a blur of lichens for oboe, horn & double bass
Musikfabrik with Peter Veale, Christine Chapman and Florentin Ginot
Hannover, Sprengel Museum
December 8, 2024
fire break for orchestra
Symphony Nova Scotia with conductor Holly Mathieson
Rebecca Cohn Hall
Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada
February 15, 2024
Past Events
Premiere of five new songs to poetry by George Elliott Clarke, Mansour Noorbakhsh, Giovanna Riccio, Armand Garnet Ruffo, and Yeshim Ternar. With singer Laura Swankey.
Canadian Music Centre
Toronto
December 15, 2023
audio/video installation, dance & bubble choir, with choreographer Julia Aplin
Charles Street Video
Toronto
September 23 & 24, 2023
fire break for orchestra
Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Patrick Dupre Quigley
FirstOntario Concert Hall
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
May 14, 2022
Visiting Ben Shemen [16′] score, director Miriam Harris
T.O. International Women’s Film Fest (Best Composer); New Media Film Fest, LA (Best Short Documentary); Jewish Film Festival, UK; Documentary Edge, NZ; Antimatter Media Arts Festival; Indie Shorts Awards NY
January, 2022
Four Rooms with Ayelet Rose Gottlieb
Evergreen Brick Works live performances & geolocated audio
December 18-22, 2021
CAPTURAMOS EL MOMENTO [8′] music video featuring photography by participants in the Without Borders, Without Limits program. With vocalist Mingjia and guitarist/vocalist Alejandra Nuñez.
Koffler Gallery
October 18, 2021
for Decolonial Imaginings (of-the-now)
Online conversation discussing the project hosted by of-the-now and the Canadian New Music Network
October 22, 2020
Swerve for symphony orchestra
Victoria Symphony
Conducted by Bill Linwood. Featuring works by Anna Höstman, Eve de Castro-Robinson, Leonie Holmes and Analia Lludgar.
April 25, 2020, 8pm Postponed
fire break for orchestra
Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra
FirstOntario Concert Hall
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
March 14, 2020 Postponed
Morse for mezzo-soprano & four electric guitars
Marie-Annick Béliveau & Instruments of Happiness
Text by Simin Behbahani (Iran)
New Works Calgary, Festival Hall, Calgary
Mar 8, 2020
Every Word Was Once An Animal performance installation
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art
Interdisciplinary creation with Carla Bengtson, Darion Smith, Jessie Rose Vala and Peter Wetherwax
1430 Johnson Lane
Eugene, Oregon, USA
March 7 – April 18, 2020
Choreography of Trauma for ensemble, improvising choir and percussion; and Inside Us for vocalist, choir, audio & video.
Continuum Contemporary Music & Christine Duncan’s Element Choir with soloist Laura Swankey
Inside Us
918 Bathurst
Toronto, Canada
February 9, 2020
Cutwork for chamber orchestra
Auckland Chamber Orchestra
Composer Portrait Concert
Raye Freedman Arts Centre
Auckland, New Zealand
October 20, 2019
Ukiyo, floating world for chamber ensemble & video
Thin Edge New Music Collective
ONGAKU Festival
The Music Gallery
918 Bathurst
Toronto, Canada
September 22, 2019
Foundry for chamber ensemble
Ensemble des étudiants SON
Neue Klänge Sommerkonzert
Eglise du Pasquart
Biel/Bienne
Switzerland
September 9, 2019
burl for piano solo
Stephen De Pledge
Dartington International Summer Festival
Dartington Great Hall
Totnes, Devon, UK
August 22, 2019
Stitch for 3 women and 3 sewing machines [35′]
Third Eye Theatre
Prop Theatre
3502 N. Elston, Chicago
Friday, June 14, 2019 — 7:30PM
Saturday, June 15, 2019 — 7:30PM
Saturday, June 15, 2019 — 7:30PM
Oil & Water for symphony orchestra [18′]
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Orchestra Hall, 3711 Woodward Ave, Detroit
Friday, June 7, 2019 — 8:00PM
Saturday, June 8, 2019 — 8:00PM
Sunday, June 9, 2019 — 3:00PM
Saturday, June 8, 2019 — 8:00PM
Sunday, June 9, 2019 — 3:00PM
Sweat a cappella opera [70′]
CalArts School of Theater and Herb Alpert School of Music
Directed by J. Bonnell
Music Direction By Tanner Pfeiffer
Thursday, March 21, 8 pm
Friday, March 22, 8 pm
Saturday, March 23, 2 pm
Saturday, March 23, 8 pm
Five for vocalizing piano duo & percussion [8′]
Soundstreams Ensemble
Gregory Oh & Midori Koga, pianos
Ryan Scott, percussion
Shanghai New Music Week
Sunday, September 16, 2018
Six Pianos, Soundstreams Canada
Koerner Hall, Toronto
October 12, 2018
Morse for mezzo-soprano & four electric guitars
Marie-Annick Béliveau & Instruments of Happiness
Text by Simin Behbahani (Iran)
Mar 22 – New Music Concerts – Music Gallery, Toronto
Mar 27 – Sala Rossa – 4848 St. Laurent, Montréal
Mar 29 – Erreur de Type 27, Québec City
burl for piano solo
Stephen De Pledge
NZFestival
February 27, 2018
St Mary of the Angels, Wellington, New Zealand
Secret Arnold
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
Saturday, Jan 27, 2018 @8pm, Orpheum Theatre
Monday, Jan 29, 2018 @8pm, Centennial Theatre
Inside Us
Installation and performance
Western Front, Vancouver
Exhibition: Feb 2-10
Opening: Feb 1, 7pm
Performance: Feb 8, 8pm
303 East 8th Ave
Vancouver, BC
Quarry
Soprano Sarah Albu, Continuum and Jumblies Theatre
Evergreen Brick Works
June 3, 2017, 7:30 pm
June 4, 2017, 2:00 pm
Interactive installation 60 minutes prior to each show
Invicta
Text by Zaccheus Jackson as part of The Unsilent Project
Performers: spoken word artists Zoe Pricelys Roy and Lindsay Eekwol Knight with The National Youth Orchestra
Director: Falen Johnson
July-August, 2017
Sweat
a cappella chamber opera
Bicycle Opera tour
July-August, 2017
Vermillion Songs
Loft at Q, 305 Queen St, Auckland, New Zealand
November 13, 2016 @ 5pm
November 15, 2016 @ 6:30pm
The Arts Centre, Christchurch
November 17, 2016 @ 7pm
A new song cycle for superstar tenor Simon O’Neill and NZTrio with lyrics by Emily Dickinson. Composed with the generous support of CreativeNZ.
The Man Who Married Himself
Crow’s Theatre, Toronto, Canada
March 10, 2017 @ 8:00 pm
March 11, 2017 @ 2:00 pm
March 11, 2017 @ 8:00 pm
A new work for Toronto Masque Theatre in collaboration with writer Anna Chatterton and choreographer Hari Krishnan. With singers Alex Samaras, Subhiksha Rangarajan & Scott Belluz.
Sweat
National Sawdust, Brooklyn, New York
October 26 & 27, 2016
A cappella opera for 5 soloists and chorus created with librettist Anna Chatterton. A Center for Contemporary Opera production in co-operation with Urbanvessel. Commissioned by Soundstreams Canada with funding from the Ontario Arts Council. Production funding from the Canada Council for the Arts.
Director: Giselle Ty
Conductor: Lydia Yankovskaya
Featuring: Jacqueline Horner-Kwiatek, Larissa Koniuk, Shabnam Kalbasi, Eric McKeever, and Patrick McNally
Boots
Opera Peep Show, Campbell House Museum, April 28-30, 2016
Doors open 6:30pm; performances from 7pm onwards
A 15-minute chamber opera exploring obsessions and possessions.
Composer and Musical Director: Juliet Palmer
Dramaturge: Baņuta Rubess
Performers: Jean Martin & Christine Duncan
Lyrics: Emily Dickinson and Gertrude Stein with additional found and verbatim text
Toronto Masque Theatre Salon
Monday 29 February 2016, 7:30 pm
The Atrium at 21 Shaftesbury Avenue, Summerhill subway
TMT’s latest commission, The man who married himself, is based on a Karnataka folk tale. We look at the dance, music and poetry of India that inspire this new work by composer Juliet Palmer, librettist Anna Chatterton and choreographer Hari Krishnan, drawing parallels between the music theatre traditions of India and the masque tradition of the West. Hosted and sponsored by TMT patrons Walter and Marina Unger, the evening will include snacks, tea, coffee, and a cash bar.
Aventa Ensemble
Sunday, February 7th, 2016 8pm
Phillip T. Young Recital Hall, Victoria, B.C.
Stone’s Secret
Choirs of Victoria & Emmanuel Colleges
Wednesday October 14, 7:30pm
Isabel Bader Theatre, Toronto
Stone’s Secret is a setting of the poem by Toronto poet Margaret Avison. Commissioned by Victoria College on the occasion of the installation of the 7th President William Robins.
Singing River
An Urbanvessel production in collaboration with Aanmitaagzi, Pan Am Path, Evergreen Brick Works and Native Earth Performing Arts.
Lower Don Trail between Riverdale Bridge and Pottery Road, Toronto July 4-5, 2015
the truth & the truth
Aventa Ensemble — Corey Rae, percussion
Auckland School of Music, New Zealand, March 6, 2015 @7:30pm
New York Independent Film Festival Official Selection
Crown Theater, New York City, October 17, 2014 @1pm
