2026
May 1, 2026: The world premiere recording of The Laurels will be released on Redshift Records, featuring soprano Jacqueline Woodley, baritone Nathan Keoughan, and conductor Rosemary Thomson. Digital recording available for streaming and download purchase in all the usual places.
May 16, 2026 (WORLD PREMIERE): Mother/Land (libretto by Michael Lewis MacLennan inspired by The Book of Ruth) will be premiered by the Vancouver Bach Choir with soloists Heidi Duncan, Krisztina Szabó, Simran Claire, and Luka Kawabata, all conducted by music director Leslie Dala, at the Vancouver Playhouse in Vancouver, British Columbia.
May 30, 2026: Noctiluca will be performed by the Orchid Ensemble at Jig Space in Vancouver, British Columbia.
May 31, 2026: Scar Tissue (poems by Michael Redhill), performed by Nordic Voices and the Gryphon Trio at Toronto’s Jane Mallett Theatre earlier this year, will be broadcast on CBC Music’s In Concert.
June 5, 2026: Bellatrix will be performed by violinist Mark Fewer as part of an Ensemble Caprice concert at the Maison Symphonique in Montréal, Québec.
June 8, 2026: CMC Prairie’s Janna Sailor talks with Jeff about his upcoming projects and collaborations on this episode of Musing broadcast on CJSW. Listen back here.
June 26, 2026 (WORLD PREMIERE): Fin’amor (songs from a former criminal) will be premiered by tenor/hurdy-gurdist Bud Roach at the Firehall Arts Centre in Vancouver, British Columbia. Presented by the Queer Arts Festival with sponsorship by the Canadian Music Centre BC Region.
July 15, 2026: The Length of a Day (poems by Michelle Poirier Brown) will be performed by tenor Colin Ainsworth and pianist Elisabeta Cojocaru in a free ‘Shuffle Concert’ recital at Heliconian Hall in Toronto, Ontario. Part of the Canadian Art Song Project concert at Toronto Summer Music.
July 18, 2026: Night Music from Everything Already Lost will be broadcast on CBC Music’s This Is My Music presented by baritone Tyler Duncan and hosted by Tom Allen.
July 24, 2026: So Crumble Into Sand (poem by Mustafa Ahmed) will be performed by soprano Zorana Sadiq and pianist Kate Carver in a free concert celebrating The Park Songbook at the Community Music Schools of Toronto’s Native Earth Performing Arts Aki Studio in Toronto, Ontario.