MUSICAL WORKS

Compositions and Arrangements

On this page I have included a list of music that I have composed and arranged for various ensembles and media.

Compositions: Welcome

CHAMBER MUSIC

Compositions: Compositions

FANTASIA SOPRA SEI TEMI DI PUCCINI (2021)

For Solo Piano (ca. 7 minutes 30 seconds)

MINIATURE NO. 1 (2020)

For Solo Flute (ca. 2 minutes)

LAMENTO PER SASSOFONO (2020)

For Solo Tenor or Alto Saxophone (ca. 5 minutes)

RONDO–ALLEGRO (2018)

For Piano Trio (ca. 17 minutes)

INVENZIONE PER PIANOFORTE (2016)

For Solo Piano (ca. 5 minutes)

SONATINA PER QUINTETTO DA CAMERA (2015)

For Flute, Clarinet, Marimba, Violin, and Cello (ca. 7 minutes)

THREE COMPOSITIONAL STUDIES IN GESTURE (2015)

For Two Violins (ca. 8 minutes)

INVENZIONE PER DUETTO DI PERCUSSIONI (2013)

For Percussion Duo (ca. 12 minutes)

SUITE OTTATONICA NEOBAROCCA (2012)

For Solo Piano (ca. 8 minutes)

ILUSÕES DO CARNAVAL (2012)

Study for Two Marimbas (ca. 6 minutes)

PRELUDIO PER CHITARRA (2011)

For Solo Guitar (ca. 6 minutes)

FUGA IN DO MAGGIORE NEOBAROCCA PER PIANOFORTE (2012)

For Solo Piano (ca. 5 minutes)

PER AC (2011)

For Solo Piano (ca. 10 minutes)

PERCUSSION STUDY (2011)

For One Player (ca. 3 minutes)

ÉTUDE: THEY GAVE US THE SLIP (2011)

For Brass Quintet (ca. 6 minutes)

THE ELVES AND THE SHOEMAKER (2010)

A Ballet for Chamber Orchestra (ca. 40 minutes)

RHAPSODY FOR STRING QUINTET (2010)

For Two Violins, Viola, Violoncello, and Double Bass (ca. 3 minutes)

THEME AND VARIATIONS (2010)

For Wind Quintet (ca. 7 minutes)

THREE SHORT ÉTUDES (2010)

For Solo Violin (ca. 5 minutes)

RICORDI DI UNA NOTTE TENEBROSA (2010)

For String Quartet (ca. 20 minutes)

CHAMBER ÉTUDES (2009)

For Chamber Ensemble (ca. 9 minutes)

IL SOGNO (2008)

For Chamber Ensemble (ca. 3 minutes, 30 seconds)

ORGAN TOCCATA IN C MINOR (2008)

Commissioned by the Organ Scholar of Brentwood Cathedral (ca. 7 minutes)

CHAMBER VOCAL & CHORAL MUSIC

Compositions: What I Do

A SHROPSHIRE LAD (2016)

(Based on five poems from A.E. Housman’s collection of poems of the same name), A Song Cycle for Soprano and Piano (ca. 25 minutes)

1.) II – Loveliest of Trees, the Cherry
2.) XL – Into My Heart an Air that Kills
3.) LIV – With Rue My Heart is Laden
4.) LX – Now Hollow Fires Burn out to Black
5.) XXXIX – ‘Tis Time, I think by Wenlock Town

Performed 9th March, 2019, in Walter Hall, Toronto, by Gwenna Fairchild–Taylor (Soprano) and Markéta Ornova (Piano)

Performed 1st March, 2016, in Walter Hall, Toronto, by Gwenna Fairchild–Taylor (Soprano) and Ivan Jovanovic (Piano)

INFANT JOY (2013)

for SATB Choir (Written for the Birth of my Nephew, Luca) (ca. 5 minutes, 30 seconds)

Performed 9th March, 2019, in Walter Hall, Toronto, by Chelsea Van Pelt, Gwendolyn Yearwood (Sopranos), Gwenna Fairchild–Taylor, Victoria Borg (Altos), Ross Mortimer, Kevin Mulligan (Tenors), Michael Broder, Nicholas Borg (Basses), and Patrick Murray (Conductor)

Performed 5th December, 2015, in Hammerson Hall, Living Arts Centre, Mississauga, by the Mississauga Festival Chamber Choir

CONFESSIONS (2014)

A Song Cycle for Soprano and Piano (Based on excerpts from “The Confessions of St. Augustine”) (ca. 35 minutes)

1.) Prélude: Carthage
2.) Truth?
3.) The Dream
4.) The Lost Companion
5.) Give Me Chastity, but Not Yet!

6.) I Have Eyes Only for You

7.) What do I Love, When I Love My God?

Performed 4th May, 2015, in Walter Hall, Toronto, by Eliza–Jane Cassey (Soprano) and (Piano)

Performed 24th April, 2014, in Walter Hall, Toronto, by Eliza–Jane Cassey (Soprano) and Blair Salter (Piano)

FALLING (2012)

For Voice and Chamber Ensemble (ca. 7 minutes)

WE KNOW THE ANSWER (2012)

For Voice and Chamber Ensemble (ca. 3 minutes)

Performed 20th January, 2013, in the Edward Johnson Building, Toronto, by Amanda Lowry (Flute), Massimo Guida (Voice and Guitar), Trevor Hewer (Piano), Mark Ballyk (Drums and Percussion), Dobrochna Zubek (Cello), and Jordan O’Connor (Double Bass)

IN THE BLEAK MID-WINTER (2012)

For SSA Children’s Choir and SATB Choir (ca. 6 minutes)

MISSA BREVIS (2009)

For SATB Choir, Organ, Chamber Orchestra, and Soloists (ca. 15 minutes)

i. Kyrie
ii. Gloria
iii. Sanctus/Benedictus
iv. Agnus Dei

PSALM 73:23–26 (2008)

For Voice and Piano (ca. 4 minutes)

Performed March, 2012, in the Edward Johnson Building, Toronto, by Mahi Raptis (Soprano), and Peter
Grant–Mackechnie (Piano)

PSALM 73:23–26 (2008)

For Voice and Chamber Ensemble (ca. 4 minutes)

Performed 9th July, 2010, at Holy Rosary Church, Toronto, by Alisson Angelo (Soprano), Zachary Moss

(Flute), Emily Hau (Violin), and George Fung (Piano)

Performed 8th December, 2008, at 90 Wellesley, Toronto, by Adanya Dunn (Soprano), Tristan Durie (Flute), Kishan Couhan (Clarinet), Rafael Ponciano (Percussion), Peter Grant–Mackechnie (Piano), Coco Chen (Violin), Samantha McLellan (Double Bass), and Massimo Guida (Conductor)

AVE MARIA (2008)

For Voice and Organ (ca. 5 minutes)

Performed 9th July, 2010, at Holy Rosary Church, Toronto, by Alisson Angelo (Soprano) and George Fung
(Organ)

VOCAL & INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC FOR LARGE ENSEMBLE

ELEGY FOR CHAMBER ENSEMBLE (2020)

For Chamber Ensemble (ca. 5 minutes)

Composed for the Scarborough Philharmonic Orchestra's Next Generation Composers Workshop

STELLE (2019)

A Symphony in three continuous movements for Orchestra (A DMA Thesis Based on the “Divine Comedy,” by Dante Alighieri) (ca. 30 minutes)

-Mvt. 1: Inferno

-Mvt. 2: Purgatorio

-Mvt. 3: Paradiso

CONFESSIONS (2014)

A Song Cycle for Soprano and Orchestra (A Master’s Thesis Based on the Confessions of St. Augustine) (ca.35 minutes)

Orchestration of Songs 1, 3, & 4 in Progress

2.) Truth?
5.) Give Me Chastity, but Not Yet!
6.) I Have Eyes Only for You
7.) What do I Love, When I Love My God?

THE FANFARE OF ILLUMINATION (2012)

For Brass Ensemble and Percussion (ca. 3 minutes, 30 seconds)

Written for the first annual “Alumni of Influence” Gala, Honouring 100 Alumni of University College, University of Toronto

Performed 15th November, 2012, at the Eglington Grand Theatre, Toronto, by the University of Toronto Brass Ensemble (Has been performed annually since the inception of the University College “Alumni of Influence Gala,” in 2012)

ROB FORD: THE OPERA (2012)

For Singers and Chamber Orchestra (ca. 20 minutes)

Composed Scenes 1 & 2 of the Opera. Libretto by Michael Albano; Scenes 3 & 4 by Adam Scime, Scene 5 by Anna Höstman, and Scene 6 by Saman Shahi

Performed 22nd January, 2012, at MacMillan Theatre, Toronto, by Fabián Arciniegas (Baritone), Eliza Johnson (Soprano), Andrew Haji (Tenor), and the GamUT Ensemble

PER ORA E SEMPRE (2011)

For Symphony Orchestra (ca. 7 minutes)

Written to Commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the Unification of Italy

STUDI ORCHESTRALI: LA CREAZIONE (2011)

For Symphony Orchestra (ca. 4 minutes 30 seconds)

BRIEF ÉTUDE (2010)

For String Orchestra (ca. 2 minutes 30 seconds)

GUITAR CONCERTO IN C MINOR (2009)

for Orchestra and Classical Guitar Soloist (ca. 20 minutes)

-Mvt. 1: Allegro vivace – 12 minutes
-Mvt. 2: Adagio – 8 minutes

AVE MARIA (2008)

For Voice & Orchestra (ca. 5 minutes)

Performed 9th November, 2009, in Geiger Torrel, Edward Johnson Building, Toronto, by the University of Toronto Symphony Orchestra (Reading Session)

SO LONG! (2008)

For Jazz Orchestra, Timpani, & Soloists (ca. 6 minutes)

Dedicated to the Upper 6th Leavers of the Brentwood School Big Band

Preformed on 28th June, 2008, at Brentwood School, Brentwood, U.K., by the Brentwood School Big Band

UNO SGUARDO AL CIELO (2007)

For Female Voice & Chamber Orchestra (ca. 5 minutes)

Text by Massimo Guida; In loving memory of Davide Tedeschi

Performed 22nd April, 2008, at Brentwood Cathedral, Brentwood, U.K., by the Harriet Drewe (Soprano), and the Brentwood School Chamber Orchestra; conducted by Massimo Guida

Compositions: Compositions

MUSIC FOR FILM AND MEDIA

LOST FOR WORDS (2015)

A Word-Trivia Game Released by OMG! Brews Games for iPhone, iPad, and Android

NEWSROOM (2014)

News Web App. for the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Music

MEMORY WORKED BY MIRRORS (2014)

Music, for Clarinet, Soprano, Percussion, Electric Guitar, & Cello

Score for a Short Film by Stephen Broomer, 2011, Ryerson

Performed 3rd May, 2014, at Brockton Studio, Toronto, at FAWN Synesthesia III: Film & Music, by Jessica Tse (Clarinet), Patrick Power (Guitar), Eric Woolston (Percussion), Adanya Dunn (Soprano), Brenton Chan (Cello), and Patrick Murray (Conductor)

VIDEO FOR UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO PRESIDENT GERTLER’S INAUGURATION (2013)

Music (ca. 2 minutes)

UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO: “BOUNDLESS IMPACT” VIDEO (2013)

Music; Additional Music by Mike MacMillan; Drum beats by
Andrew Kilgour (ca. 3 minutes)

Premiered on 16th September, 2013, at Corus Quay, Toronto

LOST FLOWER (2012)

Music, A Short Classically Animated Film by Adisra “Peach” Promthep, Sheridan College (ca. 2 minutes)

Premiered on 26th April, 2012, at Sheridan College Industry Day, Oakville

IN A BLUE MOON (2011)

Music, A Short Classically Animated Film by Nicole Gagnon, Sheridan College (ca. 2 minutes)

Premiered on 28 April, 2011, at Sheridan College Industry Day, Oakville

LITTLE ICARUS (2011)

Music, A Short Digitally Animated Film by Dylan
Kurp, Sheridan College (ca. 2 minutes)

Premiered on 28 April, 2011, at Sheridan College Industry Day, Oakville

PISTOL SHRIMP (2011)

Music, A Short Classically Animated Film by Derek Spencer, Sheridan College (ca. 2 minutes)

Premiered on 28 April, 2011, at Sheridan College Industry Day, Oakville

SILENT NIGHT (2011)

Music, A Short Digitally Animated Film by Ajith Vasu, Sheridan College (ca. 2 minutes)

Premiered on 28 April, 2011, at Sheridan College Industry Day, Oakville

BRENTWOOD SCHOOL PROMOTIONAL DVD (2008)

Additional Music; Music by David Pickthall

Compositions: Compositions