A Frost Sequence
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood… I can’t count the times those words have gone through my head when walking in the woods, or faced with a tough decision. Robert Frost’s poems have been in my brain...
View ArticleP.S. A Frost Sequence video (with subtitles)
As a quick follow up to my last blog, I am pleased to be able to publish this link to the video of ‘A Frost Sequence’ performed by The Elora Singers under the direction of Mark Vuorinen as part of the...
View ArticleSinging again
Through a mask, darkly, cradling hand-written chant in one hand and a tapered candle in the other, I croak my way through the ancient service of Tenebrae. A ragtag crew of rusty, veteran singers...
View ArticleSeasonal delights: Frost and fruitcake
Here is all of the very most pressing seasonal news. I finished the epic task of baking a traditional, dark and fruity Christmas Cake on ‘Stir Up’ Sunday with an old friend who is luckily a much more...
View Article‘Songs My Mother Taught Me’
When Thomas Burton asked me to compose a new choral piece for ‘RESOUND’ on the theme of motherhood, it did not take me long to find the perfect text. My mum, Shirley Martin, turned 90 last April and...
View ArticleWATER: an environmental oratorio
Wednesday is World Water Day (March 22, 2023) and that’s a good reason to let you know about some new Canadian music that’s all about water. ‘WATER: an environmental oratorio’ imagines two different...
View ArticleComing down from ‘WATER: an environmental oratorio’
It happened! Two years of imagining, researching, learning, writing, composing, and workshopping during the pandemic finally culminated in the full orchestral and choral première of our brand new...
View ArticleMa fin est mon commencement
Today I am starting something new. I’m launching this new website! With the help of expert web designer Mary Bella the new site launches with current photos (of my mature self) , a refreshed blog where...
View ArticleCori Martin
How can I eulogize a sister, or sum up a lifetime in words? Memory doesn’t live in letters on a page, or in faded pictures in photo albums. It’s a sketchy patchwork – flashes of feelings, recollections...
View ArticleAve Verum Corpus: a silver lining story
This is the true story of a little piece of music called ‘Ave Verum Corpus’. If you are a fan of choral music, you’ll probably be familiar with the text ‘Ave Verum Corpus’. If you sing in a choir, you...
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