May 3, 2024
Location: Koerner Hall, Toronto
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Royal Conservatory Orchestra

Curiosity, Genius, and the Search for Petula Clark

March 8, 2024
Location: Het Concertgebouw, Amsterdam
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Concertgebouw Orchestra

Curiosity, Genius, and the Search for Petula Clark

February 23, 2024 - February 24, 2024
Location: Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto
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Toronto Symphony Orchestra

And So Be Changed to Lighting in the End

January 26, 2024 - January 28, 2024
Location: The Orpheum, 601 Smithe Street, Vancouver
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Vancouver Symphony Orchestra; Nicolas Ellis, Conductor

The Saxophone Music of Kelly-Marie Murphy

December 6, 2023
Location: World Saxophone Congress, Casa Museo Colón, Spain
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Preston Duncan, saxophone presents:Dynamic SequencesThe Unstoppable Fear Machine

Si veriash a la rana

December 2, 2023
Location: Salle Michel-Côté, Alma, QC
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Valerie Milot + Stéphane Tetreault

Dark Nights, Bright Stars, Vast Universe

November 22, 2023 - November 23, 2023
Location: Southam Hall, 1 Elgin Street, Ottawa, Canada
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World Premiere, National Arts Centre Orchestra

Flowers Band, for Brass in Concert

November 18, 2023
Location: Sage Gateshead, UK
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Si veriash a la rana

October 29, 2023
Location: Philippe-Filion du Centre des arts, Shawinigan, QC
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Valerie Milot + Stéphane Tetreault

The Unstoppable Fear Machine

September 14, 2023
Location: Arkansas State University
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US premiere

The Unstoppable Fear Machine

September 14, 2023
Location: University of Regina
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Canadian premiere

Prima-Goodman Fantasy

September 9, 2023 - September 24, 2023
Location: Debut Atlantic Tour, Eastern Canada
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La Fiammata Piano Duo

Into the Darkness They Go, The Wise and the Lovely (National Youth Brass Band )

August 5, 2023
7:00 pm
Location: Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden, England
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National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain Summer Concert “Music from around the World”Guest Conductor: Sarah IoannidesGuest Soloist: Scott Hartmann, trombone

Dance me to your Beauty with a Burning Violin (Festival of the Sound)

August 3, 2023
2:30 pm
Location: Charles W. Stockey Centre for the Performing Arts, Parry Sound
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INSPIRED BY CLARA: Duo Concertante, violin and piano; Cameron Crozman and Rachel Mercer, cello; Angela Park, piano

For Fragile Personalities in Anxious Times (Ottawa Chamberfest)

July 30, 2023
7:00 pm
Location: Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre | 355 Cooper St, Ottawa, ON

Lafayette String Quartet featuring James Campbell

Give Me Phoenix Wings to Fly (Ottawa Chamberfest)

July 27, 2023
7:00 pm
Location: Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre | 355 Cooper St, Ottawa, ON
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Gryphon Trio

Oblique Light (Toronto Summer Music Festival)

July 26, 2023
7:30 pm
Location: Walter Hall, 80 Queens Park, Toronto
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New Orford String Quartet: Jonathan Crow, violin; Andrew Wan, violin; Sharon Wei, viola; Brian Manker, cello 

En El Escuro Es Todo Uno

March 25, 2023
Location: Washington State

Skagit Symphony Orchestra

Light the Night: The Symphony Illustrated/Illumine la nuit: la symphonie illustrée (WORLD PREMIERE)

March 16, 2023
Location: Drummondville

Orchestre Symphonique de Drummondville

Machines, Mannequins, and Monsters

February 9, 2023
Location: Thunder Bay, ON

SHHH!! Ensemble + Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra

In the Time of Our Disbelieving

February 4, 2023 - February 5, 2023
Location: Kamloops,BC

Kamloops Symphony Orchestra

Machines, Mannequins, and Monsters (WORLD PREMIERE)

February 1, 2023
Location: Winnipeg

SHHH!! Ensemble + Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra,
Winnipeg New Music Festival

Mentor for Composers Institute

January 25, 2023 - January 30, 2023
Location: Winnipeg New Music Festival
More info

Dragon, Unfolding

January 21, 2023
Location: Victoria

Victoria Symphony Orchestra

By-By Lullaby (WORLD PREMIERE)

December 4, 2022
Location: Vancouver

Vancouver Bach Choir

En El Escuro Es Todo Uno

November 26, 2022
Location: Regina

Regina Symphony Orchestra with Couloir

En El Escuro Es Todo Uno

October 22, 2022 - October 23, 2022
Location: London

London Sinfonia with Angela Schwarzkopf and Cameron Crozman

For Fragile Personalities in Anxious Time (WORLD PREMIERE)

October 20, 2022 - October 23, 2022
Location: Victoria and Pender Harbour

Lafayette String Quartet

Give Me Phoenix Wings to Fly (Recording Release) – Odeon Trio

October 16, 2022
Location: Berlin

CD: Phoenix

Final Glimpse (Recording Release) – VC2

October 1, 2022
Location: Toronto

CD: I and Thou
Leaf Music Label

Dark Energy (Recording Release) – Andara Quartet

October 1, 2022 - October 31, 2022

Dr. Blue’s Incredible Bone-Shaking Drill Engine (Recording Release) – SHHHH!! Ensemble

September 26, 2022 - September 29, 2022
Location: Ottawa

CD: Meanwhile
Analekta Label

Dr. Blue’s Rapidly Deployable Escape Ladder – 2 pianos (WORLD PREMIERE)

July 23, 2022
Location: Ottawa

Duo Octavian

Oblique Light (string quartet) 

June 24, 2022
Location: Paris
Quatuor Odyssée

Glacial Ablations (oboe + piano) (WORLD PREMIERE)

June 4, 2022
Location: Ottawa
Chip Hamann and Frédérick Lacroix

And the Sun Brought Darkness (trombone + piano) (WORLD PREMIERE)

June 2, 2022
Location: Wolfville, NS
Dale Sorenson

Kelly-Marie Murphy, composer