2021-2022
October 18-23 - Composer – Workshop with Tapestry Opera of Gould’s Wall
October 28, 2021 – Artistic Director – New Music Concerts – Broadcast online -Not Alone: works for solos and electronics – pieces by George Lewis, Malin Bång, Michel van der Aa, Rebekah Cummings, Bruno Mantovani and Luigi Nono. Online interviews with George Lewis, Malin Bang and Nuria Schoenberg-Nono
November 25, 2021 – Artistic Director – New Music Concerts – Broadcast online -Aulos –Robert and Dianne Aitken - pieces for two flutes
March 10 2022 – New Music Concerts – Difficult Grace: Seth Parker Woods in Concert – works by Lembit Beecher, Monty Adkins, Fredrick Gifford, Nathalie Joachim, Alvin Singleton, Freida Abtan and Pierre Alexandre Trembly
April 10 2022 – Conductor – New Music Concerts – Imagined Sounds curated by Keiko Devaux works by Keiko Devaux, Margaret Jeric and Tyshawn Sorey
April 30 2022 – Conductor, Artistic Director, NMC - Swara Sutras, world premiere of Juro Kim Feliz’ Kinalugarán
August 4-12 2022 – Composer, conductor – Gould’s Wall – opera on the wall of the Royal Conservatory in partnership with Tapestry Opera and the 21C Festival.
Events 2020-2021
October 18 2020 – co- Artistic Director – New Music Concerts - Broadcast online of Anima from Koerner Hall –performed by Ryan Scott, percussion and Sanya Eng, harp. Works by Edmund Campion (USA Bahaa El Ansary, Norma Beecroft, Igor Santos and Kaija Saariaho.
October 29 2020 – co- Artistic Director – New Music Concerts - Broadcast online of Cello Masterworks from Koerner Hall – performed by David Hetherington – works by Taylor Brook, Kaija Saariaho, Helmut Lachenmann, Sofia Gubaidulina, Elliot Carter and Thomas Demenga
November 29, 2020 – co- Artistic Director (NMC) along with Michael Mori – Broadcast online of Love Songs, in partnership with Tapestry Opera – Ana Sokolovic’s Love Songs performed by Xin Wang, soprano and Wallace Halladay, saxophone
December 6 2020 – co- Artistic Director – New Music Concerts – Broadcast online – 50th Anniversary Commissions for Distanced Ensemble – commissioning program for large ensemble playing individually from their homes – works by Kotoka Suzuki, Elliott Briton and James O’Callaghan.
February 18 2021- Director – New Music Ensemble of the Glenn Gould School – Online Broadcast of Flipbook – works by Corey Rose Soumah (world premiere), Martin Matalon, Nicole Lizee, and Pierre Jodlowski
March 8-12 2021 – Composer – Workshop with Tapestry Opera (online ) of Gould’s Wall
May 16 2021- co-Artistic Director – New Music Concerts - Broadcast online of The Ice is Talking from Koerner Hall – performed by Aiyun Huang and Mark Fewer
June 3 2021 – composer Doelen Ensemble, Rotterdam Netherlands, “Current conducts Current” - portrait concert of Brian Current’s works.
Events 2019- 2020
July 31 2019 – conductor and composer – The Toronto Summer Music Festival - Strata – plus works by Mathilde Côté* (CA), Andrew Hulse* (US), Haotian Yu* (CA, James Rolfe (CA) and Linda Smith (CA) as part Continuum’s Hatch program
August 2, 2019 – conductor and composer - The Stratford Summer Music Festival - Strata – plus works by Mathilde Côté* (CA), Andrew Hulse* (US), Haotian Yu* (CA, James Rolfe (CA) and Linda Smith (CA) as part Continuum’s Hatch program
August 4, 2019 – conductor – Ravage- The Ottawa Chamber Music Festival – works by Nicole Lizée, and Jagoda Szmytka (PL)
August 5, 2019 - conductor - The Ottawa Chamber Music Festival - works by Mathilde Côté* (CA), Andrew Hulse* (US), Haotian Yu* (CA, as part Continuum’s Hatch program
August 7, 2019 – conductor - The Festival of the Sound, Parry Sound - works by Mathilde Côté* (CA), Andrew Hulse* (US), Haotian Yu* as part Continuum’s Hatch program
September 6-8 2019 – composer – workshop retreat on opera Missing – Pacific Opera Vitoria
October 3 2019 – composer – Soundstreams – world premiere of Serenade for Three Trumpets – Ole Edvard Antonsen, Ingrid Jensen and Jens Lindemann, trumpets
October 16-21 – composer and conductor – conduct rehearsals of updated Opera Missing – Pacific Opera Victoria
October 17th to November 19th 2019 – composer – national tour by pianist Bryn Blackwood of Far Beyond Things Finite for solo piano to Kingston, Sackville, Toronto, Thunder Bay, Sudbury, Calgary, Winnipeg, Vancouver and Brandon.
November 1 2019 – composer – Missing – Pacific Victoria Opera – Victoria BC
November 3 2019 – conductor – Continuum Contemporary Music, Ryan Scott director – 35 Alive! – works by Jason Doell, Emily Lebel and Christopher Goddard
November 8 2019 – composer – Missing – POV – Regina SK
November 9 2019 – composer - Missing – POV – Regina SK
November 12 – 2019 – co-artistic director – NMC – Kasemets@100 moderator of preconcert talk with Robert Aitken, Mani Mazinani, Jeremy Strachan and Tarmo Johannes
November 14 2019 – composer - Missing – POV – Regina Prince George BC
November 15 2019 – composer - Missing – POV – Regina Prince George BC
November 14-17, 2019 – artistic director – attended the international GRNM conference on Gender and Diversity in New Music in Zurich Switzerland – grant by the Swiss Science Foundation.
November 26, 27 2019– composer – Toronto – On November 26 & 27 the celebrated Kwagiulth and Stó:lo First Nations, English, Irish and Scottish mezzo-soprano asks the question, “What is classical Indigenous music?” With mezzo-soprano Marion Newman, mezzo-soprano Rebecca Cuddy, baritone Evan Korbut, and pianist Gordon Gerrard – excerpts from opera Missing
December 11-13 2019– composer and conductor – workshop of new opera Gould’s Wall with Tapestry – public presentation on December 13.
January 10 2020 – co- artistic director –NMC – Mouths that Roar - post concert discussion with Gabriel Dharmoo and Janice Jackson
January 17 2020 – composer – Leaps of Faith – Yoko Hirota at Piano Lunaire
January 19 2020 – conductor and artistic director - For Michael Colgrass – 21C Festival and the GGS New Music Ensemble – works by Bekah Simms (world premiere), Gabrielle Dharmoo, Michael Colgrass and Miguel Azguime
February 13 2020 – conductor and co-artistic director – Serious Smile – NMC – Harbourfront Theatre – works by Alexander Schubert, Corie Rose Soumah, Brandon Chow, Keiko Devaux and Ligeti
Events 2018- 2019
October 5 - 2018 - composer - official release of The Seven Heavenly Halls commercial recording on Analekta, performed by The Czech National Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Richard Troxell tenor, Stephen Mercurio conductor - with thanks to the Azrieli Foundation
October 11 2018 - composer - For the Time Being - Le Nouvel Ensemble Moderne - 30 year anniversary concert
November 2 2018 - conductor - Continuum Contemporary Music, Ryan Scott director - Hot Sax - works by Donatoni, Adam Scime and Jimmie Leblanc
January 18 2019 - conductor - Continuum Contemporary Music - 21C Afterhours - works by Kati Agócs (CA)
Caroline Chen (US), Unsuk Chin (SK), Cassandra Miller (CA) and Linda Smith (CA)
January 20 2019 - conductor - New Music Ensemble of the Glenn Gould School - 21C Celebration - works by Zosha Di Castri, Anna Hostman (World Premiere), Toshio Hosokawa and Misato Mochizuki
March 30 2019 - conductor - Continuum Contemporary Music, Ryan Scott director - Pivot - works by Amy Brandon, Nathan Friedman, Émilie Girard-Charest, Solomiya Moroz, Luke Nickel and Lieke van der Voort
April 2 2019 - Montreal - conductor - Continuum Contemporary Music - Pivot - works by Amy Brandon,
Nathan Friedman, Émilie Girard-Charest, Solomiya Moroz, Luke Nickel and Lieke van der Voort
April 19-21 - composer - Far Beyond Things Finite - 12 performances at Eckhardt-Gramatte music competition
April 28 2019 - conductor - Pierre Boulez: Le Marteau Sans Maitre - with New Music Concerts
May 2 2019 - composer - Spotlight on Brian Current - portrait concert at CBC Studio 700 Vancouver - Heaven's Eye (Caitlin Wood, soprano and Les Dala, pianist), Far Beyond Things Finite (Nicole Linaksita, piano) and Shout, Sisyphus, Flock (Standing Wave Ensemble)
May 3 2019 - composer - Vancouver Opera Festival, Vancouver Bach Choir - The River of Light - full evening oratorio for symphony orchestra, chorus and soloists, conducted by Les Dala
https://www.vancouveropera.ca/2019/02/11/river-of-light/
May 9 2019 - conductor - New Music Ensemble of the Glenn Gould School - RBA atrium of the Canadian Opera Company, Four Seasons Centre - works by Lachenmann, Ana Sokolovic and Melissa Hui
May10 2019 - conductor - Continuum Ensemble - Marsh Chapel Experiment by Nicole Lizee
May 13 2019 - composer - Standing Wave Ensemble, Vancouver - Shout Sisyphus Flock
Events 2017-2018
September 18 2017 – composer - Czech National Symphony Orchestra and Chorus – Prague - The Seven Heavenly Halls for Tenor, Choir and Orchestra – Stephen Mercurio, conductor - Richard Troxell , tenor. Commercial recording of The Seven Heavenly Halls by the Czech National Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
November 1 2017 – composer - premiere of Missing, a full evening chamber opera on a libretto by Marie Clements. City Opera Vancouver and Pacific Opera Victoria. Vancouver dates: November 1, Russian Hall. November 3, 5, 7, 9, 11 and 12 at the York Theatre, Vancouver
November 17 2017– composer– Victoria run of Missing – additional performances on November 19, 21, 23, 25, 2017, at 7 pm - The Baumann Centre, Victoria
December 14 2017 – conductor – New Music Ensemble of the Glenn Gould School – Temerty theatre of the Telus Centre, Toronto – works for chamber orchestra by Robin De Raaff, Kotoka Suzuki and James O’Callaghan
January 17 2018 – composer – For The Time Being – Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra
January 28 2018 – conductor – open rehearsal and play-through – Continuum Contemporary Music – music by Jimmy LeBlanc
March 30 2018 – conductor – rehearsal and recording session – Continuum Contemporary Music – works by Bekah Simms
May 7 2018 – conductor – New Music Ensemble of the Glenn Gould School at the Richard Bradshaw Atrium – new works by Christopher Mayo, Toru Takemitsu and Murray Schafer
Events 2016-2017
July 14 2016 –composer– Shout, Sisyphus, Flock- New Music Concerts Ensemble – Beijing Conservatory, Beijing, China
September 30, 2016 – composer – Shout, Sisyphus, Flock- New Music Concerts Ensemble, Music Gallery, Toronto
October, 1st, 2016- composer – The Young Person’s Guide to New Music - Telliskivi loomelinnak, Tallinn Estonia, Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Ardo Ran Varres (narrator), conductor Andres Kaljuste
October 19 2016 – composer - Montreal Symphony Orchestra – Kent Nagano, Conductor – World Premiere of The Seven Heavenly Halls for Tenor Solo, Chorus and Orchestra
October 19 2016 – Master class for composition students, Conservatoire de Montreal
October, 21st, 2016 composer – The Young Person’s Guide to New Music -Estonia Concert Hall, Tallinn, Estonia, Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Ardo Ran Varres (narrator), conductor Olari Elts
December 13 2016 – conductor – New Music Ensemble of the Glenn Gould School – Canadian Opera Company, Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre – works by Magnus Lindberg, Saman Shahi and Ron Smith
January 2017 – conductor/composer – Symphony Nova Scotia – Open Waters New Music Festival – host and conductor of works by Ives, Magnus Lindberg, Nicole Lizee, Brian Current and Claude Vivier
February 20 to 28 2017 – composer – workshops of Missing Women, chamber opera about the missing and murdered aboriginal women – Victoria and Vancouver
April, 6th, 2017- composer – The Young Person’s Guide to New Music -Estonia Concert Hall, Tallinn, Estonia, Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Ardo Ran Varres (narrator), conductor Kristiina Poska
April, 7th, 2016 - composer – The Young Person’s Guide to New Music - Estonia Concert Hall, Tallinn, Estonia, Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Ardo Ran Varres (narrator), conductor Kristiina Poska
April, 8th, 2017- composer – The Young Person’s Guide to New Music – Niagara Symphony – Dean Burry (narrator), conductor Bradley Thachuk
April, 9th, 2017- composer – The Young Person’s Guide to New Music – Niagara Symphony – Dean Burry (narrator), conductor Bradley Thachuk
May 4, 2017 – conductor – The Book of Hours - New Music Ensemble of the Glenn Gould School – Telus Centre for the performing arts 7:30 pm - works by Julian Anderson, Eliott Carter, Anna Hostmann and Linda Catlin Smith
May 24, 2017 – composer – The Seven Heavenly Halls and Those Who Live in the Sky – Canadian Opera Company Orchestra and Chorus – Koerner Hall – 21C festival – Johannes Debus, conductor
May 27, 2017 - host - 5-7 concert of 21C festival - New works by Kotoka Suzuki, Alexina Louie, Aaron Parker
May 2017 – awarded New Chapter Grant from the Canada Council for the Arts for the creation and production of a new work to be performed on the atrium wall of the The Royal Conservatory
June 16 2017- composer, conductor – release of commercial recording, Faster Works, chamber works by Brian Current on the Centrediscs label. Performances by Continuum, Soundstreams, Blue Engine String Quartet, Duo Concertante, VC2 and New Music Concerts
June 29 – composer – Maccagno, Italy - soundSCAPE 2017 – Duet for Cellos – VC2
Events 2015-2016
September 9 2015 – composer - Workshop I, Clarence and Anita – with Soundstreams and Crowe’s Theatre, sponsored by the Canada Council for the Arts – libretto by Anton Piatigorsky
September 10 2015 – composer – press release event, Montreal – announcement of the Azrieli Commissioning Prize
September 19 2015 – conductor - At the Seems, a Jules Leger Celebration – Continuum Contemporary Music – Harbourfront Theatre – premieres by Jules Leger winners Thierry Tidrow, Chris Paul Harman, Alec Hall and André Ristic.
September 29 2015 – composer – These Begin to Catch Fire – Gryphon Trio – Kiev Ukraine
October 1 2015 – composer – The Star Spangled Banner! (in slanted time) - Buffalo Chamber Players, Buffalo New York
October 1 2015 – composer – Sungods, for Solo Piano – Winston Choi, piano – New Works Calgary
October 2 2015 – composer - Workshop II, Clarence and Anita – with Soundstreams and Crowe’s Theatre, sponsored by the Canada Council for the Arts – libretto by Anton Piatigorsky
December 8 2015 – conductor – COC Richard Bradshaw atrium – Strange Luminescence – works by Alice Ho (world premiere), Philippe Leroux (North American Premiere of TotalSOLo), Chris Paul Harman, New Music Ensemble of the Glenn Gould School – Claudia Chan, piano solo
January 14 2016 – composer/arranger – Halifax Nova Scotia – Symphony Nova Scotia premiere of new orchestra of Schubert’s Im Abendroth – Andrea Ludwig, Mezzo Soprano
April 5 2016 – conductor – Telus Centre for the Performing Arts – 730pm, free – works by Pierre Boulez, Ana Sokolovic and Andrew Norman
April 23 2016 – composer – Montreal - world premiere of Shout, Sisyphus, Flock – Transmission Ensemble – Chapelle Historique du Bon Pasteur
May 26 2016 – conductor – Japan Next - Continuum Contemporary Music– Ryan Scott, artistic director – 21C festival of The Royal Conservatory – works by Dai Fujikura, Hikari Kiyama, Misato Mochizuki andHiroki Tsurumoto
May 28 2016 – host/conductor – Cinq à Sept – 21C festival of the Royal Conservatory – new works by Ana Pidgorna, Andrew Norman, Ana Sokolovic and Rodney Sharman
Events 2014 – 2015
July 4 Airline Icarus (excerpt) – The Bicycle Opera Project - Kingston –Sydenham St United Church
July 6 Airline Icarus (excerpt) – The Bicycle Opera Project – Prince Edward County –Harwood Estates
July 8 Airline Icarus (excerpt) – The Bicycle Opera Project - Prince Edward County – Fields on West Lake
July 9 Airline Icarus (excerpt) – The Bicycle Opera Project - Belleville
July 12 Airline Icarus (excerpt) – The Bicycle Opera Project - Westben Festival - Campbellford –Warkworth
July 15 Airline Icarus (excerpt) – The Bicycle Opera Project - Hamilton –Artword Artbar
July 20 Airline Icarus (excerpt) – The Bicycle Opera Project - Bayfield – Bayfield Town Hall
July 22 - Airline Icarus (excerpt) – The Bicycle Opera Project - London –Centre Space for the Arts
July 25/26/27 - Airline Icarus (excerpt) – The Bicycle Opera Project - Stratford
July 29 - Airline Icarus (excerpt) – The Bicycle Opera Project - Brantford –Presented by the Brantford Opera Guild
July 31- Airline Icarus (excerpt) – The Bicycle Opera Project - Guelph – Harcourt Memorial United
August 1 - Airline Icarus (excerpt) – The Bicycle Opera Project - Waterloo –Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery
August 7/8- Airline Icarus (excerpt) – The Bicycle Opera Project - Toronto –Toronto Summer Music Festival
August 9 - Airline Icarus (excerpt) – The Bicycle Opera Project - St Andrews by the Lake Church
Toronto Island
August 10 - Airline Icarus (excerpt) – The Bicycle Opera Project - Evergreen Brickworks - Toronto
December 9 2014 – Conductor, Host - The GGS Ensemble – Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre of the COC – works by Marco Stroppa, Brian Harman (world premiere) and Claude Vivier (Lonely Child)
March 4 2015 – composer - Airline Icarus - The Bicycle Opera Project – Roy Thompson Hall lobby space – preshow for the Toronto Symphony’s New Creation Festival
March 13 2015 – Sungods - Yoko Hirota, piano – Queens University
March 13- 15 2015 – Juno weekend in Hamilton Ontario – Nominee for Classical Composition of the Year
March 14 2015 – The Pilot’s Aria – Alexander Dobson and Steven Philcox – Juno Classical Showcase, Hamilton
March 14 2015 - Airline Icarus is awarded the 2015 Juno award for Classical Composition of the Year
March 19 2015 – Sungods - Yoko Hirota, piano – Guelph Ontario
April 21 2015 – Launch of 21C Festival – Conservatory Theatre of The Royal Conservatory
April 30 2015 – conductor – The GGS Ensemble – works by Gerard Grisey (Partiels), Andre Ristic, Michel Van Der Aa and Alexina Louie
April 30-May 2 - Airline Icarus broadcast premiere on Dash Radio - Classical
May 9 2015 – Rounds for String Quartet -The Wolfgang Project – National Arts Centre - Ottawa
May 17 2015 - conductor - New Music Concerts, Toronto - works by Michel Gonneville and Henri Pousseur, Trinity St. Paul's
May 23 – music director/artistic advisor – 21C festival concert- works by Jordan Noble, Saariaho and Raphael Weinroth-Browne
May 28 – conductor – Continuum Contemporary Music – The Theatre Centre – works by Jimmie Leblanc, Nicole Lizee, Michael Oesterle and James Rolfe
Events 2013 – 2014
Sept 18, 2013 - World premiere - Birefringence - Jeunesses Musicales and Canadian Art Song Project, Maureen Forrester Award national tour launch - Simone Osborne and Anne Larlee
October 25, 2013- Sungods - Yoko Hirota - Chapel Historique du Bon Pasteur, Montreal
November 5, 2013- Star Spangled Banner in Slanted Time - Buffalo Chamber Players, SUNY Buffalo
November 12 2013 - composer - Extreme Positions and Birefringence - Jeunesses Musicales and Canadian Art Song Project, Maureen Forrester Award tour - Simone Osborne and Anne Larlee
November 10 to December 8 - composer - tour of Extreme Positions and Birefringence - Jeunesses Musicales and Canadian Art Song Project, Maureen Forrester Award tour - Simone Osborne and Anne Larlee in ten communities accross Ontario and Quebec
December 3, 2013 - conductor - Richard Bradshaw Amphiteare, Canadian Opera Company - Variations for Chamber Orchestra (World Premiere) by Scott Good, Accident (Tombeau de Grisey) by John Rea, My 20th Century by Martin Bresnick
January 12-14 2014 - composer, conductor - New York - Opera America presents Airline Icarus Showcase
January 23, 2014 - Sungods - New Works Calgary
February 23, 2014, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra - Inventory, for soprano, soundfiles and chamber orchestra, Annex Theatre, conducted by Bramwell Tovey
March 1 2014, conductor, Martin Bresnick's My 20th Century, lobby space or Roy Thompson Hall, pre-show of the Toronto Symphony's New Creations Festival.
March 7 2014 - Toronto Symphony Orchestra - world premiere of Three Pieces for Orchestra: Earth So Much Like Heaven, Heaven So Much Like Earth, Without Grace The Universe Is Just An Explosion and Motion Is The Default State, at the New Creations Festival
April 10 2014 - conductor - Behind the Sound of Music - an evening of works for video and live orchestra - World Premiere of Behind the Sound of Music by Nicole Lizee. Other works by Louis Andriessen and Martin Matalon.
May 4 2014 - conductor - By Other Means - Continuum ensemble at The Music Gallery - pieces by Sciarrino, Nicole Lizee and a world premiere by Thierry Tidrow
May 9 2014 - panelist - Salon21 - Icarus and the creation of modern opera - Soundstreams
May 22 2014 - composer, conductor - Faster Still - performed in Koerner Hall, Toronto as part of the 21C festival at The Royal Conservatory
May 22 2014 - music director, Andriessen's Anais Nin, Koerner Hall as part of the 21C festival at The Royal Conservatory
May 23, 2014 - music director, World Premiere of Hamsa, by Trichy Sankaran, 21C festival
May 24, 2014 - host and moderator, preconcert discussion, 21C festival
June 3-8 2014 - composer, conductor - North American Premiere production of Airline Icarus, produced by Maniac Star, directed by Tim Albery, presented by Soundstreams Canada. At the Daniels Spectrum, Toronto.
Events 2012 – 2013
August 7, 2012 – conductor – Ottawa Chamber Music Festival – works by Boulez, Hostman, Bouchard and others
August 7, 2012- composer - performance of Strata at National Gallery of Canada by the Continuum ensemble
October 22 – conductor – Continuum contemporary music – Music Gallery – Brush Strokes, by Linda Catlin Smith
October 26-31 – ISCM delegate of the Canadian League of Composers – Belgium
November 20 - conductor – Canadian Opera Company - Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre - works by Unsuk Chin, Martin Matalon, Chris Paul Harman – performed by Lucy FitzGibbon, Ryan McCullough and the New Music Ensemble of the Glenn Gould School
November 25 – composer, conductor – Airline Icarus, an opera/oratorio in one act –The Royal Conservatory - produced by Maniac Star in partnership with The Royal Conservatory – plus recording session for commercial disc
November 30 – composer – Sungods 2012, version for chamber orchestra - world premiere – The Banff Centre – Gruppo Montebello - Henk Guittart, conductor -http://www.banffcentre.ca/event/5908/gruppo-montebello/?d=2012-11-30+19:30
December 6 – conductor – Acrostic Wordplay – as part of the city-wide festival of Korean music, works by Suhki Kang, Unsuk Chin and others – The Royal Conservatory, Mazzoleni Hall.
December 7 – composer – Sungods, for solo piano – Claudia Chan at The Music Gallery , Toronto http://www.musicgallery.org/eachevent.php?event_id=62
January 26- conductor – DEAL by Steve Mackey, for improvising guitarist and ensemble – New Music Ensemble of the The Glenn Gould School with Steve Mackey as soloist – Walter Hall, University of Toronto New Music Festival
February 8, 9 – conductor, composer- host and curator, conductor of the Windsor Canadian New Music Festival – works by Pierre Michaud, Nicole Lizee (world premiere), Murray Schafer, Brian Current and Andrew Svoboda (1977-2004).
March 9 - Leaps of Faith, for solo piano, performed at Gallery 345 by Ciro Lombardi
March 23 – conductor, composer – 5 Penny New Music Ensemble, Sudbury. Works by Brian Current, James Rolfe, Patrick Saint-Denis, Omar Daniel, Inouk Demers and Brian Harman(*). http://www.5pennynewmusic.ca/events.php
April 6 - conductor - Henry Brant's Mobiles II, Gallery 345, New Music Concerts
April 25 - conductor - Continuum Contemporary Music, The Music Gallery, works by Trevor Grahl and Gord Williamson
April 18 – conductor – New Music Ensemble of The Glenn Gould School – Telus Centre for the Performing Arts – works by Ligeti, Alexina Louie, Scott Good (world premiere), Steve Mackey.
April 24 - Star Spangled Banner in Slanted Time - Buffalo Chamber Players, Buffalo NY
April 29-May 2 - conducting workshop with Peter Eotvos, Royaumont France, sponsored by Chalmers Professional Devlopment award
May 6-11 – Fort Worth Texas – Airline Icarus at Forth Worth Opera New Frontiers Festival
May 23 - Strata - Beijing Modern Music Festival - Beijing, China
Events 2011 – 2012
July 27, 2011 - 8pm - Ottawa, Canada - National Youth Orchestra of Canada - SOMA - St. Brigid's Centre for the Arts
July 30, 2011 - New London, New Hampshire (USA) - National Youth Orchestra of Canada - SOMA - Sawyer Fine Arts Center
August 2, 2011 - composer and conductor - Ottawa, Canada - Ottawa Chamber Music Festival - Faster Still, Duo Concertante and Afiara String Quartet
August 5, 2011 - Montreal - National Youth Orchestra of Canada - SOMA - Notre Dame Basilica - 730pm
August 9, 2011 - Toronto - National Youth Orchestra of Canada - SOMA - Koerner Hall - 730pm
September 18, 2011 - SOMA broadcast on CBC Radio 2, from Koerner Hall
October 27, 28, 29 2011 - Calgary - Royal Winnipeg Ballet's Wonderland - Alberta Ballet
October 30, 2011 - Chicago - Quintet Op.5 - Access Contemporary Music
November 4,5 2011 - Edmonton - Royal Winnipeg Ballet's Wonderland - Alberta Ballet
November 5, 2011 - Yoko Hirota - Piano Piece no.1 - Eckhart Gramate Hall, Calgary
November 8, 2011 - Yoko Hirota - Piano Piece no.1 - Music at Noon series, University of Lethbridge, Alberta
November 12,13 2011 - Minneapolis MD - Royal Winnipeg Ballet's Wonderland - Orpheum Theatre
December 8 and 9 2011 - Conductor - In Vain - Georg Fredrich Haas - New Music Ensemble of the Royal Conservatory
January 12, 13, 14, 2012 - Altanta GE - Royal Winnipeg Ballet's Wonderland - Atlanta Ballet
January 23, These Begin to Catch Fire, premiere - Gryphon Trio, 730pm Walter Hall, Toronto
Janurary 28 - Conductor - Hillborg's Meltdown Varations - New Music Ensemble of the RCM in partnership with the Faculty of Music at the University of Toronto
February 4 - Sungods, for solo piano - Performed by Yoko Hirota - 3 Penny Concerts - Sudbury Ontario
February 12 - Composer, Conductor - Strata - Continuum Contemporary Music, Toronto
February 18 2012 - Taiwan National Symphony - A Young Person's Guide to New Music - Taiwan
March 1 2012 - Toronto Symphony Orchestra - This Isn't Silence - Toronto ON
March 4, 5 2012 - Narrator and Composer - Edmonton Symphony Orchestra - A Young Person's Guide to New Music - Edmonton Alberta
March 11, 2012 11am - Gryphon Trio - These Begin to Catch Fire - Ottawa - the Sacred Space
March 11, 2012 8pm - Gryphon Trio - These Begin to Catch Fire - Ottawa - Irene's Pub
April 1, 2pm - Kindred Spirits Orchestra - Concertino for flutes and strings - Markham Ontario
April 3, 12pm - conductor - Sherkin Whirlwave (World Premiere), Saariaho's Graal Theatre, COC Atrium concert
April 9, 2012, 8pm - Faster Still, University of Western Ontario, Paul Frehner, conductor
April 15, 2012 - afternoon broadcast of This Isn't Silence, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, CBC Radio 2
April 16, 2012 - Soundstreams Salon 21 - "What inspires young composers?"
April 18 2012 - Montreal Symphony Orchestra - A Young Person's Guide to New Music, French Version - Montreal PQ
April 19 2012 - 730pm, Telus Centre, Toronto- conductor - Sherkin Whirlwave (World Premiere), Ahn's COOL! for interactive electronics and ensemble (World Premiere) Saariaho's Graal Theatre,
April 25 2012 - Montreal Symphony Orchestra - A Young Person's Guide to New Music, Bilingual Version - Montreal PQ
April 27 2012 - Yoko Hirota - Sungods, for solo piano - New Music Concerts - Gallery 345, Toronto
May 2 2012 - Montreal - Nouvel Ensemble Moderne - premiere of Strata II
June 1, 2012 - pianist - Gallery 345 Toronto, Piano Music for Two - "composers play"
Events 2010 – 2011
October 8 2010 – Victoria Symphony, Concerto for Accordion and Orchestra, Victoria BC
October 10, 2010 - Chicago, MayneStage Theatre - Winston Choi performs Piano Piece No.1
October 22, 2010 - Conductor - Pierrot Lunaire, Part II, X Avant Festival, Music Gallery, Greg Oh, curator
December 9, 2010 – Conductor – A Mirror On Which to Dwell - NME of the Glenn Gould School, TELUS Centre, Toronto - works by Linda Catlin Smith (world premiere), Elliot Carter and Murray Schafer
February 5, 2011 - Piano Piece no. 1 - 5 Penny Concerts, Sudbury Ontario, Yoko Hirota, piano
February 8, 2011 - For Puffers Shore and YOU ARE - Brandon University New Music Festival
February 11, 2011 - Conductor - Windsor Symphony Orchestra - Windsor Canadian Music Festival - scheduled for broadcast on CBC Radio 2 - works by Vivier, Sokolovic, LeDroit, Pui Ming Lee
February 28, 2011 - Toronto - CD release - St. Lawrence String Quartet - "Sea to Sea" featuring Rounds for String Quartet, plus works by Marcus Goddard, Derek Charke and others.
February 28, 2011 - talk to graduate composition students - Stanford University
February 28, 2011 – San Francisco - World Premiere, Strata, commissioned by the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players. With music by Du Yun, Ron Smith and Ligeti.
March 6 2011 - 3pm - San Francisco - Strata - San Fransisco State University - San Francisco Contemporary Music Players. With music by Du Yun, Ron Smith and Ligeti.
March 9-13 - Royal Winnipeg Ballet, with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, “Wonderland” a full length Ballet featuring the Brian Current’s pieces For the Time Being, Kazabazua and Concertino alongside the music of John Estacio
Tour Dates of "Wonderland":
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan March 16, 2011
Regina, Saskatchewan March 17, 2011
Medicine Hat, Alberta March 19, 2011
Banff, Alberta March 20, 2011
Kelowna, British Columbia March 21, 22, 2011.
Vancouver, British Columbia March 24, 25, 26, 27, 2011
Nanaimo, British Columbia March 29, 30, 2011
Victoria, British Columbia March 31, April 1, 2, 2011
April 1,2,3 2011 – World Premiere of Whirling Dervish, for Sufi Whirling and Symphony Orchestra, commissioned by the Kitchener Waterloo Symphony Orchestra, with assistance from the Barlow Endowment.
April 5, 2011 – Conductor – NME of the Glenn Gould School, Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre - Works by Linda Catlin Smith, Vincent Ho, Magnus Lindberg and Murray Schafer
April 8, 2011 – Conductor – NME of the Glenn Gould School, TELUS Centre, Toronto - Works by Murray Schafer, Steve Reich, Vincent Ho and Magnus Lindberg.
April 10-15 - Zagreb, Croatia - ISCM, Canadian delegate
April 29, 2011 - Verbania Italy, World Premiere of Airline Icarus, Brian Current, composers and conductor, Chamber Orchestra of Bologna, Atelier la Voce dell'Arte, as part of the international 2011 Fedora Prize http://www.premiofedora.it/en_US/home
April 28, 29, 30 – Royal Winnipeg Ballet, with the National Arts Centre Orchestra, Ottawa, “Wonderland” full length Ballet featuring the Brian Current’s pieces For the Time Being, Kazabazua and Concertino and the music of John Estacio
Events 2009 – 2010
October 3 2009 Artistic Director: Music Inside/Out: Nuit Blanche at the Royal Conservatory
In celebration of the opening of the new Koerner Hall over 200 musicians, singers, staff, volunteers and electronics were directed in an installation performance of James Tenney’s In a Large Open Space (1994, Berlin) which spanned the entire building and lasted 12 hours. Musicians and singers were sent musical direction via mass text messaging. An estimated 15000 people attended throughout the night.
October 21 – 29, 2009 Honens International Piano Competition, Calgary Alberta, commissioned composer of imposed piece – 21 performances by international pianists of Leaps of Faith, Piano Piece No.2
November 16 2009 – Conductor adjudicator, Contemporary Showcase, Association for Canadian New Music Projects
November 16 2009 – Rounds performed by St. Lawrence String Quartet, Walter Hall, Toronto
December 3 2009 – conductor for concert What is Spectral Music? at Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre:
Music and explanations surrounding the relationship between harmony and colour. Music by Philippe Leroux of France (in attendance), Robert Lemay (Canada, OAC world premiere commission) Analia Lludgar (Toronto premiere) and the North American premiere of Stefan Niculescu’s surround-sound Ison II.
December 4 2009 – conductor for concert What is Spectral Music? at TELUS Centre for Performance and Learning, Mazzoleni Hall.
December 6 2009 – conductor for Voi (REX) by Philippe Leroux at the Music Gallery, Toronto, by Toronto New Music Projects, Wallace Halladay, artistic director
January 5 – 9, 2010 – composer sessions with students at Winston Churchill Secondary School, Thunder Bay, Ontario – composed a work for Symphony Orchestra in collaboration with 30 students
February 24 – 2010 – conductor – Evangelista, Rolfe, Berio, Young Artist Overture, Soundstreams Canada
February 28 – 2010 – conductor – James Rolfe, Squeeze, Continuum Contemporary Music
March 1,2, 2010 – conductor – At Wolf’s Head, Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra
March 23, 2010 – For the Time Being – Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra
April 6, 2010 – Conductor – Songs of Love and Sorrow: Rediscovering the Social Ethics of Music: music James Rolfe (Canada), Claude Vivier (Canada), John Rea (Canada) and Luciano Berio (Italy) at Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre
April 10, 2010 – Conductor, coordinator – Songs of Love and Sorrow: Rediscovering the Social Ethics of Music: Conference and Concert at TELUS Centre for performance and learning. Visiting philosophers and composers discuss the relationship between music and ethics. Special guest soloist Livia Sohn and composer Jonathan Berger (Standford). Also music by James Rolfe (Canada), Claude Vivier (Canada), John Rea (Canada) and Luciano Berio (Italy) and Wolf Edwards.
April 19, 20, 2010 - composer sessions with students at JS Woodsworth School, Scarborough, Ontario – composed a work for symphony orchestra in collaboration with 30 students.
May 1 2010 – Inventory – VOX festival of the New York City Opera, New York
May 10, 2010 – Recipient of the Hunter Prize 2010 at the Gladstone Hotel, Toronto
May 28, 2010 – Guest curator and conductor – Brian’s Picks – New Music Concerts at the Music Gallery, Toronto: Music by younger composers mostly unknown to Toronto: Enno Poppe (Germany), Fabien Levy (France), Oliver Schneller (Germany), Analia Lludgar (Canada), Nicole Lizée (Canada).
June 5, 2010 - Moderator of panel discussion – Cultiver sa carrière, Montreal workshop sponsored by the Canadian League of Composers, with panellists Andre Ristic, Robert Lemay, Robert Normandeau, Nicolas Gilbert and Ana Sokolovic.