TAYLOR BROOK

505 West 148th Street, Apt. 4A, New York, NY 10031 USA mobile: 347-559-3314 email: [email protected] website: www.taylorbrookmusic.com

Taylor Brook is a composer based in New York. He writes music for the concert stage, electronic music, music for robotic instruments, as well as music for video, theater, and dance. Described as “gripping” and “engrossing” by , Brook’s compositions have been performed around the world by ensembles and soloists such as the Nouvel Ensemble Moderne, Quatuor Bozzini, JACK Quartet, Mivos Quartet, Talea Ensemble, Ensemble Ascolta, and others. He has won numerous SOCAN Young Composers awards, including two first-place prizes and the grand prize in 2016 for Song, for solo cello. Brook studied composition with in , Luc Brewaeys in Brussels, and George Lewis and Georg Haas in New York. In 2008, he studied Hindustani music and performance with Pandit Debashish Bhattacharya in Kolkata. His music is often concerned with finely tuned microtonal sonorities, combining his interest in exploring the perceptual qualities of sound with a unique sense of beauty and form. Brook holds a master’s degree in music composition from McGill University. He currently lives in New York, where he recently completed a DMA in music composition at May 2018, with Fred Lerdahl. Brook is currently on faculty at Columbia University as a Core Lecturer. Brook is the technical director of TAK ensemble.

Education______

Columbia University, New York, NY D.M.A. Composition, awarded May 2018 studied with: George Lewis, Richard Carrick, Georg Frederic Haas, Fred Lerdahl Thesis Piece: Lush, for large ensemble and electronics Thesis Paper: Synergy of Form, Rhythm, and Orchestration in three microtonal Compositions Advisor: Prof. Fred Lerdahl Honors: Charles Miller Award

Private Instruction, Brussels, Belgium Individual composition study with Luc Brewaeys, January 2010–August 2011

McGill University, Schulich School of Music, Montreal, QC M.Mus. Composition, awarded November 2010 Thesis Title: Mitya: Concerto for Clarinet B.Mus. Honours in Music Composition – Guitar, awarded May 2007 Honors: Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition, Electroacoustic Music Prize

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Teaching Experience______Columbia University, New York, NY Masterpieces of Western Music, Instructor, Undergrad Level, Fall/Spring/Summer 2017–2018 • Delivered lectures and led discussions in class • Organized several in-class live performances to provide the students with direct experience of the music we were studying and discussing • Organized a class outing to the Metropolitan Opera • Met with students during office hours to assist them with their learning or to provide more challenging material to those with a higher level of musical experience • Designed and graded assignments, quizzes, midterm, and final exam

Undergraduate Composition, Teaching Assistant to Prof. Georg Haas, Spring 2017 • Collaborated with professors on giving feedback to students on their compositions • Provided one-on-one lessons with undergraduate composition students • Prepared and delivered lectures on contemporary music analysis and composition • Organized end-of-term concert, including booking venue, rehearsals, coordinating with the ensemble, arranging for the concert recording, and managing concert promotion

Interactive Sound and Video, Teaching Assistant to Terrence Pender, Fall 2016 • Led three classes on programming in Max/MSP and Jitter • Met with students during office hours to help them with their projects and assignments • Assisted in grading and student evaluation • Assisted in the overall upkeep and organization of the computer music center and studios.

Columbia University Orchestra, Assistant Conductor to Jeffrey Milarsky, Fall/Spring 2013–2015 • Evaluated student auditions • Facilitated communication between the Conductor, Librarian, and orchestra members • Created seating and staging charts for orchestra rehearsals and performances • Conducted the orchestra in rehearsal and concert, leading performances of the Brahms Violin Concerto and the Overture to the Magic Flute • Advised on repertoire and rehearsal structure • Wrote program notes and formatted program for concerts • Maintained the orchestra website

Music Humanities, Teaching Assistant, Fall/Spring 2012–2013 • Observed and taught several lectures over two semesters with two different professors • Participated in class discussions • Assisted with grading • Met with students during regular office hours

McGill University, Schulich School of Music, Montreal Twentieth Century Music Analysis, Teaching Assistant to Prof. Christoph Neidhofer, Spring 2010 • Observed and taught several lectures over two semesters with two different professors • Led classes on analysis of twentieth century music • Aided with grading

Modal Counterpoint I, Teaching Assistant, Fall 2009 and Spring 2008 • Led two sections of fifteen students each week • Graded counterpoint assignments

Tonal Harmony I, Teaching Assistant, Spring 2009 • Led two sections of fifteen students each week • Graded Harmony assignments

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Teaching Interests______Composition; Microtonality; Music Production; Sound Design; MAX, Sound Recording; Electronic Music; Digital Audio Processing; Computer Music; Computer Music Improvisation; Interactive Sound and Video; Game Audio, Procedural Audio, Twentieth Century Analysis; Music Theatre and Dramaturgy; Music and Politics; Orchestration; Contemporary Orchestration; Extended Techniques; Improvisation; Arts Incubator Class; Contemporary Composition for Beginners (Non-Composition Majors); Composition and Transcription; Music and Theater; American Experimentalism; Inter-Arts Collaboration

Research Interests______Historical Tunings; Microtonality; Harry Partch; Just Intonation; Sound Arts; Canadian Contemporary Music; Chamber Music of Brian Cherney; Sound Art and Installation; Music and Theater Collaboration; Interdisciplinary Projects; Computer Music; Procedural Audio

Residencies______

Beyond Microtonal Music Festival, Pittsburgh, January 2018 ECM Générations 2016, Canadian Tour, Banff, October 2016 Mise-en Festival, New York, June 2015 Vancouver New Music, Vancouver, March 2015 NU:NORD Contemporary Music Festival, Montreal, August 2014 Gaudeamus composition competition finalist, Utrecht, September 2013 Dian Red Kechil International Young Composers Forum, Singapore, May 2013 MATA New Music Festival, New York, April 2013 NU:NORD Contemporary Music Festival, Oslo, August 2014 ArtSpring residency with Quatuor Bozzini, Salt Spring Island, BC, August 2012 NU:NORD Contemporary Music Festival, Oslo, August 2012 Cluster New Music and Integrated Arts Festival, Winnipeg, March 2012 Banff Centre via Gruppo Montebello (Henk Guittart, director), October 2011 Nouvel Ensemble Moderne Young Composers FORUM, November 2010

Awards and Prizes______John J. Cali String Quartet Composition Competition honorable mention, 2018 Il Suono Academy Call for Scores winner, 2017 Charles Miller Award for the creation of a new ambitious composition from Columbia University, 2016 Juried Award for Tirant Lo Blanc from ECM+ Générations tour, 2016 Weinzweig Grand Prize for the solo cello work Song, SOCAN Young Composers, 2016 Pierre Mercure Prize for the solo cello work Song, SOCAN Young Composers, 2016 Prize First Place for the chamber piece Amalgam, SOCAN Young Composers, 2016 Pierre Mercure Prize for the solo guitar work Sui Generis, SOCAN Young Composers, 2014 Jules Léger Prize for best chamber composition in , honorable mention for “El jardin de senderos que se bifurcan”, 2013 MIVOS/Kantor Prize for string quartet: “El jardin de senderos que se bifurcan”, 2013

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CAC Robert Fleming Prize for the best personal musical project of Spring, 2013 Serge Garant Prize for the string quartet “El jardin de senderos que se bifurcan”, SOCAN, 2013 Jules Léger Prize, for best chamber composition in Canada, honorable mention for Against the Morning, 2012 Winner of APNM call for scores 2013 with solo violin piece Vocalise Finalist in the American Composers Forum string quartet competition, 2012 Second Prize and Prix Public, Nouvel Ensemble Moderne Young Composers FORUM, 2010 Serge Garant Prize for the chamber piece Kolkata Predawn, SOCAN Young Composers, 2010 Pierre Mercure Award for the solo violin piece Vocalise, SOCAN Young Composers, 2010 Lee Ettelson Composer’s Award from Composers, Inc., for solo violin piece Vocalise, 2010 Coup de Coeur award from Le Nouvel Ensemble Moderne for Kandinsky’s Palette, 2009 Pierre Mercure Prize for solo piano piece It’s not dark yet, but it’s getting there, SOCAN, 2009

Grants Awarded______Canada Council for the Arts Research to Creation Grant for Virtutes Occultae, November 2017 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Connections grant for two-day symposium at McGill University: Illuminations: Brian Cherney at 75, co-authored with Prof. Aiyun Huang (University of Toronto), February 2017 New Music USA Impact Fund (three-year funding) for TAK Ensemble general budget, co- authored with Marina Kifferstein, March 2016 Canada Council for the Arts Commission Grant for Tirant Lo Blanc: Concerto for Flute for Ensemble Contemporaine de Montreal, 2015 Canada Council for the Arts Commission Grant for Ptolemy’s Dillemna for string orchestra for the University of Leeds, UK, 2015 New Music USA Project Grant toward Mivos Quartet recording of “El jardin de senderos que se bifurcan”, June 2015 Canada Council for the Arts Grants to Professional Musicians to compose and collaborate with Quatuor Bozzini and Nathalie Bujold in Montreal, 2014 Canada Council for the Arts Commission Grant for Sui Generis for guitar and electronics for guitarist Kobe Van Cauwenberghe (Belgium), 2014 Canada Council for the Arts Travel Grant for residency at NU:NORD festival in Oslo, 2014 Canada Council for the Arts Travel Grant for residency at Artspring, Salt Spring Island, BC, 2012 Canada Council for the Arts Grants to Professional Musicians to study composition and orchestration with Luc Brewaeys in Brussels Belgium for eight months, 2010 Canada Council for the Arts Travel Grant to attend premiere of new work in Vancouver, 2010 Canada Council for the Arts Commission Grant for Gamaka for NU:BC Trio, 2010 Canada Council for the Arts Travel Grant to attend performance of Vocalise in Vancouver, 2009 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) of Canada, Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarships Program Master’s Scholarship awarded for Master’s Thesis at McGill University, June 2008

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Published Recordings______CD: Gruppo Montebello; Henk Guittart. Fall 2018. Canadian Composers. Et’cetera: KTC9006 Studio recording of Against the Morning CD: Joshua Modney. Fall 2018. Title Pending. New Focus Records. Studio recording of Vocalise CD: Loadbang. May 25, 2018. Old Fires Catch Old Building. New Focus Records. Studio recording of Ouaricon Songs, Vol. 2 CD: Virtutes Occultae. March 2018. Ouaricon Editions. A 90-minute album of the electroacoustic work Virtutes Occultae for six microtonally tuned physically modeled pianos CD: Architek Percussion. May 18, 2018. The Privacy of Domestic Life. Centrediscs. Studio recording of Incantation. CD: Olivia DePrato. March 2, 2018. Streya, New Focus Records. Studio recording of Wane CD: TAK Ensemble. 2016. Ecstatic Music: TAK Plays Brook. New Focus Records, fcr169. Portrait CD featuring studio recording of four chamber compositions: Ecstatic Music, Five Weather Reports, Idolum, and Amalgam CD: Mivos Quartet. 2016. The Garden of Diverging Paths. New Focus Records, fcr171. Studio recording of “El jardin de senderos que se bifurcan” CD: Kobe Van Cauwenberghe. 2015. Give My Regards to 116th Street. Carrier Records. Studio recording of Sui Generis Digital Release: Possible Worlds, vol. 3. 2014. Spectrasonics Records. SpectT 32. Recording of Coil CD: Bozzini Quartet. 2012. À chacun sa miniature. Collection Bozzini, CQB 1113. Studio recording of Florescences

Publications______** all scores published by the Canadian Music Centre (see list of works section) ** Brook, Taylor. “Ascending Music: Meaning and Expression in the Chamber Music of Brian Cherney” Intersections: Canadian Journal of Music 37: 2 (Fall 2018, peer reviewed). ——. “Synergy of Form, Rhythm, and Orchestration in three microtonal Compositions.” DMA thesis. Columbia University, 2018. Brook, Taylor; Di Castri, Zosha; and Matthew Ricketts. Illuminations: The Music of Brian Cherney. Waterloo, ON: Wilfred Laurrier Press, 2019 (forthcoming). Brook, Taylor. “Insider Look: Taylor Brook” from the Talea Ensemble Blog, 2016 http://taleaensemble.org/insider-look-taylor-brook/ ——. “Neoclassicism in Lutoslawski’s Double Concerto” from Lutoslawski: Music and Legacy. Edited by Stanislaw Latek and Maha Trockimczyk. Montreal: Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences in Canada; Cracow: Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2014, pages 169–77. ——. “Mitya: Concerto for Clarinet.” Master’s thesis. McGill University, Schulich School of Music, 2010.

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Presentations______University of Pittsburgh, PA Presentation on the influence of Harry Partch on my music as part of the Microtonal Music Festival, January 12, 2018

McGill University, Montreal, QC Paper “Ascending Music: Meaning and Expression in the Chamber Music of Brian Cherney” presented at Illuminations: Brian Cherney at 75 symposium, October 28, 2017

Columbia University, New York, NY Guest lecture on composition and orchestration in the Undergraduate Composition Class with Prof. , October 9, 2017

Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC Presentation on Tirant Lo Blanc, a concerto for flute, for the composition class, October 25, 2016

Banff Center, Banff, AB Lecture-demonstration on Tirant Lo Blanc with the Ensemble Contemporaine de Montreal, October 20, 2016; seven additional pre-concert lecture-demonstrations for the Generations Tour 2016 (Edmonton, AB, Victoria, BC, Vancouver, BC, Toronto, ON, Guelph, ON, Montreal, QC, and City, QC.

Conservatoire de musique de Québec, Quebec City, QC Lecture on my music for the composition seminar and students of Prof. Yannick Plamondon (delivered in French) on November 3, 2016

McGill University, Montreal, QC Presentation for the McGill Association of Student Performers (MASC) on the analysis of microtonal compositions by Georg Haas, Harry Partch, and myself, October 16, 2016

Orpheum Annex, Vancouver, BC Roundtable artist chat with members of the JACK quartet in connection with a performance of “El jardin de sendereros que se bifurcan”, March 14, 2015

Harvard University, Cambridge, MA Paper “Learning from Artaud and the Possibility of a Neo-Avantgarde” delivered at the Summer Composition Institute at Harvard University 2014

Artspring, Salt Spring Island, BC Lecture-demonstration with Quatuor Bozzini and Nathalie Bujold regarding the mixed media composition, Musique de chambre (noire), August 4, 2012

University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba Presentation of my music for the composition seminar, March, 2012.

Salisbury University, Salisbury, MD Presentation of compositional work in connection to a performance of In Terra Nullius for solo guitar by Dr. Danielle Cumming, March 2, 2009.

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Publications About My Music______Sénécal, Pierre-luc. “ECM+ Génération 2016 : quatre compositeurs, quatre sons” from Circuits : Réflexions sur le métier de compositeur 27:1. Les Presses de l’Université de Montréal, 2017

Gavett, Jeffrey. Liner notes for Ecstatic Music: TAK Plays Brook. New Focus Records, fcr169, 2016

Bruney, Gabrielle. “A Mind for Numbers, an Ear for Detail, and an Eye for Everything Else.” Arts Culture Beat, Columbia University Journalism, December 5, 2014

Gavett, Jeffrey. “JI Composers: Taylor Brook” from the Ekmeles Blog, November 2013 http://ekmeles.com/wp/2013/11/ji-composers-taylor-brook/

Yoho, Scott. “Finale National Composition Contest Finalist: Taylor Brook” from the Finale Makemusic Blog, August 15, 2012

Article and Reviews______Delarue. “A Strikingly Accessible, Dynamic Solo Album from Mivos Quartet Violinist Olivia De Prato” from the New York Music Daily. https://newyorkmusicdaily.wordpress.com/2018/03/07/odp/

Shatan, Jeremy. “Record Roundup: Electro-Acoustic Explorations” from An Earful.

Tremblay, Dave. “Taylor Brook – Virtutes Occultae” from Can This Be Called Music. http://canthisevenbecalledmusic.com/taylor-brook-virtutes-occultae/

Madonna, Zoë. “TAK Ensemble Conjures Magical Realism in Taylor Brook’s Ecstatic Music,” from wqxr Q2 music, September 5, 2016.

Q2 Music, Featured Album. Armbrust, Doyle. “Mivos Quartet’s Full Course Garden of Diverging Paths,” from wqxr Q2 music, June 13, 2016

Andrews, Charlie. “SOCAN Foundation Reveals the 24 Young Composers and Young Audio Visual Award Winners” from Socan Foundation, August 4, 2016.

Oestreich, James R. “A Great Symphony, and Then Two More Takes on It: JACK Quartet and Argento Riff on Mahler’s Ninth” from the New York Times, September 16, 2014.

“Talea Ensemble’s ‘Magellan Modern’ at Roulette” from wqxr Q2 music, April 20, 2013.

Curation and Concert Organization______TAK Ensemble, programming and technical direction (2014–present), New York McGill University: co-organizer for Illuminations: Brian Cherney at 75, a two-day symposium of concerts and lectures, October 2017. Firehouse Contemporary Music Series (2015): co-curator with Laura Cocks, New York Columbia Composers (2012–2014), New York Montreal Improvised Music Series (2008–2010), Montreal

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Software and Coding Experience______Notation software: Makemusic Finale, Sibelius, BACH DAW software: Protools, Logic, Presonus Studio One, Cubase Coding/Scripting: HTML, CSS, Python, max/MSP, Jitter, Arduino, Unreal Engine Blueprints Synths and Samplers: Kontakt, Omnisphere, various commercial VST synths IRCAM suite: SPAT, Audiosculpt, CatArt Sound integration in the Unreal and Unity engines Various mixing and mastering plugin suites (Waves, Fabfilter, Altiverb, etc.) Various productivity software (office suite, google drive, dropbox, etc.)

Music Production______Knowledge of microphone type and techniques Experience with software and hardware mixing and mastering Experience recording live concerts and studio sessions Experience with music composition and production for film, online video, and games Experience with Arduino-based electronics and robotics Experience running live electronics and sound diffusion in concert

Notable Performances______September 29, 2018 - Quatuor Molinari and Sara Laimon will premiere Idioms for Piano quintet, Pollack Hall, Montreal. June 12, 2018 - Olivia De Prato premieres Wane for solo violin with four violins, conducted by the composer, Miller Theater, NYC. June 4, 2018 - Da Capo Chamber Players perform Amalgam at Merkin Concert Hall, Carnegie Hall. April 13 2018, - Cube, for International Contemporary Ensemble to be performed at the Abrons Art Center, NYC February 10, 2018 - TAK ensemble and Architek Percussion perform Pulse - New York, Benzaquin Hall, Dimenna Center January 11, 2018 - Loadbang and the Pittsburgh Symphony perform Tarantism, a concerto grosso for ensemble and string orchestra at the Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh December 5, 2017 - Argento Ensemble premieres a new version of Arrythmia at Saint Peter's Church Lexington, New York November 28, 2017 - Miranda Cuckson performs Vocalise with members of the New York Philharmonic at the MATA festival Gala Honoring Alan Gilbert, India House, New York November 2017 - Loadbang touring with Ouaricon Song, Vol. 2, with performances in Iceland and the UK October 22, 2017 - Shawn Mativetsky performs Coil for percussion and electronics at the New Music Festival, Festival Hall, Calgary, AB October 11–21, 2017 (8 performances) - TAK Ensemble and Tele-Violet Theater perform the Taylor Brook Curriculum Vitae 8

opera/theater piece The Power of Emotion at Abrons Arts Center, New York October 8, 2017 - Performance of Stagger by Dejana Sekulić, violin, and Solomiya Moroz, diffusion, at Lviv Philharmonic, Ukraine October 8, 2017 - Sean Mativetsky performs Coil for percussion and electronics at the International Pharos Contemporary Music Festival at The Shoe Factory, Nicosia, Cyprus November 26, 2017 - TAK Ensemble and Architek Percussion premiere new work at La Sala Rosa, Montreal April 28, 2017 - Premiere of Ptolemy’s Dilemma for string orchestra at University of Leeds, UK April 20, 2017 - New Thread Sax Quartet premiere Flux Candrix at the DiMenna Center, New York April 6, 2017 - TAK Ensemble perform Ecstatic Music at , New Orleans April 5, 2017 - Manhattan School of Music percussion ensemble premiere Rust for percussion octet March 25, 2017 - JACK Quartet premiere Drifts at the DiMenna Center, New York 2016 - Loadbang premieres and tours Ouaricon Songs, Vol. 2, in the U.S. and China October 2016 - Canadian tour of Tirant Lo Blanc for flute and ensemble with ECM+ and Marie- Hélène Breault, soloist October 14, 2016 – Talea Ensemble premieres Exploded Views for chamber ensemble at the Italian Academy, New York, NY April 26, 2016 – Portrait concert of my work with performances of Faith in Numbers, Incantation, Vocalise, and Ecstatic Music by Mira Benjamin and Architek Percussion at La Sala Rosa, Montreal, QC March 14, 2015 - JACK Quartet perform “El jardin de senderos que se bifurcan,” presented by Vancouver New Music at the Orpheum Annex, Vancouver October 29 and 30, 2015 - Quatuor Bozzini perform Musique de Chambre (Noire), a concert- length piece for video (Nathalie Bujold), string quartet, and electronics, at the Akousma Festival, La Cinémathèque québécoise, Montreal 2014–2015 - Mivos Quartet tours with “El jardin de senderos que se bifurcan” in France, Germany (), China, U.S., Brazil, and Mexico August 2014 - Tre Voci cello trio performs Hallucigenia in Oslo and in connection with the NU:NORD Festival of Contemporary Music April 13, 2014 - Either/Or premieres Covers for chamber orchestra at the DiMenna Center, New York, NY April 19, 2013 - MATA Festival presents Talea Ensemble performing Against the Morning for chamber orchestra at Roulette, Brooklyn, NY September 14, 2012 – JACK Quartet perform Arrythmia at the DiMenna Center, Carey Hall, New York, NY February 2012 - Solomiya Moroz, Krysta Martins, and Kieth Kierchof premiere Stranger Dance at the Cluster Festival for the Integrated Arts, 2012, Winnipeg, Manitoba February 2012 - Electric Noise Duo premiere Érotisme Sacré at the Cluster Festival for the

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Integrated Arts, 2012, Winnipeg, Manitoba October 2011 - Gruppo Montebello premiere Against the Morning for chamber orchestra at the Banff Centre, Banff, AB March 27, 2011 – Rachel Iwaasa performs It’s Not Dark Yet But It’s Getting There at the Sonic Boom Festival, Vancouver February 5, 2011 - Le Nouvel Ensemble Moderne premiere Les Trains ou vont les choses for chamber orchestra and video, Salle Pierre Mercure, Montreal

Film and Media Scoring

Listen, Matthew Guarnaccia, Dir., 2018 (short film)

• Delivered four original cues combining sampler and live recorded instruments • Mixed and mastered the cues in-house.

In Passing, Bittnarie Shin, Dir., 2017 (short film)

• Delivered six original cues. • Mixed and mastered at the Dimenna Center, NYC. • Recorded using live instruments, supported by the 2017 ASCAP film scoring workshop at Columbia University.

The Heart of a Dancer, John Wayne Bosley, dir., 2016 (feature film)

• Delivered several cues. • Mixed and mastered the cues in-house.

Heartmob Kickstarter Video, 2016 (online video)

• Delivered original score for the launch of Heartmob.

Chill Pool, 2018 (mobile game)

• Delivered original electronic music for game soundtrack.

Highlands Trek, 2018 (video game)

• Delivered original orchestral game soundtrack.

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Taylor Brook, List of Works

Large Ensemble / Orchestra

Tirant Lo Blanc 15’ concerto for flute and ensemble premiered at the Banff Centre; toured to ten cities in Canada with the Ensemble Contemporaine de Montreal and Marie-Hélène Breault, flute solo, 2017

Ptolemy’s Dilemma 8’ string orchestra (studies in just intonation performance) premiered at Leeds University, UK, 2017

Lush 15’ for 11 players premiered by Wet Ink ensemble, New York, 2016

Tarantism 12’ soloist ensemble of baritone, bass clarinet, and trumpet with string orchestra premiered by Loadbang and the String Orchestra of Brooklyn at Roulette, Brooklyn, on March 23, 2016

Seconds 10’ orchestra (2-2-2-2 / 4-2-2-1 / 2 timp. / bass drum / piano / harp / strings) read by the Toronto Symphony Orchestra at Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto, on February 2, 2015

Covers 13’ oboe, clarinet, baritone saxophone, bassoon, horn, trumpet, bass trombone, tuba, violin, viola, cello, 2 bass premiered by Either/Or at the DiMenna Center, New York, on April 13, 2014

Against the Morning 14’ solo harmonium with flute, clarinet, oboe, bassoon, piano, 2 violins, viola, cello, and bass commissioned by the Banff Centre, for Henk Guittart and Gruppo Montebello premiered and recorded in Banff, October 2011 second performance by Talea Ensemble at the MATA Festival, New York, 2013

Upshift 10’ large orchestra (3-3-3-3 / 4-3-3-1 / timp / 2 perc / harp / strings)

Les trains où vont les choses 8’30” chamber ensemble of 15 players with video 1(picc)-1-2(b,cl) - 1/1-1-1/perc./pno./2-1-1-1 premiered by and the Nouvel Ensemble Moderne, Salle Claude Champagne, Montreal, on November 25, 2010, as part of the Young Composers FORUM 2010; second performance at Palais Montcalm, Quebec City, February 5, 2011

Mitya: Concerto for Clarinet 18’ solo B-flat clarinet with chamber orchestra of 18 players 1(picc)-1-1- 1/ ten sax - bar sax/1-1-1-1/2 perc./hrp./2-1-1-1/MIDI keyboard premiered by Mark Bradley (soloist) with and the Contemporary Music Ensemble of McGill Unversity on April 14, 2010

Murder Ballad 19’30” chamber ensemble of 15 players

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1(picc)-1 (E.hrn.)-2(b.cl) - 1/1-1-1/perc./pno./2-1-1-1 for the Nouvel Ensemble Moderne in connection with Domaine Forget New Music 2009 premiered by Lorraine Vaillancourt and the Nouvel Ensemble Moderne at Domaine Forget, Saint Irénée, Quebec, on August 21, 2009; second performance on October 7, 2009 by Lorraine Vaillancourt and the Nouvel Ensemble Moderne, Salle Claude Champagne, Montreal

Motorman 12’ chamber ensemble of 13 players woodwind quintet, brass quintet, 2 percussion, piano premiered by Alain Cazes with the Schulich School of Music wind ensemble, 2010 Musimars International Music Festival, March 5, 2010

Kolkata Predawn 11’ chamber ensemble of 12 players 1*(picc)-1(E.hrn.)-1(b,cl)/Hrn./perc./pno./2-1-1-1 for Orchestre de la Francophonie Canadienne, National Arts Centre Young Composers Program premiered by Jean-Philippe Tremblay and the Orchestre de la Francophonie Canadienne in Southam Hall at the National Arts Centre, Ottawa, on June 25, 2008

Kandinsky’s Palette 12’ chamber ensemble of 15 players 1*(picc)-1 (E.hrn.)-1(b,cl) - 1 (cntrbsn.)/1-1-1./perc./pno./2-1-1-1 premiered by Lorraine Vaillancourt and the Nouvel Ensemble Moderne at Domaine Forget, Saint Irénée, Quebec, on August 18, 2007

Small Ensemble

Idioms 10’ piano and string quartet premiere September 29, 2018 by Quatuor Molinari and Sara Laimon will premiere Idioms for Piano quintet, Pollack Hall, Montreal.

Cube 13’ tenor sax, trumpet, trombone, and contrabass with electronics premiered April 13, 2018 by the International Contemporary Ensemble at the Abrons Arts Center Underground Theater, New York

Pulses 13’ solo percussion, violin, flute, clarinet, soprano, and percussion quartet premiered November 25, 2017 by TAK ensemble and Architek Percussion, La Sala Rosa, Montreal; US premiere on February 10, 2018, at the Dimenna Center, New York

Flux Candrix 14’ sax quartet premiered by New Thread Quartet on April 20, 2017

Exploded Views 15’ clarinet, horn, percussion, string quintet premiered by Talea Ensemble on October 14, 2016

Rust 11’ percussion octet premiered by the Manhattan School of Music Percussion ensemble on April 5, 2017

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Drifts 12’ string quartet premiered by JACK quartet on March 25, 2017

Amalgam 10’ solo female voice with flute, clarinet, violin, and percussion for TAK Ensemble recorded by TAK Ensemble in November 2015

Ouaricon Songs Vol. 2 14’ for baritone, bass clarinet, trumpet, and trombone toured by Loadbang throughout the US, Europe, and China since 2015 studio recording to be released Winter 2018

Ouaricon Songs Vol. 1 10’ baritone and string quartet premiered Summer 2014 in Santa Fe; second performance by Jeffrey Gavett and Mivos quartet in Fall 2014 at Issue Project Room, New York

Musique de Chambre (Noire) 60’ string quartet, electronics, and video (by Nathalie Bujold) premiered by Quatuor Bozzini at the Akousma Festival, Montreal

Five Weather Reports 18’ solo female voice with flute, clarinet, violin, percussion, and electronics for TAK Ensemble premiered by TAK Ensemble, May 2014 second performance at shapeshifter lab by TAK ensemble, Fall 2014 recorded by TAK Ensemble, November 2015

Hallucigenia 10’ 3 Celli for Tre Vocci (London/Oslo) commissioned by NU:NORD festival and Tre Vocci, premiered at King’s Place, London, January 2014; second performance in Oslo on August 14, 2014

El jardin de senderos que se bifurcan 24’ string quartet premiered by JACK quartet at the DiMenna Center, New York, on March 12, 2014 toured extensively by Jack quartet and Mivos Quartet studio recording by Mivos Quartet released on New Focus Records

Breaking Out 7’30” string quartet with tape for Quatuor Bozzini commissioned by the Canada Council for the Arts premiered by Quatuor Bozzini at Artspring, Salt Spring, BC, on August 6, 2012

Arrhythmia 10’ string quartet for the JACK quartet commissioned by the American Composers Forum premiered by the JACK quartet at the DiMenna Center, New York, on September 12, 2012

Stranger Dance 7’30” trio for bass clarinet, flute and prepared piano original version: trio for baritone saxophone, flute and prepared piano for the Acanthes Festival 2011, Metz, France

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premiered by Vincent Leterme, Jean-Pierre Pinet and Pierre Stéphane Meugé , Metz, France, on July 13, 2011

Gamaka 13’00” trio for cello, flute and piano for the NU:BC ensemble premiere and second performance by the NU:BC in Vancouver, September 2011

Florescences 3’ miniature for string quartet premiered by Quatour Bozzini in April 2011, Montreal recorded and published on Collection Bozzini, September 2011

Passacaglia Fanstasia 5’ miniature for baroque ensemble for the Aradia Ensemble premiered by the Aradia Ensemble, Glenn Gould Studio, CBC Toronto, on February 5, 2011

Images in Homage 13’ flute, clarinet, horn, percussion, piano, violin, viola, cello and contrabass for the Aventa Ensemble premiered by the Aventa Ensemble, AvantGard Festival, Munich, July 2010

Faith in Numbers: violin concerto 26’ solo violin with percussion quartet for Mira Benjamin (violin) premiered by Mira Benjamin with Parker Bert, Eric Derr, Ben Duinker and Sandra Joseph, in Pollack Hall, Montreal, on May 14, 2010

String Quartet 15’ 2 violins, viola, and cello for Quatuor Bozzini Composers Kitchen 2009 premiered by Quatuor Bozzini, on May 3, 2009

Last Night of the Earth Songs 12’ flute, clarinet, harp, violin, viola, and cello. premiered by the Contemporary Music Ensemble of McGill University in Tanna Schulich Hall, Montreal, on February 15, 2007

Vocal / Opera

The Power of Emotion 60’ soprano, 2 female actor/singers, flute, clarinet, percussion, and violin music theater/opera project in collaboration with Tele-Violet theater company premiered January 11, 2014, LaMama Theater, New York; presented by the Public Theater at Abrons Arts Center, New York, October 11–21, 2017

Motorman Sextet 25’ vocal sextet premiered by ekmeles on Novemeber 15, 2013 at the DiMenna Center, New York; second performance at , 2014; third performance in Syracuse, 2016; fourth performance in New York, 2016

Five Weather Reports (solo version) 10’ Mezzo with live electronics, commissioned by Sarah Kirsch premiered by Charlotte Mundy at Prentis Hall, New York, on December 10, 2012

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Motorman Fragments 12’ SATBar with clarinet, percussion, guitar, and cello, commissioned by Columbia Composers premiered by Ekmeles at Roulette, Brooklyn, on March 4, 2012

Knowledge Believes Memory 3’ soprano solo commissioned by Soundstreams Young Composers Overture Program premiered by Jessica Wise at Glenn Gould Studio, CBC Toronto, on March 1, 2007

Solos / Duets

Axon 10’ duo for contrabass and alto flute premiere Winter 2018 by Jeunesses Musicales, Montreal

Alluvium 10’ solo oboe d’amore and fixed media premiere in Portland, followed by numerous performance in Canada and the US by Catherine Lee

Wane 12’ solo violin with four pre-recorded violins recorded by Olivia DePrato (Mivos), recording to be released January 2018

Sui Generis 9’ steel-string guitar and electronics commissioned by Kobe Van Cauwenberghe and Carrier records premiered June 2014 in Brussels recorded for release on Carrier records in April 2014

Coil 6’ tabla and electronics, commissioned by Shawn Mativetsky premiered Spring 2017 in Ottawa; econd and third performances in Cyprus and Calgary, 2017

Ecstatic Music 7’ violin and percussion commissioned by NU:NORD festival, Montreal premiered at Sala Rosa, Montreal, on July 7, 2012; performances by TAK Ensemble across US

Five Stages 13’ percussion solo (with vocalizations and optional offstage brass) commissioned by Ben Duinker and Eric Derr

Vocalise 9’ violin solo with drone, commissioned by Mira Benjamin premiered by Mira Benjamin at the Casalmaggiore International Festival, Italy, on July 18, 2009 subsequent performances in the US, Norway, Canada, and England by Miranda Cuckson, Joshua Modney (ICE), Ari Streisfeld, Brian Krinke, Yoshioka Ari, and others

It’s not dark yet, but it’s getting there 10’ piano solo premiered by Fernando Y Campos in Tanna Schulich Hall, Montreal, on April 2, 2009; May 28,

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2009 performance in Pollack Hall, Montreal; third performance by Rachel Ishikawa at the Sonic Boom Festival, Vancouver, March 25, 2011

In Terra Nullius 13’ guitar solo commissioned by Danielle Cumming premiered by Danielle Cumming in Salisbury, Maryland, on March 2, 2009; second performance March 2010 in Hamilton, Ontario

Compositions with Electronics

Cube 13’ tenor sax, trumpet, trombone, and contrabass with electronics premiered April 13, 2018 by the International Contemporary Ensemble at the Abrons Arts Center Underground Theater, New York

Virtutes Occultae 90’ for six physically modeled pianos completed Fall 2017, digital release

Wane 12’ see Solos and Duets

Alluvium 10’ see Solos and Duets

Sui Generis 9’ see Solos and Duets

Five Weather Reports 18’ see small ensemble

Coil 6’ see Solos and Duets

Mitya 18’ see Large Ensemble / Orchestra

L’érotisme sacrée 11’ flute, piano, and electronics premiered by Solomiya Moroz and Keith Kirchoff at the Cluster Festival 2012

Stuart Lake 45’ adaptable instrumentation (live DSP with hexaphonic speaker setup) recorded and mixed on April 21, 2009 by Taylor Brook with Craig Pedersen (trumpet) and Isak Goldschnieder (clarinet) premiered by Craig Pederson (soloist) with Taylor Brook and Ryan Purchase (offstage), on December 7, 2009

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