Award-Winning Works

Ave Maria (treble chorus and piano) “First Prize”: The 1999 Association of Canadian Choral Conductor’s Composition Competition – First Performance: July 14, 2000; The National Youth Choir of Canada, Edmonton, AB, Dr. Leonard Ratzlaff, conductor

Echo (treble chorus/piano) Text-Christina Rossetti; “First Prize”: The 2001 Association of Canadian Choral Conductor’s Composition Competition, Equal Voices Category - First Performance: May 18, 2002; The National Youth Choir of Canada, Toronto, ON, Lydia Adams, conductor

For A Dream’s Sake (An End; Mirage; Echo) “First Prize”: The 2001 Composer’s Guild 32nd Annual Composition Competition Choral Category (Utah, USA)

Harp of Wild (treble chorus/piano) Text-Emily Brontë; “First Prize”: The 2003 Association of Canadian Choral Conductor’s Composition Competition -– First Performance: May 24, 2004; The National Youth Choir of Canada, Winnipeg, MB, Dr. Timothy Shantz, conductor

I Sing the Birth (mixed chorus/harp) Text-Ben Jonson; “Finalist”: The 2000 Welcome! Christmas Carol Competition, Plymouth Music Series, Minneapolis, MN

Nou Goth Sonne Under Wode (actor, soprano, chorus, and orchestra) Texts- Anon. Middle English, Latin; “Outstanding Choral Work”: The 2008 Association of Canadian Choral Conductors-– First Performance: March 25, 2005; Pro Coro Canada, Pro Coro Canada Chamber Orchestra, Jolaine Kerley, soprano, Timothy J. Anderson, actor, Dr. Richard Sparks, conductor

O Vos Omnes (mixed chorus) 1) “Second Prize”: The International Composers’ Competition “Jihlava 2004”, Prague, Czech Republic 2) “Finalist”: The 2003 Lys International Music Competition, Choral Category, Lys, Belgium

Peace (mixed chorus) 1) “First Prize”: The 2002 Ruth Watson Henderson Choral Composition Competition (Toronto) 2) “Honourable Mention”: The 2001-02 Waging Peace Through Singing Composition Competition (USA) -– First Performance: April 1, 2001; The University of Alberta Madrigal Singers, Edmonton, AB, Dr. Leonard Ratzlaff, conductor

The Lost Lagoon (mixed chorus and piano) "First Prize": The 2011 Jubilate! Chamber Choir's National Composition Competition, Vancouver, B.C.

The Morning Watch (double mixed chorus and piano) Text-Henry Vaughan; “Third Prize”: The 2008 Vancouver Bach Choir’s Competition for Large Choral Works

The Revival (mixed chorus) “First Prize”: The 2002 Cascadian Chorale (Seattle, WA) Composition Competition

The Time Draws Near the Birth of Christ (mixed chorus and piano) Text-Alfred Tennyson; “Honourable Mention”: The 2003 Amadeus Choir Carol Competition (Toronto) – First Performance: December 8, 2002; Pro Coro Canada, Edmonton, AB, Dr. Richard Sparks, conductor

To Morning (string orchestra) “Member’s Prize”: Chamber Orchestra Kremlin’s The Mozart 250 Competition, 2006 -– First Performance: January 28, 2006; Chamber Orchestra Kremlin, Moscow, Russia, Misha Rachlevsky, conductor