Some exciting news. I've received funding to develop a musical project that I have been planning for several years. It involves writing an evening-length piece for amplified instruments, to be performed in non-traditional venues such as nightclubs. This is a large-scale project that I will be working on over the remainder of the year. More information to be posted as the work progresses.

I've updated the website with info on some upcoming performances.

I've been very busy in Holland, composing like crazy. Several pieces recently finished for various projects. I've updated various pages on the site to reflect more currrent information and hope to give more details as soon as possible. Stay tuned!

I have posted the three papers from my UCSD Master's portfolio in a new section. There are abstracts and PDF versions of the papers at the link above. In other news, I have been busy composing and preparing to move to the Netherlands in the fall. More information to follow.

I've now officially completed my Master's degree at UC San Diego. The last two years have been a lot of fun, educational, eventful... also really busy! I'm looking forward to seeing what the future holds. I've taken a major professional challenge for the short term by deciding against pursing a doctoral degree, at least immediately. Several plans are in the works, as well as projects stretching into 2008 and beyond. One of these is that I will be participating in the Domaine Forget Academy's professional development session in Quebec this summer, from 12–25 August. More details on other projects as they become available.

I've posted a couple of blog entries on my MySpace page, having to do with the philosophy of music. One deals with the value of music in society today, the other with the ecological effects of music, and how the energy crisis will change the sound of our music. On a similar note, I intend eventually to post some of my Master's portfolio papers here, which deal with related topics, once I've finished my degree this summer. Stay tuned.

Now that the Arditti residency is over and I have finished the numerous grants/applications/papers that were due over the course of February, I have made some long-overdue updates. Cleaned up my MySpace page too. I'll post some new recordings there over the next couple of months. More information to come on various projects in the works.

Too much to do! There's been a lot going on, and I haven't had time to post any of it here. Check back soon for more.

If you missed it before or want to hear it again, Culture no.3 will be broadcast on Radio-Canada's Espace Musique at 8:00pm on Thursday 7 December. As with the CBC, you can also listen online.

My piece Culture no.3 will be presented on CBC Radio 2's Two New Hours this Sunday, for those who missed the Ensemble contemporain de Montréal's concerts earlier this month or would like to hear it again. Here is the broadcast info:

Sunday 5 November 2006, 10:00pm-12:00am, CBC Radio 2

Check their website for your local broadcast frequency. If you're not in Canada or don't have a radio, you can also listen to the CBC online by following the link above.

I've put up the recording of Culture no.1 from Gaudeamus on my Myspace page. It's not on this website yet because I haven't figured out how to do streaming audio, and I am not able to offer this recording for download. For the time being, check it out there. You can also rank my music on Myspace... ;-)

Also, in coming weeks, the recording of my piece from the ECM tour should be broadcast on CBC Radio 2's Two New Hours. I'll post the broadcast time when it becomes available.

I'm back in San Diego now after being gone all summer. Just came back from the Gaudeamus Music Week in Amsterdam, which was a fantastic experience. I'll post some pictures when I have a minute.

Now it's time to get ready for the start of the school year and the Ensemble contemporain de Montréal Tour, for which the dates and venues have been announced. See the link above for details.

I'm excited to have won a first prize in this year's SOCAN competition. Culture no.1 received first place in the Pierre Mercure Awards for a solo or duet composition. Incidentally, this is the same piece that was chosen to compete for the Gaudeamus prize in September (see entry below).

First of all, a slight change regarding the last posting. Due to rehearsal scheduling complications, my piece with Esprit's New Wave Festival has been changed. They will be presenting Flüsse-Einflüsse instead. Many thanks to Ina Henning for gratiously agreeing to do this on short notice.

Secondly, I am pleased to announce that I was chosen to write a piece for the Arditti Quartet during their residency at UCSD in 2007. The Arditti are one of the most highly-regarded string quartets in contemporary music and I am more than thrilled to be working with them.

Two news items to report... First of all, I'm pleased to say that I will be participating in the Esprit Orchestra's New Wave Festival again this year. They will be doing the harp and piano piece written for my UCSD jury, which is the same piece being done at Gaudeamus in Amsterdam. In addition, I've been asked to write an orchestral piece for the 2007 installment of the festival, which is very exciting. I will post more details (as they become available) in the Performances section.

Things have been very busy, and I haven't had the chance to do any site updates between teaching, taking classes, and travelling for workshops/performances. I was recently in Montréal for the Ensemble contemporain's workshop, and I leave next week for the première of The Enslavement and Liberation of Oksana G. with Tapestry New Opera in Toronto. See the Performances section for details.

In addition, one exciting piece of news: my first jury piece from UCSD was selected to compete in the 2006 Gaudeamus Music Week in the chamber music category. So I'll be in Amsterdam in early September for that.

I have a couple of upcoming performances of note, including the Tapestry Opera To Go 2006 series, and my first composition jury at UCSD. I've also made some updates to my short bio, the pictures section, and my CV.

I have made some small changes to the site to reflect the passage of time. Nothing too exciting. However, check back over the next few weeks; I will be adding some news about upcoming premières, updating my bio, and hopefully posting some pictures of San Diego.

I'm starting to get settled in San Diego, and have updated contact information to reflect that change. I've also posted an upcoming performance by Tapestry New Opera of two my short opera scenes, for those who will be in the Toronto area. See the performances section for details.

The Tapestry LibLab was a success and I've been packing like mad since then. Now I'm off to San Diego to start my Master's degree. I'll post news and updates as I get settled into the routine of Southern California. Best wishes to everyone back in Toronto.

Welcome to my newly-opened website. Not everything is completely finished yet, but the most important stuff is, and I will be adding the rest as I go. The French and Spanish versions of the site are long-term projects, so I have no idea yet when they'll be finished. When I have spare time, I will start working on the translations. Until then, it's English-only.

I was chosen for the 2005 edition of the Tapestry "LibLab". We will be writing, rehearsing, and performing intensive short opera scenes daily in Toronto between August 15-24. There are four composers and four librettists, and we rotate so that each composer works with each librettist and vice versa. For more information, see Tapestry New Opera.

I will be participating in this workshop/concert tour with the renowned Ensemble contemporain de Montréal in 2005/2006. There are a series of workshops in the fall 2005/spring 2006, and then we will be touring across Canada in the fall of 2006. Three other composers were chosen besides me, one from BC and two from Québec. The ECM will première our pieces at each stop. Concert details to follow as they become available.