ECMA NOMINATION
NFLD represents!
Nice to see 4 composers with a Newfoundland connection nominated for an ECMA. Congrats to all nominees. See you @ the ECMAS in Sydney!
NEW RECORDING
released on the Centrediscs label on May 2nd
ECHOES of a Vanished People, is a new recording of my music with a focus on intimate songs for soprano & small ensembles, surveying music composed between 2007-2022 for long-time collaborator Helen Pridmore.
Themes of nature, longing, and the otherworldly are central to all compositions. The album includes a setting of poems by celebrated Newfoundland author Michael Crummey. Another song, Susan Pennefather Gray - originally commissioned to celebrate PEI’s 2014 Sesquicentennial - was recently selected for performance at the prestigious ISCM World New Music Days 2025 festival in Portugal.
Featuring Helen Pridmore (soprano), David Rogosin (piano), Karin Aurell (flutes), Eileen Walsh (clarinet), James Gardiner (trumpet) and Dale Sorensen (trombone).
Portugal!!!
ISCM 2025
with soprano Camila Mandillo & pianist João Casimiro after their fantastic performance @ the beautiful SÃO LUIZ theatre in Lisbon
Pretty cool to have a concert programme with your music in Portuguese!