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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

Six Pieces for harp ensemble Edward Top

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

Edward Top Wie Hoger Klimt

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

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