Ensemble
The Grey Tree, for Chinese ensemble
Resonanties, Six Pieces for two harps/ harp ensemble
Fluster, version for string ensemble
Clairvoyant, for baroque ensemble
Magic, for sinfonietta and child violinists
Riff, for wind ensemble
Pots ’n Pans Falling, for Pierrot ensemble minus singer plus percussion
Silk Execution II, for brass and percussion
AS8 Earthrise, for cello solo and eight flutes
Cartesian Theatre, for large mixed ensemble
Most Beautiful Bird of Paradise, for large ensemble
Red Thirst, for ensemble
Silk Execution, for brass and percussion
Wie Hoger Klimt/ Who Climbs Higher, for whistler and chamber ensemble
God liet toe dat ik lachte/ God Allowed me to Smile, for ensemble
Orange Car Crash Ten Times, for ensemble
Resonanties
Six Pieces for Harp Ensemble
Duration 8’
Year of composition: 2024
Premiere: Joy Yu & Rosanna Chiu, Harp Ensemble Vancouver Academy of Music; Harp Fest, Koerner Hall, November 23, 2024
More information on Six Pieces available here
for chinese chamber orchestra
Duration: c. 15’
Year of composition: 2023
Commissioned by conductor Chih-Sheng Chen and the Little Giant Chinese Chamber Orchestra
Premiere: Little Giant Chinese Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Chih-Sheng Chen, April 7, 2024, at Taipei Zhongshan Hall, Taiwan
More information on The Grey Tree available here
Duration: 3'
Commissioned: Ruysdael String Quartet
Year of composition: 2022 | 2023 (string ensemble)
Premiere: Ruysdaelkwartet, December 11, 2002, Splendor, Amsterdam
Premiere String Ensemble version: UBC Chamber Strings conducted by Eric Wilson; Roy Barnett Hall, University of British Columbia, December 2, 2023
More information on Fluster available here
for baroque ensemble: traverso, vln 1& 2, vla, vcl, hpscd
Duration: c. 8’
Year of composition: 2019
Premiere: Pacific Baroque Orchestra lead by Alexander Weinmann, Video Recorded November 15, 2020, Telus Hall, Chan Centre, University of British Columbia
Broadcast: March 24, 2021, Youtube
Production by Early Music Vancouver and Vancouver Pro Musica
More information on Clairvoyant available here
for sinfonietta ensemble and child violinists
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Duration: c. 15’
Year of composition: 2019
Commissioned by conductor Owen Underhill
Premiere: Cantus Ansambl Zagreb, conducted by Owen Underhill, September 19, 2019, at Lauba Zagreb, Croatia
More information on Magic available here
For wind ensemble, 13 players: 222*[+bcl.]2*[+cbn] 2111
Duration 9’
Year of composition: 2014
Commissioned by the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra during tenure as Composer-in-Residence
Premiere: Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Bramwell Tovey conductor, Orpheum Annex, Vancouver, Canada, 27 April 2014
More information on Riff available here
for six (amplified) instrumentalists and recorded child violinist
Duration: 14’
Year of composition: 2013
Commissioned by Acoustic Panel Vancouver and Standing Wave Ensemble
Premiere: The Cultch Vancouver, 21 April, 2013
More information on Pots 'n Pans available here
for horn, 3 trombones, tuba, 3 percussion players, harp and piano
Duration: 13'
Year of composition: 1999-2013
Premiere of version II: Vancouver Symphony, Gordon Gerrard conductor, Orpheum Annex, Vancouver, Canada, 20 April 2013 (October 1999 version I)
More information on Silk Execution available here
for cello solo and 8 flutes
Duration: 13’
Year of composition: 2012
Commissioned by Red Shift Vancouver and Ensemble Contemporain de Montréal
Premiere: Ensemble de Flûtes Alizé (ECM+) Véronique Lacroix conductor, Salle de concert du Conservatoire, Montréal, Canada,12 February, 2013
More information on AS8 Earthrise available here
for large ensemble
Duration: 14'
Year of composition: 2009
Commissioned by the Birmingham Conservatoire
Premiere: Birmingham Conservatoire, UK 2009
Prize: first prize 2007 New Millennium Composition Competition, UK
More information on Cartesian Theatre available here
for large ensemble
Duration: 10'
Year of composition: 2003
Commissioned by the Schönberg Ensemble
Premiere: Proms in Paradiso, Schönberg Ensemble conducted by Micha Hamel, Paradiso, Amsterdam, November 11, 2003
More information on Most Beautiful available here
for ensemble
Duration: 16'
Year of composition: 2002
Commissioned by Ensemble Domestica Rotterdam
Premiere: Lantaarn/Venster Rotterdam, Netherlands, 2004
More information on Red Thirst available here
for whistler and ensemble trp pf 2vl vla vc
Duration: 8'
Year of composition: 2002
Premiere: Ton Vreeken, whistler; Dordts Kamermuziekensemble; Conrad van Alphen, conductor; Het Hof, Dordrecht, Netherlands; 29 November, 2002
More information on Wie Hoger Klimt available here
for 5 trombones, 3 percussion players, harp and piano (13')
Duration: 13'
Year of composition: 1999
Premiere: Rotterdam Conservatory, Netherlands, October 1999
More information on Silk Execution available here
(God Allowed me to Smile)
for ensemble
Duration: 15'
Year of composition: 1997
Premiere: Hal 4, Rotterdam, Netherlands
More information on God Allowed me available here
for mixed ensemble fl cl-b h trp trb 2perc pf vl
Duration: 7'
Year of composition: 1993
Premiere: Willem Pijper Zaal, Rotterdam Conservatory, 1993
More information on Orange Car Crash available here