Associate Composer of the Canadian Music Centre (CMC)
Member of the Canadian League of Composers (CLC)
Member of the Association of Canadian Women Composers (ACWC)
Member of the Society of Composers, Authors, and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN)
Member of the Vancouver Musicians’ Association (VMA)
Education/Academic Highlights
M.Mus. Composition, University of British Columbia, (2006)
BFA- Music (honour roll standing) Simon Fraser University, (2004)
Three-time recipient of “Contemporary Arts- University Service” award, Simon Fraser University (2002, 2003, 2004)
Dogwood Certificate in French Immersion, Coquitlam school district, (1999)
Music Awards/Highlights
“Three Fates” for double guitar orchestra and electronics, was commissioned for premiere at the international 21st Century Guitar Conference in Ottawa, and received the Creation Prize through the Canadian Music Centre (Toronto) (2019)
“Ere Sleep Comes Down” written for premiere by Chor Leoni Men’s Choir, tied for first place in national composing competition, and received the Barbara Pentland Award for Outstanding Composition through the Canadian Music Centre (2019)
Winner of Erato Ensemble’s “Early Music Remixed” competition; commissioned by Erato Ensemble to compose a work for premiere (“You Dream in Beauty”), at the Orpheum Annex, Vancouver, Canada (2018)
Commissioned by Allegra Chamber Orchestra to compose a work for Remembrance Day concert, for premiere at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, Canada (2017)
“Anatomy of a Spanish Garden” (for mandolin and guitar) performed by Duo Ahlert & Schwab at Forum NRW in Herzogenrath, Germany (2017)
“Anagrams for November” (for recorder and violin) performed by XelmYa at “”Klangräume”, St. Thomas Church, Berlin, Germany (2017)
“Blueprint” for jazz trio and orchestra, premiered by West Coast Symphony Orchestra in Vancouver, Canada (2016)
Invited to be guest curator of first international edition of “Making Waves” podcast (based in Melbourne, Australia), featuring works by 7 Canadian composers (2016)
“Equinox” for quartet (oboe, violin, viola, cello), premiered at Sonic Boom Festival, Vancouver, Canada (March 2014), and taken on tour (Balkans/Eastern Europe) by Music Progressive Quartet (from Macedonia)
“Tides” for full orchestra commissioned and premiered by the Albanian Radio-Television Orchestra (Tirana, Albania, 2013)
“Mosaic” for solo horn and orchestra, performed by the Albanian Radio-Television Orchestra (Tirana, Albania), with Oliver de Clercq, guest horn soloist (2013)
“Mosaic” for horn and piano (original version for horn and orchestra) published by International Horn Society (2011)
Commissioned by Redshift Music Society to compose a site-specific work for 8-piece chamber orchestra, for premiere at the Vancouver Art Gallery (2011)
Selected for residency in the Canadian Music Centre/Canadian League of Composers’ inaugural Young Composers Mentorship Programme (2011)
“Mosaic” for solo horn and orchestra with Oliver de Clercq, horn soloist, premiered by West Coast Symphony Orchestra (2010); performed by Vancouver Philharmonic Orchestra (2012)
Privately commissioned work, “Triptych” for string octet, premiered in Vancouver, BC (2009); second performance by Orchestra Armonia (2010)
“Ménage à trois” for piano trio performed by Ensemble Neptune at Baie des Chaleurs International Chamber Music Festival, Dalhousie, NB (2009)
“Type A” for electroacoustic stereo tape performed at New Music Festival, California State University, Fullerton CA (2009)
“From the Ninth Elegy” selected for performance by DaCapo Chamber Choir, Kitchener, ON (2009)
“The Gnarled Root” premiered by West Coast Symphony Orchestra (2007)
“Northern Tango” for solo piano, selected for publication by Canadian National Conservatory of Music, (2007)
“Yarilo” for solo cello, selected for performance by Ariel Barnes at Vancouver Pro Musica’s “Global Pilgrimage” solo cello concert (2007); broadcast on CBC Radio 2, and performed again at Vancouver’s Sonic Boom Festival (2008)
“Foliage” for chamber orchestra premiered by Turning Point Ensemble (2007), and broadcast on CBC Radio 2
Winner of national ACWC choral composing competition: “A Vagabond Song”, performed by DaCapo Chamber Choir at Open Ears Festival in Kitchener, ON (2005)
Works selected for performance at Vancouver’s annual Sonic Boom Festival (2004-2017); several of these performances were broadcast on CBC Radio 2
Golden Key International Honor Society, recipient of international Performing Arts: Musical Composition award (2004) for “The Gnarled Root”, for orchestra
Selected Professional Experience
Student Composition Workshop Facilitator at Langley Community School of Music (2023-2024)
Commissioned by Sound of Dragon Ensemble to compose a new work for Chinese/Western music chamber ensemble (2023)
Commissioned by Vancouver Erhu Quartet to compose a new work for ensemble of two erhu, viola & cello (2023)
Commissioned by Redshift Music Society to compose a site-specific work for vertically spatialized chamber orchestra, for premiere at the Vancouver Art Gallery (2011)
Private commission to compose a work for string octet (2008) in Vancouver, Canada
Vancouver Pro Musica Society- Board of Directors (2007-8)
Commissioned to compose the score for a short independent documentary film, “United Players: The Little Theatre Company That Could” by Douglas Williams, (2007)
Two private commissions to compose works for cello students at the Langley Community Music School (2004). Invited to workshop these two pieces with students at Langley Community Music School (2004-5)
