March 2, 2023, 1:00 pm AT
Denton Hall, Acadia University, Wolfville NS
FREE
The first complete live performance of my song cycle Durme, Durme: Four Ladino Folk Songs, featuring Maureen Batt (soprano) and Tara Scott (piano).
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December 8, 2022, 8pm ET
918 Bathurst Ave, Toronto ON
$20 or PWYC
Performance of my piece for wind quintet and audio playback,
Liveable Cities: a tribute to Jane Jacobs
as part of BLYTHWOOD REMIXED.
Tickets can be reserved here.
Liveable Cities: a tribute to Jane Jacobs was commissioned by Blythwood Winds in 2016, with financial support from the Ontario Arts Council.
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December 8, 2021, 7pm ET
World Premiere of Durme, Durme: Four Ladino Folk Songs
Commissioned by Maureen Batt, with assistance from the Ontario Arts Council. Performed by Maureen Batt & Tara Scott as part of Crossing Borders: Shifting the Lens
Featuring a program of premières by myself, Chia Yin Wu, Mario Gómez-Vignes, and a preview of Maureen Batt’s upcoming album with music by Grej.
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Nov 10, 2019 – 4pm
And Gather Our Dispersed From the Ends of the Earth – Moshe Denburg Tribute Concert
tickets $19.99 regular, $15 seniors/students/children, BUY TICKETS
Annex (823 Seymour St)
Vancouver, BC
Vancouver’s Orchid Ensemble celebrates the 70th birthday of its long-time collaborator, local composer Moshe Denburg, with a concert of his music. Mr. Denburg is one of the pioneers of inter-cultural music in Canada, founded the Vancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra (VICO) in 2001, and has created compositions for many combinations of instruments from different countries. He is passionate about bringing people together with music and plays an important role in Vancouver’s world music community. Featuring the Orchid Ensemble (Lan Tung – Erhu/Chinese Violin, Dailin Hsieh – Zheng/Chinese Zither, Jonathan Bernard – Percussion) with special guest Michelle Harding – Flamenco Dance. In addition, the ensemble will premier Elisha Denburg’s “And Gather Our Dispersed From the Ends of the Earth“.
The Vancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra’s 2018 Global Soundscapes Festival features a concert that includes my piece for santoor & string quartet, Like David’s Harp of Solemn Sound.
June 20, 2018
Borealis String Quartet & Friends
8:00 pm PST
Waterfront Theatre
1412 Cartwright Street, Vancouver, British Columbia V6H 3Y5
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Access Contemporary Music presents MACHINE LANGUAGE
Access Contemporary Music concludes its first season of concerts at the Davis Theater with Machine Language, an evening of music inspired by machines, mechanisms, gears and toys. The concert features David Smooke’s Mechanical Birds, Annie Gosfield’s Cranks and Cactus Needles, my very own FISHER PRICE LAUGH & LEARN FUN WITH FRIENDS MUSICAL TABLE, Dan Trueman’s Machine Language and the Chicago premiere of Sculptress by Nicole Lizée.
I am so excited to be able to be present for this US premiere of my piece for children’s toy and chamber ensemble!
Monday, May 14, 2018
7:30 pm
Davis Theater
4614 N. Lincoln Ave.
Chicago IL
$25 door, $20 online, $15 students and seniors
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The Israeli-Iranian Music Initiative (I=I) has commissioned me to write a new work for saxophone and accordion, with financial support from the Toronto Arts Council. El Nora Alila is based on a 12th-century Judeo-Spanish liturgical poem, and will be premiered by Olivia Shortt and Michael Bridge. Alongside works by the Caution Tape Sound Collective, this concert is part of the Music Gallery‘s Emergents series, curated by Chelsea Shanoff.
February 4, 2017
The Music Gallery
197 John St
Toronto ON
8:00 pm
Tickets: $8 Members/Students |$12 Regular/Advance
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The Blythwood Winds present: HOGTOWN ROUNDUP: TORONTO GRAFFITI, four new works for wind quintet and multimedia inspired by Toronto street art. Featuring my new work Liveable Cities, inspired by the work and writings of urban activist Jane Jacobs, alongside premieres by Jason Doell, Alex Eddington, and Bekah Simms.
June 12, 2016
Heliconian Hall
35 Hazelton Ave, Toronto
3:00 pm
Admission: $15
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The Bicycle Opera Project & Toy Piano Composers present: TRAVELOGUE, a series of short operas based on travel. Featuring my opera scene for tenor, baritone, and chamber ensemble, entitled Road Trip. Part of the TPC Curiosity Festival.
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Nov 14, 2015
Pyatt Hall, VSO School of Music
Vancouver, BC
The Vancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra presents JUBILANT RED, new Canadian works for string quartet and traditional instruments from the Middle-East and Asia. Featuring my work for santoor & string quartet, Like David’s Harp of Solemn Sound, inspired by Shape-note choral music and Biblical text. Also featuring works by Jennifer Butler, Jim Hiscott, Lisa Cay Miller, Bob Pritchard, Jeffrey Ryan (title piece), Naomi Sato, and Rodney Sharman.
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Oct 8, 2015
Sir James Dunn Theatre
Dalhousie University, Halifax (in conjunction with the Marcie-Ann Gilsig Series of Jewish Arts & Culture)
Performance by Essential Opera of my chamber opera for five voices, violin, clarinet, accordion, and piano:
REGINA – a one-act opera about the first female rabbi, Regina Jonas.
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May 23 & 24, 2015
Toy Piano Composers & TorQ Percussion Quartet: IMPULSE
Conducted by Pratik Gandhi, this concert featured my world premiere for large chamber ensemble, pulse-impulse.
Array Space
155 Walnut Ave, Toronto
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April 30, 2015
HAMILTON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA: WHAT NEXT? FESTIVAL OF NEW MUSIC
“Discover the Unusual”
&
January 15, 2015
COMPOSING COMEDY
— Both events featured my piece for amplified children’s toy & ensemble:
FISHER PRICE LAUGH & LEARN FUN WITH FRIENDS MUSICAL TABLE!
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October 5, 2014
University of Memphis Chamber Choir
Harris Concert Hall
3775 Central Ave
Memphis TN
3:00 p.m.
FREE
Included a performance of my work for wind quintet and choir, “Or Chadash (A New Light)“, conducted by Dr Ryan Fisher.
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September 20, 2014
TOY PIANO COMPOSERS
Pandora’s Box
The Music Gallery
197 John St
Toronto ON
World premiere of my piece for children’s toy & ensemble, “Fisher Price Laugh & Learn Fun With Friends Musical Table”!
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September 18, 2014
RHODES COLLEGE
Rhodes Less Travelled: New and Experimental Music Festival
Evergreen Presbyterian Church
613 University St
Memphis TN
Included my chamber ensemble piece “Hashiveinu“, conducted by Leah McGray.
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September 18, 2014
Canadian Music Centre
20 St Joseph St
Toronto ON
Included my piece for cello, percussion, accordion & piano, commissioned by the Ladom Ensemble, “Tango for Four“.
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July 30, 2014
O.K. QUOI ?! CONTEMPORARY ARTS FESTIVAL
A fantastic and innovative festival in Sackville featured a new music concert of the works of composer-in-residence Monica Pearce that also included my piece for piano, toy piano and Casio keyboard called Welcome to Warp Zone!
Brunton Auditorium, Marjorie Young Bell Conservatory of Music, Mount Allison University
Sackville NB
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May 30, 2014
junctQín keyboard collective – FIVE: 5th Anniversary Concert
This celebratory show included my piece for piano, toy piano, and Casio keyboard, called Welcome to Warp Zone! Written especially for junctQín in 2011, the work was featured alongside other works by Canadian and international composers.
Gallery 345
345 Sorauren Ave
Toronto ON
8:00 p.m.
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June 5-15, 2014
OPEN EARS FESTIVAL OF MUSIC & SOUND
Curated by Gregory Oh, this music festival in Kitchener featured two performances of my works, including Welcome to Warp Zone! (piano, toy piano, Casio keyboard) performed by junctQín keyboard collective on June 6 as part of their event RETHINK KEYBOARD.
Then on June 15, Essential Opera brought my chamber opera, Regina, to the festival, as part of:
ETIQUETTE/REGINA/HEATHER: a triple-bill of new Canadian chamber operas by myself, Monica Pearce and Chris Thornborrow.
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June 14, 2014
IT’S COMPLICATED: BLYTHWOOD WINDS at CMC
This afternoon concert included a performance of my wind quintet Extensions, dedicated to the Toronto-based ensemble Blythwood Winds.
Canadian Music Centre
20 St Joseph St
Toronto ON
3:30 p.m.
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June 15, 2014
SYMPHONY ON THE BAY
Conductor Pratik Gandhi led the chamber players from Burlington’s Symphony on the Bay in a concert that included my wind octet, Petite Musette.
St Matthew’s Anglican Church
126 Plains Rd E
Burlington ON
3:00 p.m.
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May 8, 2014
ONOMATOPOEIA
The Thin Edge New Music Collective commissioned me to write a new work for their spring concert, which featured GREX vocal ensemble. The text is Rudyard Kipling’s iconic Just So Stories, adapted and set for vocal octet + chamber ensemble. Thanks all for a great performance!
Array Space
155 Walnut Ave
Toronto ON
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April 13, 2014
UNDERSCORE
Blythwood Winds, a Toronto-based wind quintet, presented a diverse program of music from the 20th and 21st centuries, including a piece I have dedicated to them, titled Extensions.
Array Space
155 Walnut Ave
Toronto ON
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April 12, 2014
TENSION/RESOLUTION: NEW MUSIC FOR HARP & ENSEMBLE
Continuing collaborations with these amazing performers, I am thrilled to have had harpist Angela Schwarzkopf and Dan Morphy perform my Sonatina for Vibraphone & Harp. Angela joined the TPC Ensemble for the final concert of our 5th-anniversary season! The show featured brand-new works by the Toy Piano Composers.
Heliconian Hall
35 Hazelton Ave
Toronto ON
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April 5, 2014
ETIQUETTE/REGINA/HEATHER
Toronto opera company Essential Opera commissioned me to write a one-act chamber opera, with an original libretto by local playwright Maya Rabinovitch. The opera is based on the true story of Regina Jonas, the world’s first female rabbi. It was premiered alongside two other one-acts, by Monica Pearce and Chris Thornborrow.
Heliconian Hall
35 Hazelton Ave
Toronto ON
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February 23 & March 2, 2014
SAINTS & LEGENDS
I am delighted and honoured to have been chosen as the winner of this year’s Halifax Camerata New Song Competition! I will be writing a newly-commissioned work for this choir, to be premiered at their Saints & Legends concerts in late February/early March. Thanks to Jeff Joudrey and the Camerata Singers!
Sunday, Feb 23, 2014, 7:30 pm – Saint Patrick’s Church, Halifax NS
Sunday, Mar 2, 2014, 4:30 pm – Saint John’s Anglican Church, Lunenburg NS
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October 12, 2013
TPC TURNS 5!
The Toy Piano Composers celebrated its fifth anniversary with re-imaginings of our favourite TPC works from the past five years, featuring the TPC Ensemble and junctQín keyboard collective, who performed my piece for two toy pianos, The Sinister Music Box.
Gallery 345
345 Sorauren Ave
Toronto ON
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October 6, 2013
GREAT CANADIAN HYMN COMPETITION
I was delighted and honoured to have been chosen as one of the finalists for Pax Christi Chorale’s Great Canadian Hymn Competition II! My shape-note hymn, Palmerston, was be performed by PCC alongside other new Canadian hymns, in a choral concert hosted by mezzo-soprano Catherine Robbin.
Grace Church-on-the-Hill
300 Lonsdale Rd
Toronto ON
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June 13, 2013
KEY CHARACTERS
This final installment of the CMC 13th-St Winery Piano Series included my opera scene for soprano and piano, The Hipster Grifter (Maureen Batt, soprano; Wesley Shen, piano). It also featured other short opera scenes by members of the Toy Piano Composers.
Canadian Music Centre
20 St Joseph St
Toronto, ON
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May 19, 2013
IN THE CAGE: TorQ Percussion Quartet & Evergreen Club Contemporary Gamelan
These two groups joined together to give the world premiere of my new percussion octet, Four By Four, written for Sundanese Gamelan and other percussion.
The Array Space
155 Walnut Ave
Toronto, ON
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Feb 21 & 28; Mar 21, 23 & 25, 2013
THRESHOLD
The Toy Piano Composers and I were very excited to have collaborated with Montreal’s Ensemble Paramirabo, a remarkable young quintet dedicated to performing cutting edge music of today.
The threshold concert series included the world premiere of my quintet, Rondo, and was performed in Banff, Regina, Hamilton, Toronto, and Montréal.
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Mar 19, 2013
Members of the venerated Array Ensemble reprised their performance of works by the Toy Piano Composers, including my work Liaison for chamber ensemble. Part of the free noon-hour series at the Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre.
Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts
Queen St & University Ave, Toronto
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