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Sherlock on recent work; use of vintage electric keyboards:
one more day in the empire
neither/nor ens. – Marc Couroux – “Rhodes”, Eve Egoyan – Clavinet, Heather Roche – clarinet, eldritch Priest – guitar, JMS – Wurlitzer
insuficiencia
Marc Couroux version, Rhodes
John Mark Sherlock version, Clavinet
premièred March 31st, 2007 at neither/nor festivette (failure)
utopianism (to Jack Behrens)
ensemble KORE
Marc Couroux, Rhodes/André Ristic, clavinet/Linda Catlin Smith, wurlitzer/D’Arcy Gray and Fabrice Marandola, vibraphones – metalophones
premièred April 11th, 2007
La Sala Rossa, Montreal
to Billy Preston
the Redshift Music Society – Rebecca Whitling, Jennie Press, violins; Anthony Cheung, Robin Streb, violas; Stefan Hintersteininger, Finn Manniche, cellos; Meaghan Williams, Joel Kerr, contrabass
premièred January 26th, 2007
salvage/wrecking
neither/nor ensemble
premièred December, 2005 at obscurity festivette
final approach (to lessness)
neither/nor ensemble
premièred 2003 at inconsequence festivette
with grace (to Michael J. Baker)
Eve Egoyan, Hammond organ, Rhodes
Commissioned through the Laidlaw Foundation
premièred February 13, 2003 at The Edward Day Gallery, Toronto
interdigitations
studio recording JMS
clavinet, Rhodes elec. pno, elec. org., bells, voice (H. Strauss)
Heidi Strauss and Darryl Tracey, choreographers.
Canadian Children’s Dance Theatre
(life’s rich) pageant
Eve Egoyan, Linda C. Smith, JMS – Rhodes, Wurlitzer and Clavinet
concert version premièred February 13, 2003 at The Edward Day Gallery, Toronto
for choreographer Sylvain Émard’s “Line Dance Variation”.
School of Toronto Dance Theatre
possibly you three
Richard Moore, cimbalom
Stephen Clarke, Piano
Erica Goodman, harp
for Richard Moore
Premièred Oct 18, 2000 at Christ’s Church Deer Park, Toronto
unrequited
for Arraymusic
gl, vib, tpt, B. cl, vln, db, 2 Rhodes elec. pnos
Premièred June 12, 2000 at Trinity St. Paul’s Centre, Toronto
All Saints, Still
for The Burdocks
Marc Sabat, violin
Margaret Gay, ‘cello
Eve Egoyan, piano
Coleen Cook, clarinet
Premièred May 10th, 1998 at the Music Gallery, Toronto
necklace
2 gl, tpt, B. cl, vln, db, pno
for Arraymusic’s 25th Anniversary
Premièred May 4th, 1997 at the Première Dance Theatre, Harbourfront, Toronto
Buy HERE on Arraymusic 25 Miniatures CD
lilac aubergine
Eve Egoyan and Linda C. Smith, pianos
Premiered May 18th, 1996 at the Music Gallery, Toronto
tattoo
Arraymusic
Robert Stevenson, clarinets
Michael White, trumpet
Eve Egoyan, piano
Rick Sacks, percussion
for Arraymusic’s 1994 Young Composer’s Workshop
Premiered June 19th, 1994 at the Music Gallery, Toronto
Impostures Intellectuelles
[formally Defeat of the Cynics]
wurlitzer, clavinet/pianet, rhodes, 2 gtrs, cymbal, pre-recorded audio
Premièred November 2012, Tranzac Club, Toronto as part of 416 Improvisation Festival
las lajas (the sails)
open instrumentation
sirens of titan
open instrumentation
harmoniums of mercury
open instrumentation
godless
for The Lotus Trio, Montreal
triumph
for Ensemble Allogene
dauphin, no more
for Recorder Quintet or open instrumentation
exit the plutocrats
premièred by the neither/nor ensemble at somewherethere, Toronto
stagger harlequin thresh
open instrumentation
without
open instrumentation
a(n) ash
to Agnes Aurora Sherlock Hernández
open instrumentation
a just society
open instrumentation
for Anne Bourne
voice, vcl
Republic of Canada
premièred July 2008, Rattlestick/ListenSpace, Manhattan/Brooklyn, New York
imperial noise
open instrumentation
like love to gravity
piano, wurlitzer e. pno, other sounds
for Shannon Cooney, choreographer
las orquídeas de Cuba (the orchids of Cuba)
I. las mismas miserias
II. these are my credentials
III. no hay nadie: a Dra.Yenisey Hernández Infante
orchestra
this time
for Heidi Strauss, choreographer
as it is
for Heidi Strauss, choreographer
at last (H. Strauss)
Sop.,Mezz.,Alto
for Heidi Strauss, choreographer
rooftop
toy celesta
for Barbara Lindenberg, choreographer
the field
music for Autobiography 1 – 5
Wurlitzer elec. pno, tpt, voices
Gerry Trentham, choreographer
flightsuit
Wurlitzer elec. pno, Hammond elec. org
for Qui connait le chemin de son coeur?
Guillaume Bernardi, director/choreographer
for Licia Mariaelisa Teresa Donadonibus
string quartet, cimbalom(alt. Clavinet), Cloud Chamber Bowls
Commissioned by NUMUS
Premièred at Open Ears Festival
the glass anchor (revised) (H. Strauss)
The Glass Orchestra (remixed)
for choreographer Heidi Strauss
dancers Justine Chambers, Darryl Tracey
idle
co-written with Jeremy Mimnagh
for choreographer Justine Chambers
the glass anchor (H. Strauss)
The Glass Orchestra
for choreographer Heidi Strauss
dancers Justine Chambers, Darryl Tracey
January 17-19, 2002
belladonna (revised)
I MAria VIctoria
II Donna
viola, 19 tone guitar, chromelodeon, 3 Hosaphones
for Critical Band
Premièred November 18, 2001 at the Music Gallery, Toronto
descent
clavinet, Rhodes elec. pno, elec. org. (manipulated)
for choreographer Allen Kaeja/ dancer Marie-Josée Chartier
August 2001
Rose Madder (revised)
vln, vla, vcl
Premièred February 9, 2001 at the Music Gallery, Toronto
women [withdrawn]
3 Violas d’amore
belladonna
violin, 19 tone guitar, chromelodeon
for Critical Band
Premièred at Microstock, Los Angeles, Spring 1999
bracelet
pno
Rose Madder
vln, vla, vcl
Premièred May 30th, 1996 at the Music Gallery, Toronto
by Michelle Denning, Elizabeth Reid and Alyissa Wright
stainless
pno, vib, gl
for Linda C. Smith and Rick Sacks
Premièred June 22nd, 1996 at the Music Gallery
by Stephen Clarke and Richard Moore
She I You
chamber orchestra
Naught Queen’s Knavel
3 percussionists
for Bryan Malito
Premièred September 3rd, 1994 at Von Kuster Hall, London
leaving
2 vln, vla, cl, 2 tbn, 2 pno
Premièred at the Music Gallery, Toronto
Dying Matador Dying (Beckett)
chamber orchestra
Premièred at Von Kuster Hall, London
Soft Addiction
harmonium, tape
Premièred at the London Public Library, London
Faded Fragment of an Illumination
fl, alt. fl, pno
Premièred at Von Kuster Hall, London
Cathedral Skyscraper
picc. tpt, 2 tpt, 2 hrn, 2 tbn, tba, tape
Premièred at Von Kuster Hall, London
Punishment (Heaney)
sop, hrp, pno
Premièred at Von Kuster Hall, London
Notre Dame (0ne of the high windows of the nave)
sop, alto, tape
Premièred at Talbot Hall, London
Fall Collection
fl, vln, vla, vib, hrp, pno
Viragos
orchestra
The Cinnamon Peeler (Ondaatje)
bar, sop, bsn, vla, orgPremièred at Von Kuster Hall, London
…with Heaven full of astronauts
fl, ob, cl, bsn, vln, vla, vcl, db
Premièred at Von Kuster Hall, London
For Romina: Three Poems Set in a Ring (Anon., Pound, Beckett)
mezzo, cl, vln, vla, vcl
Premièred at Von Kuster Hall, London
Three Songs
2 pianos
Music When Soft Voices Die (Shelley)
SSAA, vln, celesta
Premièred at Von Kuster Hall, London