2020
January 9 2020. Gillian Smith (violin) and Mary Castello (piano) perform Magnetic North. Denton Hall, Wolfville NS.
January 25 and 26 2020. The Regina Symphony Orchestra plays my wind quintet What Happens When We Move on their concert “Coming Together”.
January 31 2020. Sackville NB’s Mount Allison University presents “Trombone, North of 60”, with trombonist Dale Sorensen. Dale has commissioned and will premiere my new work for trombone+percussion “Ghost of a Giant in the Ground” with Joël Cormier on percussion.
Multiple Dates - Northern Sites 360 - The frozen-piano-in-ice 360-degree video I made with Western Arctic Moving Pictures is going on tour!
Jan 31 - Feb 9 Whitehorse YK - Available Light Film Festival
Dawson City YK - Dawson International Film Festival - Postponed to Oct 8-11 2020
February 4-8 2020. Guest composer at Acadia University (my undergrad school!) for their new music week. Wolfville, NS.
February 9 2020. Fredericton’s University of New Brunswick Centre for Musical Arts presents myself, Mark Adam (percussion), Nadia Francavilla (violin) and Norman Adams (cello) in concert with works from my newest album Songs of the Invisible Summer Stars.
February 9 2020. Calgary’s Ensemble Resonance performs The Raven Translations (clarinet, piano, violin, soprano) - which they commissioned and premiered in 2019! Their concert: Music, Words & Technology: the Impact.
Feb 16, Feb 23, May 16 2020 - Music Composition Workshops for Yellowknife music students, with special guest session with Prairie Debut / NACC Artists Amy Hillis and Megan Milatz.
February 23 2020. Calgary’s Luminous Voices premieres a new choral work of mine inspired by women living in the Tudor age. alongside many beautiful Rennaisance vocal works and another new commission by Zachary Wadsworth in their concert “The Tudors”.
March 1 2020. Winnipeg choir Canzona premieres a new choral work of mine in their concert “Canzoni d'Amore - Love Songs” featuring works by women composers in the 18th and 21st Centuries - including Canadians Laura Hawley, Marie-Claire Saindon and myself.
POSTPONED/CANCELLED May 6 and 7 2020. Vancouver women’s choir Elektra premieres “The Lost Words: A Spell Book” project with 10 Canadian composers commissioned to set the text of this fantastic book for treble choir and accompaniment. I got to set the texts for the “Lark” and “Heather” spells!
MOVED ONLINE May 16 2020 - Music Composition Workshops for Yellowknife music students, with special guest session with Prairie Debut / NACC Artists Amy Hillis and Megan Milatz.
POSTPONED/CANCELLED June 6 2020. Aeolian Singers premiere “Aviva Swims” - my new work for treble choir+accompaniment in Halifax NS.
MOVED ONLINE / POSTPONED / CANCELLED - Multiple Dates - Duo Concertante premieres a new work of mine for violin and piano, as part of their “Ecology of Being” concert, along with 4 other new works by Canadian composers Dawn Avery, Ian Cusson, Melissa Hui and Bekah Simms.
July 30 Toronto Summer Music
August 1 Stratford Summer Music
August 3 Ottawa International Chamber Music Festival
August 9 Tuckamore Festival: Cape Broyle
August 10 Tuckamore Festival: St John’s (Festival opener for 20th anniversary of the festival)
August 24 Musique Royale: Lunenburg NS
August 29 2020. Online streamed concert - Carmen’s first one! 7:30pm Presented by NACC, WAMP and NorthwesTel. Free to view on NACC and WAMP’s facebook pages, NACC’s YouTube page, and NorthwesTel Community TV channel. *** Watch the full concert online here!
tNovember 26 2020. Online premiere / radio premiere - Duo Beija-Flor premiere’s “The Culture of Isolation” for flute/guitar. Teaser video here. And watch the youtube premiere here. Or tune in to Calgary’s CJSW Noise radio program to hear from me and the performers at 8:3pm MT.
POSTPONED - December 13 2020. Aeolian Singers premiere “Aviva Swims” my new work for treble choir+accompaniment in Halifax NS.
Blundstone Canada features “Small Town Song” on Blundstone Playlist Volume 4: A Cross-Country Musical Journey! Listen Here!