list of works (chronological)
new work (2012) for string quartet
commissioned by JACK quartet (new york city)
new work (2011) for sax, piano, accordion, percussion, violin, cello and (jazz) drumset
commissioned by LUX:NM ensemble (berlin) with the support of the canada council for the arts. première at BKA in berlin (germany), 3 november 2011.
new work “SOP” (2009–10 in prog.) for 12+ field drums (or basel drums)
al tallone (2008/11 in prog.) for string trio
footscapes (2010–12) electroacoustic miniatures, stereo
composed at CMMAS (centro mexicano para la música y artes sonoras, morelia, mexico) [nov 2010] and TBD.
19 miniatures (2010 currently in completion) for three musicians playing flutes, extended piano, drumset / percussion and dozens of sound-producing objects
commissioned by erik drescher, trio nexus (berlin)
the sounds of machines used to compose electroacoustic works (2010)
stereo / multi-channel sound installation
unobtrusive work for artistic gatherings, press conferences and the like; programming by tim sutton.
fluxus events / environments for forest, wildlife and grand piano, spring edition (2009)
total duration from a few moments to one month or more; also exists as a limited edition artist book.
…without… (2007–08/09)
for electric guitar, piano and percussion
commissioned by håkon stene, ensemble asamisimasa (NO). premièred by ensemble asamisimasa, atriet, oslo (NO), 28 march 2008.
X for henry flynt (2007–)
for various settings (ongoing)
a series of arrangements of la monte young’s 1960 work.
1+5 (2006)
for slam poet, flute, viola [or vln], cello [or el.gt], piano and drumset
premièred by cheryl l’hirondelle, chenoa anderson, alexa beattie, nigel boehm, jef chippewa, karl schwonik. the banff centre, rolston recital hall, 18 jan 2006.
wind trio on E (2005)
for flute, oboe and clarinet
premièred by chenoa anderson, carmen thierry-palomino and alicia bennett, “aber was ist normal?”, the banff centre, bentley recital hall, 29 november 2005.
timely and inconclusive cogitations on the aftermath of the bourgeois ego’s impending psychopathological collapse, the developmental potential inherent to it, and the utter absurdity of any attempt to translate it into musical materials (2004, rev. 2009)
for flute, viola, piano
commissioned by miguel ángel villanueva for ars moderna (mexico city).
in nomine (2004)
for flute, oboe, clarinet, piano, percussion, violin, viola and cello
composed for ensemble recherche. premièred by ensemble recherche “20th anniversary concert”, historisches kauhfohsaal, freiburg (DE), 11 june 2005.
for piano [parts] (2003)
for audience, several hundred piano tuning pins and four coordinators
premièred by jef chippewa, chenoa anderson, kyle lamont and sarah hagen (audience coordination) the banff centre, rolston recital hall, 5 december 2003.
ensemble? (2003)
for two improvising pianists; percussion; viola, oboe and trumpet interventions; horn, 2 trombones
premièred by søren bebe and john stetch (pnos), nicolas jacques (pc), élodie guillot (vla), marc pasteau (ob), annelisa pederson (tpt), david quackenbush (hn), megan hodge and alden lowrey (tbns), the banff centre, rolston recital hall, 31 october 2003.
breathe (2003)
electroacoustic; exists in three versions
co-composed with joão miguel pais. premièred in “vorecho neue musik reihe”, kammermusiksaal der musikhochschule freiburg (DE), 26 june 2003.
plastik [disposable music #2] (2003)
for 3–5 executants
mini-version premièred by johannes fischer, håkon stene, loão miguel pais and marc tritschler, freiburg (DE), 27 may 2003. full version premièred by jef chippewa, søren bebe, nicolas jacques and kyle lamont, the banff centre, glyde hall, 10 december 2003.
dedication [disposable music #1] (1999, rev. 2000 / 02)
for string quartet… or any other formation
premièred by yasutake hemmi, marie-noël laporte, peter neubert and olga veselina, darmstadt ferienkurse (DE), 20 july 2000.
shifting perspectives on an object which cannot be depicted explicitly (let alone wholly!), but only implied (2000)
for flute octet
commissioned by the ensemble contemporain de montréal, for the flute ensemble alizé. premièred in salle gabriel-cusson, conservatoire de musique de montréal, 12 october 2000.
nasenflügeltanz (1999)
creation of “ex timbres” for performance with this stockhausen composition
collaboration with percussionist philip hornsey
DUO (1997–98)
electroacoustic (analogue synthesis with alto sax materials)
Saxophone source materials by yves charuest. premièred in “MEDUSA inter-university series”, salle claude-champagne (université de montréal), 15 may 1998.
gradations (1997)
for solo percussion
commissioned by philip hornsey. premièred by philip hornsey, the banff centre, rolston recital hall, 11 february 1998.