2017 Events
January 2017
Dream Catcher | for wind ensemble
Recorded by University of Manitoba Wind Ensemble
Conducted by Dr. Fraser Linklater on their North Winds V CD
Broadcast January 11, 2017 on WFCF 88.5 (Music of Our Mothers)
St. Augustine, Florida and streaming live on iheartradio.com
February 2017
Echoes on Deception Lake | arr. clarinet and vibraphone
WORLD PREMIERE
Lyrcial Noise Ensemble
George Georgiou, Clarinet Marios Nicolaou, Vibraphone
Donne in Musica (Cyprus) Inaugural Concert
Tuesday, 7 February 2017, at 20:00
Melina Merkouri Hall
Famagusta Gate, Athina Avenue 1017, Nicosia, Cyprus
May 2017
Echoes on Deception Lake | for flute and piano
Recorded by Canadian flutist, Laurel Swinden professor at the University of Guelph and Stephanie Mara, piano
"Celebrating Canadian Women!" CD RELEASE!
Laurel’s CD "Celebrating Canadian Women!" features works by Canadian Women Composers
June 2017
Aurora | for Brass Quintet
WORLD PREMIERE
Commissioned by Manotick Brass to commemorate Canada’s 150th
June 24, 2017, 8:00 p.m
Knox Presbyterian Church, Manotick ON
Echoes on Deception Lake | for flute and piano
TORONTO PREMIERE
Laurel Swinden flute, Stephanie Mara, piano
Summer in the City: International Flute Festival
June 19, 2017
Toronto, ON
September 2017
Blue Eyed Grass | for piccolo and piano
EUROPEAN PREMIERE
Kim Hickey, piccolo
Ailsa Aitkenhead, piano
Charles Rennie Mackintosh Society Queens Cross Church
September 22, 2017
Glasgow, Scotland
October 2017
Elpis | for solo flute and piano
WORLD PREMIERE
Janice Joyce Robinson, Flute
University of West Georgia October 24, 2017
Carrollton, GA, USA
November 2017
Dòchas (HOPE in Scottish Gaelic) | for symphony orchestra
PREMIERE
November 25, 2017 8:00 p.m.
Conexus Arts Centre
200 Lakeshore Drive, Regina, SK
Commissioned by Toronto Symphony Orchestra for TSO's Canada Mosaic Project in celebration of the 150th Anniversary of the Confederation of Canada with financial assistance from the Government of Canada
December 2017
Dòchas (HOPE in Scottish Gaelic) | for symphony orchestra
PREMIERE
December 5, 2017 8:00 p.m.
Roy Thomson Hall
60 Simcoe Street, Toronto, ON
Commissioned by Toronto Symphony Orchestra for TSO's Canada Mosaic Project in celebration of the 150th Anniversary of the Confederation of Canada with financial assistance from the Government of Canada