Vocal Music
Farewell Songs, countertenor, Baroque and Chinese instruments
D.H. Lawrence Songs: I. Piano, soprano and piano
Family Songs, soprano & chamber orchestra
Songs of an Egyptian Princess, soprano and orchestra
Love Thy Neighbor, a capella opera for four singers SMTB
aliquid stat pro aliquo, four vocalists and electronics
Hammer Cantata, vocal quartet, choir and string trio
The Devil with the Three Golden Hairs, children's choir, narrator, and ensemble
Das Lied der Schwermuth, baritone and string quartet
Paradise Heaven, baritone, choir and ensemble
c.ten.| suona, 2 erhus, sackbut | 1perc.| hpschord | vln., vlc., cb.
Duration: 18’
Year of composition: 2023
Texts: Mèng Hàorán, Mèng Hàorán, and Edward Top, after Mahler
Commissioned by Early Music Vancouver
Financial support: Canada Council for the Arts.
Premiere: Early Music Vancouver Summer Festival, July 2025, Roundhouse, Vancouver
More information on Farewell Songs here
D.H.Lawrence Songs
For soprano and piano
I. Piano
II. in progress
Year of composition: 2023 - ongoing
Text: D.H. Lawrence
For soprano and chamber orchestra
112[b.cl.]1/1000/1perc./hp/str (43221)
text by Martinus Nijhoff, Hanny Michaelis, Edward Top
Duration: 19’
Year of composition: 2013
Commissioned by Vancouver Symphony Orchestra.
Premiere: Robyn Driedger Klassen, Vancouver Symphony, Bramwell Tovey; Orpheum Annex Vancouver, Canada; 23 February, 2014
More information on Family Songs here
for soprano and orchestra: 2[1pic]011/1211/T/2perc/hp/str (43221)
In four movements
text from True Mummy by Tom Cone
Duration: 20’
Year of composition: 2012
Commissioned by Vancouver Symphony Orchestra during tenure as Composer-in-Residence
Premiere: Stephanie Domingues, Vancouver Symphony, Bramwell Tovey; Orpheum Annex Vancouver, Canada; 21 April, 2012
More information on the Songs of an Egyptian Princess here
a cappella opera for four singers SMTB
libretto by Tom Cone
Duration: 10'
Year of composition: 2011
Premiere: Vancouver Art Gallery, Canada, September 27, 2011 (home concert Opera Project at Tom Cone's residence, May 28, 2011)
More information on Love Thy Neighbor here
for vocal quartet and electronic tape
Year of composition: 2008
Duration: 9'
Commissioned by Romain Bischoff and Vocal LAB
Premiere: Gaudeamus Festival Amsterdam, Muziekgebouw aan het IJ, Netherlands, September 2008
Prize: Toonzetters 2008 Competition; Winner category 6 players or less Netherlands
More information on aliquid available here
for vocal quartet, choir and string trio
Text: Friedrich Nietzsche
Duration: 17'
Year of composition: 2006
Score available at donemus.nl
For children's choir, narrator, and ensemble: 0011 0110 1perc 10001
Duration: 14'
Year of composition: 2004
Commissioned by Doelen Ensemble
Premiere: Dutch Music Days, Vredenburg Utrecht, December, 2004
for string quartet and bass-baritone in 11 movements
Text: Friedrich Nietzsche
Duration: 22'
Year of composition: 2002
Commissioned by Doelen String Quartet
Premiere: Martijn Sanders (baritone), Doelen String Quartet, Institut Néerlandais, Paris, March 4, 2004
More information on Lied der Schwermuth available here
Paradise Heaven
Paradise Heaven
for baritone, mixed choir and ensemble
Text: G. Herbert (8')
Duration: 8'
Year of composition: 1996
for soprano, actor, and two ensembles 1111 1110 perc vibr hp pf 2vl vla vc cb
Words: Jorge Luis Borges, Octavio Paz, Amnesty International
Duration: 20'
Year of composition: 1996
Premiere: Ingrid Kapelle (sopr.), Fred van der Hilst (actor), Doelen Ensemble conducted by Lucas Vis; Gaudeamus Festival, Aga Zaal, Beurs van Berlage, Amsterdam, 3 September, 1996
More information on The Overwhelming Blankness available here