Premiere of "in water suspended" for orchestra commissioned by Esprit Orchestra with generous support by the Ontario Arts Council. The concert will include premieres by Stephanie Orlando and Christina Volpini as well as performing Claude Vivier's "Orion" with video projections created by artist Moira Ness.
Arraymusic’s annual premiers concert returns after a COVID-enforced hiatus! This year’s event features an exciting set of new works created for the expert players of the Array Ensemble by acclaimed composers from Ontario and abroad. Colleen Cook will be premiering "Capsule", commissioned by Arraymusic for this concert alongside works by John Sherlock, Amahl Arulanandam, Bruce A. Russell, Seung-Won Oh, and Oscar Bettison. It will be a a pre-recorded online webcast.
Julia is a featured guest on the Flute 360 Podcast hosted by Heidi Kay Begay. This episode is in collaboration with the Association of Canadian Women Composers and the Scarborough Philharmonic's Flute Music By Women Composers International Festival.
Esprit Orchestra Recording Session
Earlier this year, I composed a new piece for Esprit Orchestra, "in water suspended" with support from the Ontario Arts Council. This past week I had the chance to rehearse and record it for an exciting upcoming collaboration! It has been almost two years since I heard live music or was even in the same room rehearsing with musicians, so thankful for this opportunity.
Alkali Collective will give the world premiere of unform for melodica, toy piano and piano a part of their concert, SHIFT at The Music Room. Other works on the program include pieces by inti figgis-vizueta, Brittany J. Green, Paige Halliwell, Yaz Lancsater, Bekah Simms and Cassie Wieland. This concert will be in-person as well as live-streamed.
Featured on Score Follower
Really excited to have threaded to be bound/unbound for solo double and electronics featured on ScoreFollower, performed by Adam Scime and commissioned by Caution Tape Sound Collective!
Only edges is one of three winning pieces from Impulse New Music Festival's International Call for Scores. It will be performed at INMF's closing concert by pianist Aron Kallay through an online video broadcast. The program will also include the other two winning pieces by composers Anuj Bhutani and Jose E. Hernandez. Check out the streaming link above.
Commissioned by the Toronto Symphony Orchestra to write a prelude for their 100th Season Celebration. The piece will be premiered on the Gimeno + Hannigan concert on May 19, 2022.
Field Recordings
I was able to get out of the city for a bit and captured some new sounds from this beautiful marshland. The place was filled with blackbirds, syncopated bird calls, gentle winds.
