“Everything Already Lost” takes first prize at NATS
Everything Already Lost, my song cycle for baritone and piano, has won first prize at the 2021 Art Song Composition Award from the National [...]
Must-hear Canadian Composers
Matthew Parsons, a blogger at CBC Music, has made a list of ten “must-hear Canadian composers” and I’m flattered that he’s included me among [...]
At the 2014 SOCAN Awards
June 16, 2014: the annual SOCAN Awards. The big 25th anniversary bash at the Westin Harbour Castle in Toronto. I’m at the awards because [...]
I really do talk with my hands…
… a lot. Click here to go to the video for irrefutable proof. Every year, the Western Canadian Music Awards includes a Classical Showcase [...]
October travels part 2: Brandenburg
After Calgary I had a nice but brief 24 hours at home before heading back to YVR to make my way to Brandenburg an [...]
October travels part 1: Calgary
A composer’s life is largely about riding the wave. Sometimes you’re in a long, outwardly uneventful stretch of sitting at your desk with your [...]