August 2023 Update

I am quite pleased at the positive feedback I’ve received about the Canadian Wind Repertoire database that I launched earlier this month! Many friends and colleagues have reached out to express their excitement at discovering works or composers they weren’t familiar with. I will be delivering a presentation about the database and also serving as a guide through the new concert and jazz repertoire for Long & McQuade Toronto’s annual reading session next week.

I have two other exciting bits of news to share. First, I have been selected as a finalist for the music director position with the Milton Philharmonic Orchestra, and will be conducting their season finale concert on Saturday, May 11, 2024, as part of my audition. Second, my contract with the University of Toronto has been renewed and I will be returning to direct the Wind Symphony again for the 2023-24 academic year!

Canadian Wind Repertoire database

I am thrilled to officially debut this labour of love which has taken me many months to pull together and is now finally ready to share: a database of Canadian Wind Repertoire from 2006 to 2021. My hope is that it will help band directors and students find, learn about, and perform some of the wonderful music for wind band that has been written by Canadian composers over the last little while. Please share with your networks!

(This project builds on a lot of previous work by my colleagues: full acknowledgements are on the front page of the website.)