Upcoming Compositions
The "ut" catalogue number stands for unpublished title.
COMPLETED - TO BE PUBLISHED
Duet for Flute and Alto Saxophone
"The Five Stages of Grief"
SECOND PRIORITY
If there is a piece in the "top priority" category, little time is spent working on these pieces. If there is no piece in the "top priority" category, I tend to cycle between these pieces when working on them. There are no real due dates or expectations in regards to its completion.Trio No. 2 in C Minor
for Clarinet, Viola (or Violin) and Piano
for Clarinet, Viola (or Violin) and Piano
II. Adagio teneramente started 05 May 2024, to be completed by mid-Sep 2024
III. Scherzo started 05 May 2024, to be completed by mid-Sep 2024IV. Tema con variazioni started 23 July 2024, to be completed 1 Sept 2024
Entire trio to be published by 31 September 2024
Mvt. 4 5 (choral) started on 8 Mar 2023, to be completed 14 February 2025
Entire symphony to be published by 14 February 2025
String Quartet No. 1 in G Major
Clarinet Concerto in G Minor
Entire concerto to be published by late 2026
Violin Concerto in D Major
Mvt. 2 started on 08 Dec, 2022
Mvt. 3 started on 04 Aug, 2024 -
Themes reallocated to Mvt. 1
Mvt. 3 restarted on 07 Aug, 2024
Entire concerto to be published early 2026
Double Concerto for Violin and Clarinet in A Major
Entire concerto to be published early 2026
Viola Concerto in C Minor
THIRD PRIORITY
These compositions are in a sort of "limbo". Very little to no time is spent on them until I finish a few higher-priority compositions or I suddenly get an idea for one of them. In either of those cases, the compositon would move out of "third priority".Symphony No. 3 in E♭ Major-Minor
"Not in Service"
"Not in Service"
Theoretical symphony to not just lament the complete loss of 500,000-7 people's access to public transportation in Metro Vancouver, BC, should TransLink's fiscal cliff of $4.3-billion not be addressed by Spring 2026, but as a testament to the dominance of the automobile in North America, and the treatment of transit as a non-essential service and transit riders as second-class citizens. The symphony would ultimately paint a bleak picture of the future of not just Vancouver, but the general outlook of a building livable, vibrant and financially and enviromentally sustainable societies in any North American city under the automobile's rule, as population growth remains unsustainable with the status quo of car-dependant suburban sprawl.
I. Presto "Peak Hours" (E-flat major) - A spirited march depicting the bustle and vibrancy of a thriving transit system (and therefore a thriving city), and an optimistic future of expansion and improvement.
II. Tema con variazioni "The Journey" (B-flat major) - A theme and variations, similar to "Victoria in Transit" where each variation takes the listener on a journey connecting with a variety of different bus routes venturing to every nook and cranny of Metro Vancouver, namely foreshadowing for the ones to be cut.
III. Marcia brutale "March of the Automobile" (G minor) (started 2024-07-25) - Noisily depicting the chaos of traffic congestion, road fatalities, and the monopoly built by the automotive industry to view the automobile as a symbol of status and the treatment of public transit and its users as low-class.
IV. Prestissimo furioso "Service Changes" (B-flat minor) - A suspenseful movement with the looming disaster ahead, exploding into a brutal orchestral tutti where the cuts begin (with hints of hope that salvation can still come)
V. Lento funebre "In Memoriam" (E-flat minor) - Services cut. 500,000–675,000 people now without transit access will either turn to the dark side of the automobile or lose their job. As routes are cut, ridership declines, further reducing revenue, leading to more cuts in a death spiral. Recovery even in a decade is a pipe dream, as the population's confidence in transit declines, and political will for transit is further decimated. A hopelessly dying down funeral march revisits the themes introduced in the second movement as each route breathes its last breath as the last bus closes its doors. Similar to the ending of Haydn's Farewell Symphony, instrument groups will gradually depart in this movement, leaving the orchestra bare-boned, until
the last lone note fades into the eternity of silence.
Mvt. 3 started 25 Jul, 2024
Unknown publish date
Variations on a Theme by Richard Myhill (Woe is Me!)
for Solo Violin and Orchestra
for Solo Violin and Orchestra
Flute Trio with Piano in E Minor
FUTURE IDEAS
Symphony No. 4 "Through the Ages"
Where each movement would emulate a different musical era."Victoria in Transit", variations on a theme where each variation illustrates a different bus route in Victoria, BC.
For example, the 72 would be long, slow and drawn out, the 61 would be dizzying, rapid and all over the place, the 17 would be odd and unfamiliar, and the 13 would be a short joke.Orchestrated version of Clarinet Sonata in C Minor, Op. 10
A jazz symphony
Clarinet quintet
Unaccompanied suites for clarinet, Baroque style (but with enough of a break to breathe!)
(Long term idea) Orchestrate Beethoven's 32 Piano Sonatas