Trip of the Tongue (2024)

for orchestra 2222 /4211/full strings, tenor sax, and percussion
Duration: 8’
Written for A Little Night Music Orchestra, Vancouver; Alana Chan, conductor

Premiered by A Little Night Music Orchestra, Mostly Modern: Movies and More, March 11, 2024
conducted by Alana Chan

Lord’s Prayer (2023)

liturgical music
Duration: 1.5’, english setting of liturgical text
Written for Holy Trinity Anglican Church Vancouver

Premiered at Shaughnessy Heights United Church, March 3, 2024

Salut d’amour (2023)

wind ensemble (flute, oboe, 2 clarinets, tenor sax, trumpet, horn, trombone, bass trombone)
Duration: 2’30, Arrangement of Elgar’s piece
Written for A Little Night Music Orchestra

Performed by A Little Night Music Orchestra, June 3 and 5, 2023
conducted by Alana Chan

Glory to God (2023)

liturgical setting of the Gloria
Duration: 3’, english setting of liturgical text
Written for Holy Trinity Anglican Church Vancouver

Premiered at Holy Trinity Anglican Church, May 7, 2023

Fred Rogers Songs (2023)

for 2 sopranos, baritone, string trio
Duration: 14’, children’s song arrangements
Commissioned by 4th Wall Music

Premiered by 4th Wall Music at It’s You I Like, April 16, 2023

Sanctus (2022)

liturgical music
Duration: 1’, english setting of liturgical text
Written for Holy Trinity Anglican Church Vancouver

Performed at Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Dec 11, 2022

Holy Grail (2022)

contemporary worship song
Duration: 3’, text by Derrick Fernie
Written for Holy Trinity Anglican Church Vancouver

Performed at Holy Trinity Anglican Church, May 22, 2022

Michael, Blessed Michael (2021)

contemporary Anglican psalm
Duration: 3’, text by Ida Tonks
Written for Holy Trinity Anglican Church Vancouver

Performed at Holy Trinity Anglican Church, December 19, 2021

Oh God Who Made the Spheres (2020)

contemporary worship song
Duration: 3’, text by John D. Maclennan
Written for Holy Trinity Anglican Church Vancouver

Premiered at Holy Trinity Anglican Church, March 15, 2020

Performing Memories: The first time I looked inside... (2020)

for solo speaking pianist
Duration: 35’
Written with the support of the BC Arts Council
Film created with the support of the Canada Council for the Arts

performed at Vancouver Fringe Festival, Sept 7-17, 2023

Thanksgiving (2020)

contemporary worship song
Duration: 3’, text by John D. Maclennan
Written for Holy Trinity Anglican Church Vancouver

Premiered at Holy Trinity Anglican Church, March 15, 2020

A Sinner’s Prayer (2020)

contemporary worship song
Duration: 3’, text by Derrick Fernie
Written for Holy Trinity Anglican Church Vancouver

Premiered at Holy Trinity Anglican Church, March 1, 2020

Chew Zero: An Adventure Song (2019)

for soprano, mezzo, tenor, flute, viola, cello, speaking pianist
Duration: 10’, text by Barbara Black
Written for Erato Ensemble

Premiered by Erato Ensemble, January 19, 2020 at Silliness

Los Elefantes también Rezan (2019)

10 minutes
short operatic scene for soprano, tenor, and piano
libretto by Sergio Augusto

Written for Bad Penny Opera’s 48-Hour Opera Project, this piece was composed in 30 hours, then performed the next day. The world premiere was performed by Bahareh Pouresalmi, Sergio Augusto, and Nina Horvath at Club Hollywood North, Vancouver, BC, on June 21, 2019.

Synopsis: Lifelong friends and fellow orphans Conchita and Miguel meet unexpectedly when the only toilet in the monastery “mysteriously” stops working.  

Thank You for All You Have Given (2019)

contemporary worship song
Duration: 3’, text by John D. Maclennan
Written for Holy Trinity Anglican Church Vancouver

I've Had Enough (2018)

a reimagining of J.S. Bach's Ich habe genug
for Soprano, Mezzo, Tenor, Bass, piano, clarinet, violin, cello

Machine of Death (2018)

for solo speaking pianist
ca. 12 minutes

Based on a writing prompt of what would happen if people knew how (and only how) they were going to die, Machine of Death is a piece of music theatre that allows the pianist to test out the Death Piano 3000 - complete with instructions and test samples. The pianist is encouraged to run their own sample through the machine, just be careful of what you wish for!

The idea for the Machine of Death first appeared in Ryan North’s “Dinosaur Comics” in 2005, and later in “Machine of Death: A Collection of Stories About People Who Know How They Will Die” edited by Ryan North, Matthew Bennardo, & David Malki in 2010.

The Orpheum Lobby (2017)

6 minutes
Open Instrumentation (3 parts)
Text from Vancouver Civic Theatre's website

A site-specific piece for written for Redshift Music Society and Ecstatic Waves's "Still Life With Echo" concert in the lobby of Vancouver's Orpheum Theatre. The piece integrates the Orpheum's 15-minute intermission recording, which plays chimes and reminders 5, 3, and 1 minute before the performance recommences. The piece creates the ambience of intermission chatter and the the sonic environment leading up to a performance.

The Knitting Club (2017)

The Knitting Club (2017)
a short scene
with text by Michael Park and Sue Hughson
duration: 10 minutes
written for Vancouver's Erato Ensemble:
4 singers (Soprano,  Mezzo-Soprano, Tenor, Baritone) and chamber ensemble (Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone, Violin, Cello, Guitar, Piano)

As a long-standing member of Vancouver's Erato Ensemble, I wrote this piece specifically for their 10-year anniversary. Essentially a short scene from a not-yet-written opera, the piece puts every singer and instrumentalist in the role of knitting club member. Musicians use knitting needles and speech to set the scene, in which the piece explores many quotations and themes around the darker (and lighter) sides of knitting groups. 

Program Note:
It's rare to have an Erato Ensemble rehearsal where someone isn't knitting something during their downtime. Composer Michael Park (avid knitter and ensemble pianist) took it as a personal challenge to create a work that explores the tradition of knitting groups that is equal parts: fun, evocative, and ridiculous.
The audience is invited to knit along with the piece, or just click their needles along with the ensemble. At this knitting club, everyone's invited!

The Protective Warmth of the Blanket (2016)

for mezzo and piano
text by Kate McKabe

An art song exploring one woman's experience undergoing radiation therapy cancer treatment.