my compositions

orchestra

  • warmth comes (10’) for symphony orchestra

    perusal score / link to performance available upon request

    premiered by Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra (2024); winner of 2024 CMC Prairie Emerging Composer Prize

solo / duo

  • flailing lights in rabid time (?’) for violin and live-looping ‘American Printing House for the Blind’ cassette machine

    perusal score / premiere in June 2026

    commissioned by Arlan Vriens for ‘Futureproofing’ project (2026)

  • cusp (?’) for cello and piano

    perusal score / premiere in late 2026

    commissioned by Heather Tuach (2026)

  • a new work (18’) for violin and piano

    commissioned by Duo Concertante (2026), in progress

  • one hundred pieces of song (15’) for high voice and piano

    in progress (2026)

  • movements (25’) for solo cello

    in progress (2026)

    in collaboration with Vernon Regehr and Stephanie Barron, with support from ArtsNL

  • ingsongs (25’) for solo piano

    perusal score / excerpt #1 from hammeringsong / excerpt #2 from springingsong / excerpt #3 from beingsong

    five movements, commissioned by Stephen Eckert (2024)

    you can play all movements together, or just perform one or more

  • mothmouth (12’) for solo guitar and 2 prerecorded guitars

    perusal score / audio

    commissioned by Ben Diamond (2022)

    released on ‘into air’ album (2026)

  • singing in circles (15’) for solo cello and 8 prerecorded cellos

    perusal score / audio

    written in 2022, premiered by Heather Tuach (2025)

  • into air (15’) for solo violin and 4 prerecorded violins

    perusal score / audio

    commissioned by Adrian Irvine (2021), first prize winner of 2024 SOCAN Young Composer Award (Chamber)

    I acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts

  • murmurations (12’) for solo piano and 5 prerecorded pianos

    perusal score / audio

    written for Stephen Eckert (2020-21)

    runner-up: Open Ears Festival Emerging Digital Sound Art Competition (2022)

  • steam copy (3’) for solo electric guitar

    perusal score / audio

    written for Andrew Noseworthy (2020)

  • heavy stones (17’) for 2 baritone saxophones

    perusal score / audio

    commissioned by Nicole Strum and Tristan De Borba (2020)

  • breath shapes (5’) for violin and piano

    perusal score

    written for Duo Concertante (2019), later recorded (trio version) by Ensemble Allure for their album ‘Dual’

chamber music ( 3+ players )

  • elegy half erased (15’) for piano trio

    perusal score

    commissioned by Greenwich Trio (2025), upcoming UK premiere

  • some chords for angel island (11’) for string quartet

    perusal score / score video

    commissioned by Astralis Quartet (2025) with the support of Calgary Arts Council

  • mothmouth (12’) for 3 guitars

    commissioned by Ben Diamond (2022)

  • singing in circles (20’) for solo cello and 8-cello choir

    premiered by Heather Tuach

  • barmp (5’) for 3 trumpets

    commissioned by Trio Lyrical (2021)

    made possible with the generous support of the City of St. John’s

  • into air (15’) for 5 violins

    commissioned by Adrian Irvine (2021)

    made possible with the generous support of the Canada Council for the Arts

  • murmurations(13’) for 6 pianos

    Written for Stephen Eckert (2020)

  • different waves(14’) for string quartet

    Commissioned by Tuckamore Music Festival (2016, revised and 3rd movement added in 2020)

  • riverspeak(10’) for piano trio

    Written for Tuckamore Young Composer Program (2019)

  • Sitwell songs(15’) for soprano, string quartet and percussion

    Written for Rachel Fenlon, Friction Quartet and Erin Donovan (2018) and Carolyn Quick with UBC students (2018)

  • 5 bagatelles(10’) for wind quintet

    Written for MUN Wind Quintet (2016)

    (this is one of my first pieces, I’m only leaving it up here because I find it charming)

dance collaborations

  • Winnie the Pooh ballet

    Commissioned by Kittiwake Ballet. For narrator, wind quintet, two percussionists, piano

  • viscera (30’)

    Collaboration with Stephen Eckert and Hilary Knee.

    In progress.

  • to unwind a sea shell (23’)

    Collaboration with Stephen Eckert, Hilary Knee and Giancarlo Delgado Aspiazu.

    I acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for The Arts.

  • fire howl (23’)

    Commissioned by Hilary Knee and Neighbourhood Dance Works (2022). Premiered August 2022 in Corner Brook, NL. Electronic track made in collaboration with the vocalist Bridget Swift.

electroacoustic ( no live players )

  • threnody for rocking chair (38’)

    recording

    released via People Place Records in 2025, available in cassette and digital download

    nominated for ‘2025 classical album of the year’ @ MusicNL

other

arrangements

  • The Righteous reorchestrations

    Full orchestration of The Righteous film score, composed by Andrew Staniland. Composed for Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra (2022/2023)

  • Mummer’s Journey

    Interactive virtual Woody Point video game developed by Gros Morne Summer Music (2021)

  • Reverie

    Short film written and directed by Chelsea Xinyi Chen (2019)

  • 5 Björk Arrangementsfor voice, clarinet, flute, violin, cello, piano and percussion

    Commissioned by Gros Morne Summer Music (2016)

  • 8 The Beatles Arrangementsfor voices, clarinet, flute, violin, cello, piano, percussion and rock band

    Commissioned by Gros Morne Summer Music (2016)

  • Christmas Medleyfor string quartet (4’)

    Commissioned by Gros Morne Summer Music (2021)