Orchestra
Are we not drawn onward, we few, drawn onward to (a) new era?
commissioned by the Toronto Symphony Orchestra with the assistance of the Government of Canada and the Canada 150 Mosaic.
première March 11, 2017, Red Deer Symphony Orchestra
April 1, Toronto Symphony Orchestra
Spielzeug für Orchester
première May 7 1993 ACO Regional Conductors; Conference Arts Centre AB, Red Deer College Red Deer Symphony Orchestra, Claude Lapalme, music director
recorded Kiev Symphony Orchestra, Ukraine, Alla Kulbaba, conductor, 2005
Le Sanglier des Ardennes
premiere March 13 1992 Wharton Center for the Performing Arts East Lansing MI Michigan State University Symphony Orchestra, Fusau Kajima, Conductor
recorded Kiev Symphony Orchestra, Alla Kulbaba, conductor, Ukraine, 2005
Misère (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pexrJBx9eQs)
Orchestra with Solo
Jack of All Trade (solo viola and orchestra)
première April 20 2002 Red Deer College Arts Centre AB Red Deer Symphony Orchestra Claude Lapalme music director, Dean O’Neil
Northern…a Double Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra
Winds, Landscapes, Lights, Waters
première April 20 2002 Red Deer College Arts Centre AB Red Deer Symphony Orchestra Claude Lapalme music director, Cheryl Cooney, Anita Bhadresa
recorded, St. Petersburg Orchestra, Pavel Bubelnikov, conductor Russia, 2007
Chansons (Fairies with Green Hair and other Tales) song cycle for mezzo-soprano and orchestra
Sous le pont Mirabeau, Nuit Rhènane, O gouffre..
première January 7 2001 Red Deer College Arts Centre AB Red Deer Symphony Orchestra Claude Lapalme music director, Sharon Braun; recorded Kiev Symphony Orchestra, Alla Kulbaba, conductor, Sharon Braun, Ukraine, 2005
Designs (double concerto for violoncello and flute)
Designs, Scheming, Mosaic
première October 14 1995 Red Deer College Arts Centre AB Red Deer Symphony Orchestra Claude Lapalme music director, Leslie Newman, Paul Marleyne;
recorded Kiev Symphony Orchestra, Alla Kulbaba, conductor, Bogdana Stelmaschenko, Anna Nuzha, Ukraine, 2005
Contours (solo piano and orchestra)
The Lesser Gods (solo violin and orchestra)
Kuniko’s Song (solo piano and orchestra)
Symphonic Winds
Mosaic for Band (symphonic winds with flute and cello soloists)
première October, 2007, Red Deer College Arts Centre AB Red Deer College Symphonic Winds, Steve Sherman, conductor Val Sherman Nigel Boehm
Prelude and Feud
première March 3 2005 Red Deer College Arts Centre AB Red Deer College Symphonic Winds Steve Sherman music director
DATA
première June 11 1998 Red Deer College Arts Centre AB Lindsay Thurber Wind Ensemble Doug Ward music director
Dance Suite (3 movements for wind ensemble)
première March, 1987Red Deer College Arts Centre, AB Red Deer College Symphonic Winds Keith Mann music director
The World (tenor solo and wind ensemble)
première March 7 1984 Red Deer Memorial Centre AB Red Deer College Symphonic Winds Keith Mann music director David Astor solo tenor
Choral
A Song for St. Cecilia’s Day (SATB and piano/SATB and Percussion Ensemble)
première November, 2007, Red Deer AB Red Deer Chamber Singers, Theresa Alred, conductor
Glory (SATB and percussion ensemble)
première, November, 2007, Red Deer AB Red Deer Chamber Singers, Theresa Alred, conductor
Don’t let that Horse eat that Violin (SATB and piano)
premiere Nov. 6 2003 Ithaca College NY Fayettebille-Manlius High School Choir Bruce Campbell director; recorded Ithaca Choral Festival, Ithaca, NY, 2003
The Loon on Oak Head Pond (SATB and piano)
première November 10 1988 Gaetz United Church Red Deer AB Red Deer Chamber Singers Sadie Braun director
Kyrie Eleison
première December 1978 St. James Anglican Cathedral Peace river AB Cheryl Cooney director
Secular Cantata
Wer Fragt danach der Zeit?
Small Ensemble
Percussion
Essential Sounds (percussion ensemble)
première June, 2007, Red Deer AB Bruce Landmark Percussion Ensemble
Shapes (two pianos and percussion)
première June 9 1995 Red Deer College Arts Centre AB Cheryl Cooney, Anita Bhadresa, Mike Schuett
recorded for CD Canadian – American Composers Banff Centre AB Cheryl Cooney, Anita Bhadresa, pianos, Nicholas Jacques, percussion 2003
Woodwinds
Air (mezzo-soprano, piano/mezzo-soprano, piano, flute)
première Red Deer College Arts Centre AB, March 8, 2008
Celestial Moments (clarinet and piano) 2005
Age and Fortune (three songs for solo tenor, and woodwind quintet)
The Old Men Admiring Themselves in the Water, Lucifer in Starlight, Hap
première May 24 1991 East Lansing MI Chris Grapentine, Jacqueline Petersen, Michael Beery, Joanna Bosse, Catherine Beery, Will Peebles
Variations for Flute and Piano (after Bartok)
première April 16 1981 Vancouver BC Tony Heyblom, Cheryl Cooney
Philomela (oboe and piano)
Woodwind Trio
Chamber Orchestra
Fanfare for Johann Strauss Ball
première February 16 1997 Westin Hotel Edmonton AB The Johann Strauss Orchestra
In Memorium Tom Rolston
Strings
Faces of Change (violoncello and piano)
première February 1992 Western Canada Tour Cornelius Herrmann, Miriam Mahood
recorded for CD Live at the Arts Centre! Red Deer College Arts Centre AB, Cornelius Herrmann, Miriam Mahood 1992
Two Points of View (Piano Trio)
From Inside; Looking Out
première May 24 1991 East Lansing, MI Geoffrey Day, Jon Meyer, Jun Okada
Lamentations (a rhapsody for violin and piano)
première June 2 1982 Seattle WA Ingrid Frederickson, Laurel Anderson
Suite for Violoncello and Piano
première April 16 1981 Vancouver BC Barbara Salkin, Cheryl Cooney
String Quartet #2
première May 2 1981 Seattle WA Pacific String Quartet
String Quartet #1
première March 1977 Salzburg Austria
Solo Suite for Violoncello
première February, 2007 New Music in New Places, Canadian Music Centre, Red Deer Public Library, AB Janet Kuschak
Brass
Fanfare for Red Deer College Arts Centre
première 1984 Red Deer College AB
Undoings (brass quintet and percussion)
Vocal
Age and Fortune (three songs for solo tenor, and woodwind quintet)
The Old Men Admiring Themselves in the Water, Lucifer in Starlight, Hap
première May 24 1991 East Lansing MI Chris Grapentine, Jacqueline Petersen, Michael Beery, Joanna Bosse, Catherine Beery, Will Peebles
Voice
Air (mezzo-soprano, piano/mezzo-soprano, piano, flute)
première Red Deer College Arts Centre AB, March 8, 2008
Chansons (Fairies with Green Hair and other Tales) song cycle for voice and piano
Sous le pont Mirabeau, Nuit Rhènane, O gouffre..
première August 2004 Calgary AB Sharon Braun, Cheryl Cooney
Philomela (song cycle for piano and voice)
première July 1994 Vancouver BC Canadian Music Competitions
Nacht Lieder (song cycle for voice and piano)
Sterne, Schweigt der Menschen, Es war als hätte.., Abenstandchen, Liebe denkt in süssen tönen,Bedrängnis. Willst Du immer weiter schweifen?, Im Nebel, Der Stille Grund
première August 1 Banff Centre AB David Astor, Michael Massey
Five English Songs (song cycle for voice and piano)
Go and Catch a Falling Star, Echo’s Song, Song (from Poetical Sketches), The Poison Tree, On Another’s Sorrow
première April 16 Vancouver BC Audrey Borschel, Cheryl Cooney
The World (for piano and voice)
première October 16 1981 Sunnybrook United Church, Red Deer AB David Astor, Cheryl Cooney
Music Theatre
Windsong Eulogy (co-written with Hiro-O-Aoki, libretto Carol Briosi Maier) première (suite) March 1996 Red Deer College Arts Centre The Music Makers (Banff Centre) recorded (selected) for CD Windsong/Haida Dawn
The Grand Old Duke of York (libretto Norman Robbins)
Film
Golden Orfe
Piano
66.5 (piano solo)
Lights (for two pianos)
première March 2002 Red Deer College Arts Centre AB TogetherArt (Cheryl Cooney, Anita Bhadresa)
Winds (for two pianos)
première March 12 2005 Red Deer College Arts Centre AB TogetherArt (Cheryl Cooney, Anita Bhadresa)
Shapes (two pianos and percussion)
première June 9 1995 Red Deer College Arts Centre AB Cheryl Cooney, Anita Bhadresa, Mike Schuett
recorded for CD Canadian – American Composers Banff Centre AB Cheryl Cooney, Anita Bhadresa, pianos, Nicholas Jacques, percussion 2003
Two Points of View (Piano Trio)
From Inside; Looking Out
première May 24 1991 East Lansing, MI Geoffrey Day, Jon Meyer, Jun Okada
Dance Suite
première February 8 1987 Red Deer College Arts Centre AB Cheryl Cooney
Three Progressions for Solo Piano
première April 16 Vancouver BC Cheryl Cooney
Misere for 2 Pianos
première October 4 Calgary Steinway Pianos. Calgary, AB
Sleight of Hand for 3 Pianos
