Performances

This is a listing of upcoming concerts, as well as selected past performances of note.

Last updated: 10 May 2008
 
8 Jun 2008
Continuum: INform
Première of a new work, as part of the SoundaXis festival
8:00pm, The Music Gallery, 197 John St.
Toronto, Canada
Tickets: Adults $25 | Seniors, Arts Workers $15 | Students $5
www.continuummusic.org
 
14 May 2008
Paul Bowman: Recital
Première of a new work.
8:00pm, Mandeville Recital Hall, UC San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr.
San Diego, USA
 
2 Apr 2008
MATA Festival
Performance of Culture no.3 in the MATA Festival.
8:00pm, Brooklyn Lyceum, 227 4 Ave, Brooklyn
New York, USA
Tickets: $15, MATA Festival
 
1 Apr 2008
Toca Loca: The P*P Project — Montréal
Première of a new work written for Toca Loca
8:00pm, 527 Sherbrooke Street West, Tanna Schulich Hall
Montréal, Canada
Admission: $5
www.mcgill.ca/music/events
514.398.4547
 
26 Mar 2008
Toca Loca: The P*P Project — Halifax
Première of a new work written for Toca Loca
7:00pm, The Music Room, 6181 Lady Hammond Rd, Halifax
Halifax, Canada
Admission: $15/$10
902.429.9467
 
25 Mar 2008
Toca Loca: The P*P Project — Toronto
Première of a new work written for Toca Loca
8:00pm, Glenn Gould Studio, CBC Building, 250 Front St West
Toronto, Canada
Admission: $20/$15
www.glenngouldstudio.cbc.ca/onstage
416.205.5555
 
18 Mar 2008
Toca Loca: The P*P Project — Winnipeg
Première of a new work written for Toca Loca
12:45pm, Eva Clare Hall, Faculty of Music, University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Canada
Admission: Free
www.umanitoba.ca/faculties/music
 
16 Mar 2008
Toca Loca: The P*P Project — Edmonton
Première of a new work written for Toca Loca
8:00pm, Convocation Hall, Arts Building, University of Alberta
Edmonton, Canada
Admission: $20/$15/$10
www.ualberta.ca/music
 
18 Aug 2007
Domaine Forget Concert
Members of the Nouvel ensemble moderne will be performing my string quartet, Four Stills on Evaporation.
6:00pm, Salle Multi, St-Irénée QC, Canada
www.domaineforget.com
 
6–8 Jun 2007
Tapestry Wordplay
This festival of libretto readings features the new short works for next year's Opera to Go, as well as excerpts of text and music from Netsuke (by librettist Jill Battson & composer Rose Bolton) and The Enslavement and Liberation of Oksana G (by librettist Colleen Murphy & composer Aaron Gervais), two full-length operas in development at Tapestry.

7:30pm, Ernest Balmer Studio, 55 Mill St., Toronto
TIX: $10 / $5 students
Call: 416-537-6066 x 221
www.tapestrynewopera.com
 
18 May 2007
Spring Festival of New Music
8:00pm, Studio A, Warren Lecture Hall, University of California, San Diego
Performance of Culture no.3
 
26 Feb 2007
Arditti Quartet Residency
Studio A, Warren Lecture Hall, University of California, San Diego
 
9 Nov 2006
UCSD Composition Jury #2
6:00pm, Studio A, Warren Lecture Hall, University of California, San Diego
Performance of my second jury piece, for piano, percussion, their voices, and string quartet.
 
9–15 Oct 2006
Ensemble Contemporain de Montréal Tour
Performance of a new piece written as part of the Générations 2006 project
ecm.qc.ca

MONTREAL
Monday, Oct. 9, 8:00pm
Salle Pierre-Mercure, Centre Pierre-Péladeau
(514) 987 6919

CALGARY
Wednesday, Oct. 11, 8:00pm
Eckhardt-Gramatte Hall, Rosza Centre, University of Calgary
(403) 220 7202

VICTORIA
Thursday, Oct. 12, 8:00pm
University of Victoria, School of Music
(250) 721 7902

EDMONTON
Saturday, Oct. 14, 8:00pm
Convocation Hall, University of Alberta
(780) 492 3263

TORONTO
Sunday, Oct. 15, 8:00pm
Music Gallery, 197 John St.
(416) 204 1080
 
9 Sep 2006
International Gaudeamus Music Week
8:30pm, Muziekgebouw ann 't IJ, Amsterdam
Culture no.1 to compete in the chamber music category
Performed by members of the Nieuw Ensemble (Ernestine Stoop, harp; John Snijders, piano)
www.gaudeamus.nl
 
19 May 2006
UCSD Spring Festival
8:00pm, Studio A, Warren Lecture Hall, University of California, San Diego
Performance of Argument in Ternary Form
Played by Emily DuFour and Reiko Manabe
music.ucsd.edu/sf
 
17 May 2006
Esprit Orchestra New Wave Festival
8:00pm, DeLeon White Gallery, Toronto
Performance of Flüsse-Einflüsse
Free admission
www.espritorchestra.com
 
1–18 Mar 2006
Tapestry Opera To Go 2006
Young Centre for the Performing Arts, Charles and Marilyn Baillie Theatre
Distillery District, Toronto
Five one-act operas, including a work by Colleen Murphy and myself.
See www.tapestrynewopera.com for specific performance dates, times, and ticket prices.
 
28 Jan 2006
UCSD Composition Juries
Studio A, Warren Lecture Hall, University of California, San Diego
Performance of works by first-year graduate students. Première of a piece I am writing for harp and piano.
 
27–28 Sep 2005
Tapestry Opera Briefs
Tapestry/Nightwood Studio, Distillery District
55 Mill Street, The Cannery (Building 58), Studio 315
Toronto, 8:00pm
Ten brief works from Tapestry's 2005 Composer-Librettist Laboratory, including two of mine.
See www.tapestrynewopera.com for tickets or call 416.537.6066.
 
25 May 2005
Esprit Orchestra New Wave Festival
DeLeon White Gallery, Toronto
Performance of Quartet
 
21 Apr 2005
Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (DAAD) Sound Understanding Gala
Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall, New York
Première of Flüsse-Einflüsse
Performed by Ina Henning
 
20 Mar 2005
University of Toronto Student Composers' Concert
Walter Hall, University of Toronto, Toronto
Première of Quartet
Performed by Scott Good (bass trombone), Stephanie Chua (piano), Miku Heikkila (percussion), Aaron Gervais (computer), Bill Rowson (conductor)
 
20 Jan 2005
University of Toronto Contemporary Opera Showcase
Walter Hall, University of Toronto, Toronto
Première of Scene from Euripides' Medea
Performed by the University of Toronto Contemporary Music Ensemble and the University of Toronto Opera School
Conducted by Sandra Horst
Michael Adair (Jason), Tyrsa Gawrachynsky (Medea)
 
17 Oct 2004
SuzukiMusic Faculty Recital
McLeod-Stewarton United Church, Ottawa
Performance of Argument in Ternary Form
 
3 Jul 2004
TrypTych Toronto Chamber Music Festival
Toronto Centre for the Arts, Toronto
Performance of Canto para Eléggua
Winner of the TrypTych Young Composers' Competition 2003
 
3 May 2004
New Music for Saxophone
Victoria Chapel, Toronto
Première of Nothing
Performed by Emma Tessier, Annick Santschi, Emma Elkinson (flutes), Tristan DeBorba,Rafal Kaczor, Rob Mosher, Jamie Wilkie (saxophones), Richard Burrows, Nicholas Jacques (percussion), Kenin McKay, Marcin Swoboda (violins), Alex McLeod (viola), Kirk Starkey (cello), Mandi Byrd (double bass), Aaron Gervais (conductor)
 
24 Jan 2004
University of Toronto New Music Festival
Walter Hall, University of Toronto, Toronto
Première of PartialGame
Scott Wilson (technical assistant)
 
23 Jan 2004
University of Toronto New Music Festival
Walter Hall, University of Toronto, Toronto
Première of Four Pieces for Accordion and String Quartet
Performed by Mary-Beth Brown (violin I), Katarina Kin (violin II), Alex McLeod (viola), Kirk Starkey (cello), Aaron Gervais (conductor)
 
15 Nov 2003
University of Toronto Student Composers' Concert
Walter Hall, University of Toronto, Toronto
Première of Argument in Ternary Form
Performed by Julián Rodrigo (flute) and Kirk Starkey (cello)
 
13 Sep 2003
Earshot! Concert Series: Nine Circles
The Music Gallery, Toronto
Première of She said you meddle. I dare you.
Performed by the Offensive Love Consort
 
21 Jun 2003
Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival
Lehman Auditorium, Harrisonburg VA
Performance of "Bolero" from Four Pieces Based on Cuban Popular Songs
Conducted by Kenneth Nafziger
 
25 Jul 2002
University of Alberta Young Composers' Showcase Concert
Convocation Hall, University of Alberta, Edmonton AB
Première of Four Song for Four Horses
Performance of Learning Curve
Performed by Zohreh Gervais (soprano) and Roger Admiral (piano)
 
10–26 Feb 2002
University of Alberta Academy of Strings Cuba Tour
Santa Clara, Cienfuegos, and Havana, Cuba; Edmonton AB
Multiple performances of Four Pieces Based on Cuban Popular Songs
Conducted by Tanya Prochazka
Julie Amundsen (solo cello)