Featured Works

Heal Spell (2022), jazz hymn, 3′ [Spotify] [YouTube]

Future Underground (2022), electroacoustic funk, 9′ [Spotify]

Lviv (2017/2024), chamber jazz, 6′; arrangement of a composition by Lars Danielsson [YouTube]

Adrift (2017/2025), chamber jazz, 6′; arrangement of a composition by Aaron Parks [YouTube]

Music About Music (2019), orchestra + narrator, 5′ [YouTube]

Renderer (2022), percussion + video projection, 16′ [YouTube]

2026

July 26-31: conference presentation with Diane Murray-Charrett and Dr. Johnny Touchette at the 37th ISME World Conference, at the Montréal Convention Centre

July 21-24: conference presentation with Diane Murray-Charrett, Dr. Johnny Touchette, and Traci Fly Luzon at the Community Music Activity ISME Commission Pre-Conference Seminar, at the University of Toronto

February 5: publication of an article titled “How (and Why) Do We Teach Our Students Composition?: Examining Composition Pedagogy in Ontario K-12 Music Classrooms, 2005-2024” in The Recorder, published by the Ontario Music Educators’ Association

2025

August 15: conference presentation with Dr. Leslie Stewart Rose titled “How Play Solves Problems of Practice in Classroom” at the Serious Play Conference, at St. John Fisher University (Rochester, USA)

June 17: performances of five arrangements (works by Aaron Parks) by the Chamber Jazz Consort featuring Aaron Parks at Het Concertgebouw (Amsterdam, NL) [Arranger]

June 16: premieres of five arrangements (works by Aaron Parks) by the Chamber Jazz Consort featuring Aaron Parks at the Musical Instrument Museum (Brussels, BE) [Arranger]

April 13: performances of Future Underground, Heal Spell, Hydra, Perpetual Motion Machine, and To Forever by Edson Ensemble at Šeduvos Kultūros Ir Amatu Centras (Šeduva, LT) [Composer]

April 12: performances of Future Underground, Heal Spell, Hydra, Perpetual Motion Machine, and To Forever by Edson Ensemble at Kauno Valstybinė Filharmonija (Kaunas, LT) [Composer]

April 11: performances of Future Underground, Heal Spell, Hydra, Perpetual Motion Machine, and To Forever by Edson Ensemble at Organum Hall (Vilnius, LT) [Composer]

April 10: performances of Future Underground, Heal Spell, Hydra, Perpetual Motion Machine, and To Forever by Edson Ensemble at the Kėdainiai Multicultural Center (Kėdainiai, LT) [Composer]

April 2: premiere of ENDLESS SCROLL perpetual culture by Esprit Orchestra at Trinity-St. Paul’s United Church as part of the Edge of Your Seat International Festival (Toronto) [Composer]

February 10: performances of two arrangements (George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue and Summertime) by the Chamber Jazz Consort at Full Circle House (Brussels, BE) [Arranger]

2024

December 19: showing of the Angela Blumberg Dance film Portrait 2020 at Arraymusic (Toronto) [Composer, Performer]

November 20: performances of Future Underground, Heal Spell, Hydra, Perpetual Motion Machine, and To Forever by Edson Ensemble at Zuiderkerk (Enkhuizen, NL) [Composer]

November 8: conference presentation with Diane Murray-Charrett and Johnny Touchette titled “Perspectives on Cultural Diversity in Canadian Music Education Journals” at the Ontario Music Educators’ Association Conference, at the Doubletree Hotel London (London, ON)

October 29: performances of Future Underground, Heal Spell, Hydra, Perpetual Motion Machine, and To Forever by Edson Ensemble at Splendor (Amsterdam, NL) [Composer]

October 24: performances of Future Underground, Heal Spell, Hydra, Perpetual Motion Machine, and To Forever by Edson Ensemble at Jazz in de Kamer (Leiden, NL) [Composer]

October 12: performances of Future Underground (premiere), Heal Spell, Hydra, Perpetual Motion Machine, and To Forever by Edson Ensemble at Pand P Podium (Eindhoven, NL) [Composer]

September 21: premieres of two arrangements (George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue and Summertime) by the Chamber Jazz Consort as part of a concert organized by NMF at Antropia (Driebergen, NL) [Arranger]

August 12-14: conference presentation with Garrick Burron and Dr. Leslie Stewart Rose titled “Building a Community of Play in Higher Ed & Beyond” at the Serious Play Conference, at the University of Toronto

July 1: performances of five arrangements (Lars Danielsson’s Lviv, Desert of Catanga, Passacaglia, Nikita’s Dream, and Suffering) by the Chamber Jazz Consort featuring Lars Danielsson at Het Concertgebouw (Amsterdam, NL) [Arranger]

June 30: premieres of five arrangements (Lars Danielsson’s Lviv, Desert of Catanga, Passacaglia, Nikita’s Dream, and Suffering) by the Chamber Jazz Consort featuring Lars Danielsson at Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel (Brussels, BE) [Arranger]

May 1: premiere of A DELICATE APPROACH to human connection by the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra at The Cotton Factory as part of their Intimate & Immersive Series (Hamilton) [Composer]

April 26-27: Din of Shadows presents Museum of Quiet Sounds, once on April 26th and twice on April 27th at The Music Gallery (Toronto) [Artistic Director]

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