These two marches are the oldest extant secular music composed in Canada. The Royal Fusiliers' Arrival at Quebec was written in honour of the arrival of the newest regiment from England and its commanding officer. An inscription on the manuscript...
Composer's note: "The 12th-century organa of the Notre Dame school (most notably those of Pérotin) employ plainchant as the slow foundation for rapid, ecstatic, dance-like melismata. In June 1994 I used this technique to write a very short piece for...
This difficult new work has been scored for flute, oboe, clarinet in A, horn in F, bassoon, trumpet in C and trombone. This is another brilliant composition by this talented Canadian. The combination of a woodwind quintet with two brass allows for a...
