Nightscapes (2012)

     I. Dusk
    II. Midnight
   III. Interlude
    IV. Before Dawn

for orchestra (2222 2111 T 3P Str sopr voice)

Fanfare (2010)

for band (piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, bassoon, 3 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 alto saxophones, tenor sax, baritone sax, 3 trumpets, 4 horns, 3 trombones, euphonium, tuba, timpani, 3 percussion)

Mare Nostrum (2008)

Music for String Orchestra #2

for string orchestra, minimum 4/4/2/2/1

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Avenue Road (1997)

for 13 solo strings (7 violins, 3 violas, 2 'cellos, 1 contrabass), soprano saxophone, harp

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Forest City Overture (1995)

for orchestra (2222 2230 T 1P Str)

Premiere: November 18, 2001, Edmonton, AB. Concordia Symphony Orchestra, John Wiebe

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High Strung (1994)

Music for String Orchestra

for string orchestra (no divisi, can be performed as a quintet)

Premiere: March 14, 1999, Edmonton, AB. University of Alberta Academy Strings, Tanya Prochazka

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Details: University of Alberta Academy Strings, T. Prochazka

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Sonata for Piano Four Hands (2012)

War of 1812
     I. Burlington Heights
    II. Drummond Hill Cemetery, battlefield at Lundy's Lane
   III. Field musicians, Niagara campaigns 1812-1814

for piano four hands; originally for two alto recorders and piano (2012)

Premiere: May 10 2012, Stratford ON. Michel Allard and Doug Peterman, recorders, Marco Burak, piano; Piano four hands version: November 3 2012, Stratford, ON. Michel Allard and Marco Burak, piano

Prelude and Fugue (2012)

for piano four hands

Premiere: May 4, 2013, Stratford, ON. Michel Allard and Marco Burak, piano

Evanescence (2011)

for violin and piano

Premiere: November 12, 2011, Stratford, ON. Andrea Barstad, violin; Michel Allard, piano

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Sonata for Violin and Piano (1996)

     I. Very slow and elastic
    II. Recklessly fast
   III. Intermezzo
    IV. With verve

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Five Fantastic Miniatures (1991)

for clarinet and 'cello

Premiere: February 11, 1999, Edmonton, AB. Don Ross, clarinet; Colin Ryan, 'cello

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Details: Miniature no. 4(complete): Don Ross, clarinet; Colin Ryan, 'cello

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Full Steam Ahead (1991)

Toccata for Two Pianos

for two pianos, four hands, published in "Making Tracks" volume 3, Canadian National Conservatory of Music, available here

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Long, Long Ago (2018)

for mixed choir (SATB) and orchestra 2222 4230 T 1P Hp Str

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A Christmas Card (2018)

canon for six voices at the unison/octave

for mixed choir (SATB), brass quintet, and organ (optional)

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Hallowed Time (2016)

Text by Shakespeare, from Hamlet (1.1.158-164)

for mixed choir (SATB)

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Ave atque Vale (2014)

poem (Carmen CI) by Gaius Valerius Catullus

for for treble voice choir (SSAA) and piano

Premiere: June 6, 2015, Stratford, ON. She Sings! Choir, Martha Hill Duncan

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Details: (mm27-42)She Sings! Martha Hill Duncan, dir.; Kristin Rae, piano

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In Cinderella's Dreams (2013)

A song to a poem by Jen Frankel

for high voice and piano

Premiere: May 4, 2013, Stratford, ON. Barb Redden, soprano; Marco Burak, piano

Ganymed (2012)

poem by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

for 8 part mixed choir (SSAATTBB)

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Ave Maria (2011)

for any voice and piano; also arranged for choir (unison, SA, SAB, and SATB)

Premiere: November 12, 2011, Stratford, ON. Lynne Hopcraft, mezzo soprano; Marco Burak, piano

The Fool (2010)

A song-cycle on poems by Jen Frankel
   1. Is It Enough to Be Happy
   2. Trust Him, and Watch Your Back
   3. The Fool
   4. In Four Words
   5. Whys and Wherefores or, On the Cloud of Depressive Thought

for high voice and piano

Premiere: Novemeber 20, 2010, Stratford, ON. Barbara Redden, soprano; Marco Burak, piano

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November (2009)

A song to a poem by Michelle Wells

for medium voice and piano

Premiere: November 12, 2011, Stratford, ON. Lynne Hopcraft, mezzo soprano; Marco Burak, piano

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Listen to the Music (2007)

poem by Jen Frankel

for mixed choir (SATB)

Premiere: June 3, 2007, Dearborn, MI. Vanguard Voices, G. Kevin Dewey

Canadian Premiere: March 15, 2009, Edmonton, AB. i Coristi Chamber Choir, Debra Cairns

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Details: i Coristi Chamber Choir, Debra Cairns

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The Muses on Mount Helicon (2004)

poem by Jen Frankel

for mixed choir (SATB)

Commissioned by: i Coristi Chamber Choir, Edmonton, AB

Premiere: May 8, 2004, Edmonton, AB. i Coristi Chamber Choir, Debra Cairns

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Details: i Coristi Chamber Choir, Debra Cairns

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Deus Qui Hanc (1993)

for treble voice choir (SSAA)

Premiere: December 3, 1999, Edmonton, AB. University of Alberta Concert Choir, Debra Cairns

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Details: University of Alberta Concert choir, Debra Cairns

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Fugue in D On a Borrowed Theme (2017)

for any keyboard instrument

Premiere: November 5, 2017, Stratford, ON. Marco Burak, piano

Queenston Diptych (2012)

1. Brock at Queenston Heights, 13 October 1812
2. The Ballad of Queeney the Cat, September 1814

for piano

Premiere: November 3, 2012, Stratford, ON. Marco Burak, piano

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Free Floating (2008)

for piano

Premiere: November 14, 2009, Stratford, ON. Marco Burak, piano

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Dunnville, Placentia Bay, Newfoundland (2006)

A setting of the folksong "She's Like the Swallow"

for piano, published in "Making Tracks" volume 4 Canadian National Conservatory of Music, available here

The Morning Trumpet (2005)

Choral Prelude with Variations and Fugue

for organ

Commissioned by: Sundays at Three recital series, Edmonton, AB.

Premiere: May 1, 2005, Edmonton, AB. Wendy Markosky, organ

Selected Additional Performances: September 20, 2007, Legnica, Poland. Marnie Giesbrecht, organ; November 16, 2009, Portland, OR. Wendy Markosky, organ

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Details: Excerpt: mm74-107, Wendy Markosky, organ

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24 Preludes (in progress) (1996)

1. in C (2014); 2. in f (2014); 3. in B flat (2014); 4. in e flat (2014); 5. in A flat (2016); 6. in c sharp (1997); 7. in F sharp (2019); 10. in a (1997); 11. in D (1998); 12. in g (1996); 13. in G (2014) 14. in d (1997); 18. in f sharp (2015);19. in D flat (1996); 21. in E flat (1997); 23. in F (1997)

for piano

Music for "Beautiful", in collaboration with Michelle Wells (2006)

A film by Matthew Toffolo and Jen Frankel, Wildcard Pictures, Toronto

Music for "I Was a Small Town Stripper Until I Became a Big City Lesbian" (2005)

A play in one act by Jen Frankel

for sequenced synthesized tracks and samples; produced July 29, 2005, London Fringe Festival, directed by Juliann Kuchocki

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Details: Sound cue: "My Awesome Roommate, Gertie"

Music for "Hysteria or Fragments of an Analysis of an Obsessional Neurosis" (2005)

A play in two acts by Terry Johnson

for soprano, cello, and electroacoustic sequenced tracks; produced May 19, 2005, University of Alberta Drama Dept. production, directed by David Allan King. Meera Varghese, soprano; Anthony Bacon, 'cello

Music for "Pterodactyls" (2004)

A play in two acts by Nicky Silver

for electroacoustic sequenced tracks; produced March 26 2004, University of Alberta Drama Dept., directed by David Allan King

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Details: Grace and Todd flashback scene

Music for "Regeneration" (2004)

A play in one act by Jonathan Seinen

for electroacoustic sequenced tracks; produced June 3, 2004, NextFest production, Theatre Network, Edmonton, AB. Directed by David Allan King

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Details: Music for transition scene

Bright, Deardeer, and Kit (1999)

An opera in one act, libretto by Jen Frankel

for soloists, chorus, and orchestra