Miscellaneous Ensembles

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Mellow Tones for Johnny (+ info and audio)

(1993)
Flute/Piccolo, Oboe/English Horn, Bassoon, Trumpet, Trombone, Tuba, Percussion and Cello
Duration : 7’06”
Commissioned work and premiere by The American Festival of Microtonal Music Ensemble under the direction of Ginès-Didier Cano

Listening back to the live recording of Mellow Tones for Johnny (1993) brings to me some nostalgia. I remember what I wanted to capture while I composed this piece : some of the freedom we got out of the eclectic repertoire the American Festival of Microtonal Music (AFMM) was used to offer. Mostly it was a gift to a dear friend of mine : Johnny Reinhard. He devoted so much passion over the years for this music. It was written in the stars that I would some day commited myself to use some microtonal technic.

Being the trumpeter of the AFMM Ensemble for so long, I felt it was important for me to leave something of my own perspective of this challenged music language.

Brass Quintet

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L’Homme exposé

(2007)
Brass Quintet
Duration : 3’10”
Commissioned work by members of Orchestre Métropolitain under the direction of  Yannick Nézet-Séguin for the Concerts populaires de Montréal
For the commemoration of the 40th anniversary of Expo67

4 Sonneries à cinq

(2006)
Brass Quintet
Duration : 0’55”

String Quartet

Quatre (+ info and video)

(2011-2012)
String quartet
Duration : 1 hour
Youth show commissioned work by Quatuor Molinari. Text by Guillaume Girard.

Wind Orchestra

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(2010)
Wind Orchestra
Duration : 3’35”
Commissioned work by Commission scolaire de la Pointe-de-l’Île in Montréal

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Graduation (+ info and audio)

(2010)
Wind Orchestra
Duration : 6’28”
Commissioned work by FACE School in Montreal as a composer in residence, part of the musical suite Visages