Rodney Sharman - List of works with first performances (1980-2022)

  (CMC) available from the Canadian Music Centre webpage: www.cmccanada.org

(d/y) published by doberman/yppan - les productions d’Oz webpage: www.productionsdoz.com

(don) published by Donemus webpage: www.donemus.nl

(ABRSM)   published by Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (Publishing) Limited webpage:  www.abrsmpublishing.co.uk

(Avondale) The Avondale Press webpage: www.theavondalepress.com

(HL)  published by Hal Leonard webpage: www.halleonard.com

(cypress)  published by Cypress Choral Music webpage: www.cypresschoral.com

(ms)  available only in manuscript or on tape from the composer, e-mail: rodney_sharman@hotmail.com

1980

• Orestes - a chamber opera - dur 30' baritone, mezzosoprano, 2 sopranos, contralto; Bq fl, hpschd/organ, 4 vln, 2 cb. text: Classical sources/Rodney Sharman (CMC) premiere: 7/3//80 Paul Nash, Bass-Baritone, Susan Westmacott, Susan Pye, sopranos, Elizabeth Burke, Barbara Ebbeson, mezzo sopranos, Rodney Sharman, cond.; Philip T. Young Recital Hall, Victoria, BC

• The Black Domino - dur. 3' - 4 channel tape (ms) premiere: Universtiy Centre, Victoria, BC

• LEVEL - dur. 5' - woodwind quintet (+ triangle)(CMC) premiere: /8/80 Pacific Wind Quintet, St Michael’s University School, Victoria, BC

• Kore - dur. 8' - two manual harpsichord solo (CMC) premiere: 20/5/83 Noriko Yasuda, harpsichord, Haus zur Lieben Hand, Freiburg, Germany

 1981

• Narcissus - dur. 6' - piano solo (d/y) premiere: Yuko Hayashida, piano, Gallerie Schwarzes Kloster, Freiburg, Germany

 1982

• Chiaroscuro - dur. 11' 3232, 3231, 2 hp, 2 pf, 1 perc, strings: 12/10/8/8/4 (CMC) premiere: 6/11/90 Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Bruno Weil, conductor, Salle Wilfrid Pelletier, Place des Arts, Montreal

• The Black Domino - dur. 3' - organ solo (CMC) premiere: 27/2/83 Hans-Ola Ericsson, Oergyte Church, Goeteborg, Sweden

• Towards White - dur. 9' - bassoon and live-electronics (ms) Janet Underhill, Boston, Mass.

1983

• In Transii - dur. 9'20" (don) narrator, 2122, 2211, pf, 1perc, strings: 6/4/4/3/2 - text: Joanne Griebel, premiere: 7/3/83 Victoria Symphony Orchestra, Carl Hare, narrator, Glen Fast, conductor, University Centre, Victoria

• Towards White - dur. 7' - flute and stereo tape (also 4 channel version) (CMC) Camilla Hoitenga, flute; Vredenburg, Utrecht, Netherlands

• Parhelia - dur. 9' - violin solo  (CMC) premiere: Thomas Halpin, violin, June in Buffalo, Slee Hall, Buffalo, NY

 1984

• Erstarrung - dur. 15' - Bq. fl, bass cl, mand, guit, hp, perc, vln, cb. (CMC) premiere: 23/9/84 Douglas Perry, conductor, CBC Radio Competition for Young Composers, ISCM World Music Days, Premiere Dance Theatre, Toronto.

1985

• Canons and Ritornellos - dur. 20' - 6 part mixed choir, 1101, 0100, hpschd, 32221 - text: Joanne Griebel (CMC) prmiere: Bach-Elgar Choir, Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra, Wayne Strongman, conductor

 1986

• Orpheus' Garden - dur. 14' - solo doublebass, strings (3222 solo) (CMC) premiere: 8/02/87, Amadeus Ensemble,Joel Quarrington, bass; Walter Hall, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario

 1988

• Fandance - dur. 6' - 1111, 1100, pf, perc, 10111 (d/y) premiere: 4/3/88 University of Victoria Faculty Ensemble, George Corwin, conductor, University Centre, Victoria

• Dark Glasses - dur. 10' - Bq. fl, bass cl, pf, perc, vln, vla, vc, cb (CMC) premiere: 27/5/88 ARRAYMUSIC, Michael Baker, conductor, Premiere Dance Theatre, Toronto

• The Proximity of Mars - dur. 7'15" - 2000, 2220 hp, pf, 1-2 perc, 1010 (d/y) premiere: 11/11/88 Ensemble SMCQ, Walter Boudreau, conductor; Salle Claude Champagne, Montreal

1989

• Predators of Light - music for dance - dur. 68' - stereo tape (ms) premiere: 8/2/89 Dancemakers, Derek Revington, architect, Bill James, choreographer, Du Maurier Theatre, Toronto

• September - dur. 15' - 3 guitars (CMC) William Beauvais, Stephen Wingfield, Jeffrey McFadden, guitars, Albright Knox Museum, Buffalo, NY

• The Black Domino - dur. 3' - 3 electric guitars (CMC)

• Cordes Vides - dur. 3'  - string quartet (CMC) premiere: 6/10/02 Madawaska Quartet, Music Gallery, Toronto

• Opera Transcriptions: Turandot - dur 4' - solo piano (d/y) premiere: 6/12/89 Anthony de Mare, piano, Logos, Ghent, Belgium

I• n Deepening Light - dur. 14'  - doublebass and piano (CMC) premiere: 20/11/89 Robert Black, double bass, Anthony de Mare, piano; Huddersfield Festival, Huddersfield, UK

 1990

• Nader tot U - Bekentenis - dur 5' (ms) baritone, fl,cl,mand, guit, hp, pf,perc, vln,vla, cb. - text: Gerard Reve, premiere: 30/3/90 Charles van Tassel, baritone, Nieuw Ensemble, Ed Spanjaard, conductor, de Ijsbreker, Amsterdam, Netherlands

• Cordes Vides - dur 10' - solo harp (d/y) premiere: 21/11/90 Erica Goodman, harp, de Ijsbreker, Amsterdam, Netherlands

• Opera Transcriptions: Madama Butterfly - dur 3' - solo piano (d/y) premiere: 10/05/90 Yvar Mikhashoff, piano, Almeida Festival, Almeida Theatre, London, UK

 1991

• Phantom Screen - dur 16' solo soprano, 2222, 2200 hp, timp, 66442 - text: Atom Egoyan (CMC) premiere: 28/3/91 Erica Northcott, soprano, Victoria Symphony, Glen Fast, conductor, University Centre, Victoria, BC

• Echo and Narcissus - dur. 11' - amplified string quartet and piano (CMC) premiere: 22/7/90 Yvar Mikhashoff, piano, Arditti String Quartet, Orangerie, Darmstadt, Germany

• Sleeping Beauty - dur. 2' - cl, trpt, 2 perc, pf, cb. (ms)

• Opera Transcriptions: La Rondine - dur. 2'30" - solo piano (d/y) premiere:12/1/92 Anthony de Mare, piano, Betty Oliphant Theatre, Toronto, Ontario

 1992

• Nader tot U - Dagsluiting, Herkenning - dur. 8' baritone, fl, cl, mand, guit, hp, pf, perc, vln, vla, cb. - text: Gerard Reve (ms) premiere: Charles van Tassel, baritone, Nieuw Ensemble, Ed Spanjaard, conductor, de Ijsbreker, Amsterdam, Netherlands

• Apollo's Touch - dur. 20' - solo vibraphone (d/y) premiere: 13/3/92 David Campion, vibraphone, NUMUS, Seagram Museum, Waterloo, Ontario

 1993

• Nostalgia - dur. 2' (for Brian Ferneyhough's 50th Birthday) fl, ob, cl, mand, guit, hp, pf, perc, vln, vla, vc, cb. (ms) premiere: 16/1/03 Nieuw Ensemble, Ed Spanjaard, conductor, de Ijsbreker, Amsterdam, Netherlands

• Opera Transcriptions: Carmen  - dur. 2' - solo piano (CMC) premiere: 17/2/94 Douglas Finch, piano, Winnipeg Art Gallery

• Companion Piece - dur. 2' - solo harp (d/y) premiere: 26/5/94 Margot Morris, harp, SMCQ Concert homage to Michel-Georges Bregent, Salle Pierre Mercure, Place Peladeau, Montreal

• Elysium - dur. 9' - solo organ (CMC) premiere: 17/10/93 Hans-Ola Ericsson, organ, Slee Hall, Buffalo, NY

1994

• After Truth - dur. 8' (CMC) Baroque fl. and percussion (vib, glock, chimes, high maraca, rain stick) (CMC) premiere: 1/2/95 Strange Companions, Elissa Poole, Baroque fl, Richanrd Sacks, percussion, Glenn Gould Studio, Toronto

• Anthem: Passing of the Claimant - dur. 4' mixed chorus (SAB), also version for men’s chorus (TBB) text: Chidiock Tichebourne (CMC) premiere: 15/9/99 Hilliard Ensemble, Klangspuren Schwaz Festival, Crystal Worlds, Wattens, Austria

 1995

• In Changing Light - dur. 10' 3333 4231, 1 cel, 1 hp, 2 perc, strings: min. 12/10/8/8/6 (CMC) premiere: Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Charles Dutoit, conductor, Place des Arts, Montreal

• Opera Transcriptions: Les Pêcheurs de perles - dur. 5'30" - solo piano (CMC) 17/9/95 Ortwin Stuermer, piano, Volkshochschule, Heilbronn, Germany

 1996

• Romance - dur 10" flute, soprano saxophone, electric guitar, electric bass guitar, piano (CMC) premiere: 18/2/96 Ensemble Symposium, Vancouver Community College Auditorium, Vancouver

• Dedication - dur 4'30" (in celebration of Murray Adaskin's 90th birthday) soprano and flute (or Baroque flute) text: Rodney Sharman (CMC) premiere: 28/3/96 Catherine Fern Lewis, soprano, Rodney Sharman, flute, Philip T. Young Recital Hall, Universtiy of Victoria, Victoria, BC

• Canonic Toccata (in celebration of Michael Finnissy's 50th birthday) dur. 1' solo piano (CMC) premiere: 11/7/96 Ian Pace, piano, British Music Information Centre, London, UK

• Canon and Acrostic in celebration of Vancouver New Music Society's 20th anniversary dur. 2' - fl, ob, bass cl, pf, perc, vln, vc, cb. (ms) premiere: 10/11/96 Vancouver New Music Ensemble, Owen Underhill, conductor, Vancouver East Cultural Centre, Vancouver, BC

1997

• The Proximity of Mars version for orchestra (1988/97) dur. 8'15" 2222, 2220 hp, pf, 2 perc, strings (CMC) premiere: 27/9/97 Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Sergiu Comissiona, conductor, Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, BC

• Slow Waltz (1997) dur. 2' - flute and piano (d/y) premiere: 4/12/97 Rodney Sharman, flute, Patricia Lockhart, piano, private performance, Victoria, BC

• Archaic Smile (1997) dur. 12' 3333 4231, 1 pf/cel, 1 hp,  timp, 2 perc, strings (CMC) premiere: 9/1/97 Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Sergiu Comissiona, conductor, Massey Theatre, New Westminster, BC

1998

• Elsewhereless - a chamber opera - dur. 65'
mezzosoprano, tenor, 2 baritones, bass-baritone; 2 fl (1 doubles alto, 2 doubles bass flute), 2 bass cl, mand, guit, hp, perc, vln, cb; text: Atom Egoyan (CMC) premiere: 23/4/98 Marcus Nance, bass, Benoit Boutet, tenor, Willy Grenzberg, baritone, Fides Krucker, mezzo soprano, Curtis Sullivan, baritone, Tapestry Music Theatre, Wayne Strongman, conductor, Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, Toronto. (Twenty-seven performances.)

• Variations on a Quiet Song dur. 15'30" - solo harp, 2020 2000 strings (CMC) premiere: 29/11/98 Rita Costanzi, harp, CBC Radio Orchestra, Keri-Lynn Wilson, conductor, Chan Centre, Vancouver

• Suspended Waltz - dur 3' mand, guit, hp (CMC) premiere: 23/9/98 Anna Maria Palombini, harp, Francesco Cuoghi, guitar, Fabio Menditto, mandoline, European Harp Symposium, Perugia, Italy

• Still Light - Fanfare for Chihuly (1998) dur. 5' 2220, 4200  pf, 2 perc, strings (CMC) premiere: 31/10/98 Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Andrey Boreyko, conductor, Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, BC

 1999

• Letters for the Future dur 14'15" - text: Galileo Galilei

men's chorus, 2 harps, 1 perc, strings: minimum 12/12/9/9/6 (CMC) premiere: 22/5/99 Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Bach Choir, Sergiu Comissiona, conductor, Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver

• Cabaret Songs: Tobacco Road dur. 5'30" (for Louis Andriessen's 60th birthday)
low voice and piano - text: Joan Skogan, German and Dutch text by Rodney Sharman (CMC) premiere: 25/9/99 Barbara Ebbeson, mezzo-soprano, Charlotte Hale, piano; Philip T. Young Recital Hall, Victoria, BC

• Happy Bithday - Long Life (for Gerhard Staebler's 50th birthday) dur 10" - piano premiere: 2/10/99 Paulo Alvares, piano, Kunstschacht Katernberg, Essen, Germany

• Scarlattiana dur 8'15" - 2222 2200 timp strings (CMC) premiere: 29/10/99 Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Pavel Kogan, conductor, Massey Theatre, New Westminster, BC

• Short Dance dur. 2' - string quartet (ms) premiere: Bozzini String Quartet, Montreal

 2000

• Symphony dur 15' - 3333 8331 harp, cel, timp + 5 perc, strings (ms) premiere: 12/2/00 Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Kazuyoshi Akiyama, conductor, Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, BC

• Boa Constrictor dur 2' - solo tuba (for intermediate players) (CMC) premiere: 17/2/00 Eric Wong, tuba, Canadian Music Centre Workshop, Capilano College, North Vancouver, BC

• Morning Fog - Souvenir of San Francisco dur 2' - solo tuba or euphonium (for beginner player) (CMC) premiere: 17/2/00 Eric Wong, tuba, Canadian Music Centre Workshop, Capilano College, North Vancouver, BC

• Morning Fog - Souvenir of San Francisco dur 2' - solo trombone (CMC) premiere: 30/11/00 Scott Robertson, trombone, Capilano College, North Vancouver, BC

• Suspended Waltz - dur 3' solo harp (ms)

• Cabaret Songs: The Anglo Tango dur 5' - low voice and piano - text: Rodney Sharman (ms) premiere: 27/5/00 Barbara Ebbeson, mezzo soprano, Leslie Dala, piano; Vancouver International New Music Festival, Festival House, Granville Island, Vancouver, BC

• Cabaret Songs: Be Prepared! dur 4'30" - low voice and piano text: Bill Richardson (CMC) premiere: 26/8/00 Barbara Ebbeson, mezzo soprano, Leslie Dala, piano; Gabriola Island Community Centre, Gabriola, BC

• The Anglo Tango dur 1' 30"- solo piano (ABRSM, 2001) premiere: Thalia Myers, Studio Theatre, BBC Broadcasting House, London, UK

2001

• The Garden dur 10’ – music theatre for solo pianist – text: Peter Eliot Weiss (ms) premiere: 3/5/01 Anthony de Mare, piano/voice, Here, NYC, NY

• Four Seasons, One Tree dur 12’ – bass cl, trpt, pf, 2 perc, vln, cb. (CMC) premiere: 18/5/01 ARRAYMUSIC, Henry Kucharzyk, conductor, Trinity-St Paul’s Centre, Toronto, Ontario

• Cabaret Songs: Crossing Over dur 5’ - low voice and piano – text: Rodney Sharman (CMC) premiere: 14/3/02 Barbara Ebbeson, mezzo-soprano, Rachel Iwaasa piano; Sonic Boom Festival, The Roundhouse, Vancouver

• Cabaret Songs: Liebesleid dur 2’30” - low voice and piano – text: Rodney Sharman (CMC) premiere: 14/3/02 Barbara Ebbeson, mezzo-soprano, Rachel Iwaasa piano; Sonic Boom Festival, The Roundhouse, Vancouver

• Romance (Hommage à Tchaikovski) dur. 7’ - ‘cello and piano (CMC) premiere: Ian Hampton, ‘cello, Kathy Bjorseth, piano; Canada Music Week, Langley School of Music, Langley, B.C.

• Cabaret Songs: In Every Dying Prairie Town dur 4’ - low voice and pf - text: Bill Richardson (CMC) premiere: 14/3/02 Barbara Ebbeson, mezzo-soprano, Rachel Iwaasa piano; Sonic Boom Festival, The Roundhouse, Vancouver

2002

• Opera Transcriptions: La Jolie Fille de Perth dur. 2’ – solo piano (CMC) premiere: 20/6/02 Rachel Iwaasa piano; Vancouver East Cultural Centre, Vancouver

• In a room dur. 16’ solo guitar (d/y) 17/7/02 Jürgen Ruck, guitar; Darmstadt, Germany

• Nocturne dur 7’30” –bassoon and piano (d/y) premiere: 8/8/02 Christopher Millard, bassoon, Peter Allen, piano, Isobel and Tom Rolston Hall, Banff Alberta

• Weissherbst dur 1’ - (for Kaija Saariaho’s 50th birthday) solo flute, (Avondale Press) premiere: 10/13/02 Camilla Hoitenga, flute, Paris

• Love, Beauty, Desire dur. 25’ - soprano and baritone soloists, choir, 2222 2200 hp, 2 perc, timp, strings - text: Atom Egoyan, Gerard Reve, George Sandys, Rodney Sharman (CMC) premiere: 9/11/02 Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Valdine Anderson, soprano, Brett Polegato, baritone, musica intima, Andrey Boreyko, conductor, Chan Centre, Vancouver

• Etudes for diatonic (Celtic) harp (no pedals): #1 - for harmonics - dur 1’30”, #2 - for sevenths and sixths - dur 1’30”, #3 - for descending thirds - dur 1’30” (avondale)

2003

• Voyageur dur. 1’30” solo piano (ABRSM) premiere: Thalia Myers, piano; Royal Academy of Music, London, UK

• Etudes for diatonic (Celtic) harp (no pedals): #4 - Reverie dur 2’30”,#5 - March dur. 40” (avondale)

• At Dusk dur 7’30” – solo bassoon, harp, timp, strings (CMC) premiere: 9/6/03 Michael Sweeney, solo bassoon, Via Salzburg Orchestra, Glenn Gould Studio, Toronto, Ontario

• Urban Haiku dur 1'15” - low voice and piano - text: Rodney Sharman (CMC) premiere: 12/3/04 Janice Jackson, sop, Simon Docking, pf; St Cecilia Series, Halifax, Nova Scotia

• In Praise of Shadows dur. 10' - 2 fl, bass cl, sop sax, alto sax, hn, trpt, 2 tromb, tuba, electric guitar, electric bass, perc (triangle, susp cymb, vib, chimes, low tam-tam, gong), pf (CMC) premiere: 18/11/03 ensemble ereprijs, Gigant, Apeldoorn, Netherlands

• Winter Solstice dur. 2’30” - choir SATB- text: Rodney Sharman (cypress) premiere: 13/11/03 University Singers, Bruce Pullan, conductor, Chan Centre, Vancouver

• Gilding the Lily (on Mozart’s Duettino “La ci darem la mano” from Don Giovanni) dur. 4’ - soprano, baritone, fl and pf (CMC) premiere: 13/4/04 Melanie Krueger, soprano, Chad Louwerse, baritone, Mark McGregor, fl, Steven Smith, pf, CBC Studio 1, Vancouver

• Etudes for diatonic (Celtic) harp (no pedals): #6 - Snowflakes dur 2’ (avondale)

2004

• Mirrors, Echoes dur 11’ - *4(alto)444 6441 1 cel, 2 hp, 4 perc, strings (ms) premiere: 29/7/04 National Youth Orchestra of Canada, Kazuyoshi Akiyama, conductor, Faquahar Auditorium, Victoria, BC

• Intermezzo I (Wiegenlied), dur 2’, solo guitar (ms) premiere: Jürgen Ruck, gt.

• Intermezzo II (Trauerarbeit), dur 2’, solo guitar, (ms) premiere: Jürgen Ruck, gt.

• Dances dur. 15’30” solo harp (avondale) premiere: Rita Costanzi, harp

• Etude – Hommage à Robert Schumman for intermediate diatonic (Celtic) harp dur 2’ (ms)

 2005

• Dry Leaves dur. 8’30” - 2 trpt, 2 trom, 1 perc, pf, 2 vln, vla, vc, cb (CMC) premiere: 22/01/05 Vancouver New Music Ensemble, Giogio Magnanensi, conductor, Vancouver Playhouse Theatre, Vancouver, BC

• Song of Love and Loss dur 7’ – countertenor, 2 tenors, bass – text: Rodney Sharman (ms) premiere: 9/3/05 Hilliard Ensemble, Beth Mennonite Church, Winnipeg, Manitoba

• Watchful dur. 3’ – solo piano (CMC) premiere: 18/6/06 Emily Manzo, piano, The Stone, NYC

• The Ecstasy of Saint Teresa dur. 25” – solo ‘cello (includes speaking and singing) – text: Rodney Sharman, adapted and translated from the writings of St. Teresa of Avila (CMC) premiere: 23/10/08 Frances Marie Uitti, cello/voice, Scotia Dance Centre, Vancouver, BC

• Moments dur 12’ – fl(alto fl), cl(bass cl), pf, perc, vln, vc (CMC) premiere movements 1-3: 19/10/03 Helikon Ensemble, Leslie Dala, conductor, Vancouver East Cultural Centre, Vancouver, BC, first complete performance: 6/11/05 Ensemble Continuum, Daniel Warren, conductor, St George Church, Toronto

 2006

• Arsis and Thesis dur 12’ – flute and piano (CMC) premiere: 12/1/07 Mark McGregor, flute, Rachel Iwaasa, piano, Western Front, Vancouver, BC

• Second String Quartet dur 15’ (CMC) premiere: 25/10/08 St. Lawrence String Quartet, private performance, Integral House, Dr. Jim Stewart, patron, Toronto

 2007

• The Ruins Proclaim the Building was Beautiful, dur 28’ - 2222 2200 hp, 1 perc, strings (ms) premiere: 23/04/08 San Francisco Ballet Orchestra, David Briskin, Conductor, James Kudelka, choreographer, War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, California

• Incantation dur 10’ - bassoon, harp, string quartet (ms) premiere: 14/4/08 Kathleen McLean, bassoon, Erica Goodman, harp, Accordes String Quartet, Glenn Gould Studio, Toronto

 2008

• Departures dur. 10’ – fl, ob d’amore, cl in A, mand, guit, hp, pf/celesta, 1 perc (vib, mar, chimes, 2 Alm Glocken) , vln, vla, vc, cb. (ms) premiere: 1/3/08 Nieuw Ensemble, Ed Spanjaard, conductor, Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Netherlands

• Mercurio dal ciel in terra - Opera Transcriptions: L’Incoronazione di Poppea (2008) dur. 3’ (CMC) premiere: 30/6/08 Rachel Iwaasa, piano, H.R. MacMillan Auditorium, Vancouver

• festina lente dur 2” - string quartet (CMC) premiere: 19/7/08 student string quartet, Ecole de Pionniers, Port Coquitlam, BC

• Cabaret Songs: Wooden Shoes dur 1'30“- medium voice - text: Rodney Sharman (CMC) premiere: 7/8/08 Barbara Ebbeson, mezzo soprano, Rachel Iwaasa, piano, The Roundhouse, Vancouver

• Cabaret Songs: Au Revoir, Maria Callas dur 4’ - low voice - text: Bill Richardson (CMC) premiere: 7/8/08 Joel Klein, baritone, Karen Lee Morlang, piano, The Roundhouse, Vancouver

• Music for Celtic Harp, Strings, Percussion and Celesta dur 11’30” – solo Celtic harp (lever harp), celesta, vib, timp, strings (ms) premiere: 2/11/08 Sharlene Wallace, Celtic harp, Kinston Symphony Orchestra, Glen Fast, conductor, Grand Theatre, Kingston, Ontaio

• Etude: for glissandi dur 2’ - intermediate piece for harp - may be played on Celtic harp (ms)

 2009

• Couples, Doubles, Pairs dur 8’ - horn, 2 vlns, vla, vc, cb (ms) premiere: 14/6/09 Aventa Ensemble, Bill Linwood, cond, Black Box, Gasteig, Munich, Germany

• Motet: Death Will Find Me (in memory of my father) dur. 8’ (SATTBB) text: Rupert Brooke premiere: 20/4/10 Hexaphone, Lutheran Church of the Cross, Victoria, BC

• Byrd Dances dur 8’ *2222 2200 timp + 1 perc, strings (CMC) premiere: 12/9/09 Victoria Symphony, Tania Miller, cond, Cowichan Theatre, Duncan, BC

 2010

• Songs Without Words dur 16’ - solo English horn, 2(doubling alto)000 0200 hp, 2 perc, strings (ms) premiere: 8/2/10 Russell Bajer, English horn, Tania Miller, conductor, Victoria Symphony, Royal Theatre, Victoria, BC

• Pavane, Galliard and Variations (2009-10) dur 14‘, bass cl, pf, perc (vib, mar, tuned gongs, cabasa, triangle, small bass drum) vln, vc (CMC) premiere: 10/5/10 Standing Wave, Vancouver East Cultural Centre, Vancouver, BC

• Cabaret Songs: Adult Education  dur 2’30” - low voice and piano - text: Rodney Sharman (ms)

• Notes on “Beautiful” (2010) dur 5’ solo piano, Hal Leonard, publisher, premiere: 9/3/13 Anthony de Mare, piano Symphony Space, NYC, NY

2011

• Violin Concerto dur 19’ - solo violin, 2222 2220 timp + 1 perc, strings (ms) premiere: 6/3/11 Jonathan Crow, violin, Tania Miller, conductor, Victoria Symphony, Royal Theatre, Victoria, BC

• Romantic Ideals dur 6’ 2222 2200 timp, strings (CMC) premiere: 26/3/11 Alain Trudel, conductor, Victoria Symphony, Royal Theatre, Victoria, BC

• Elsewhereless (Prelude, Scene 4) (1996/2011) arr. alto fl, cl, bsn, hn, pf, vln, cb (CMC) premiere: 17/10/11 Aventa Ensemble, Bill Linwood, conductor, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan

 2012

• Chamber Symphony dur 20’ 1*1*21 1110 1 perc, pf/cel, harp, 11111 (ms) premiere: 29/1/12 Turning Point Ensemble, Owen Underhill, conductor, Fei and Milton Wong Experimental Theatre, Vancouver, BC

• From the House of Mirth dur. 55’ 4 female dancers, countertenor, tenor, baritone, bass-baritone, violin, cello, harp, harmonium, piano; text: Alex Poch-Goldin after Edith Wharton, choreography and direction: James Kudelka (ms) premiere: John Hess, music director, Scott Belluz, Graham Thompson, Alex Dobson, Geoffrey Sirrett, singers, Laurence Lemieux, Victoria Betrand, Claudia Moore, Christianne Ullmark, dancers, Citadel & Co, 5/5/12 Market Hall, Peterborough, Ontario

• Cabaret Songs: Obsessions dur 1’15” - low voice & pf - text: Alex Poch-Goldin (CMC)

• Second Symphony dur 20’ *3(alto)*2*2*3 4230 timp + 2 strings (ms) premiere: 5/5/12 Tania Miller, conductor, Victoria Symphony, Royal Theatre, Victoria, BC

 2013

• Because of John Cage dur 8’ bass trombone & harp (ms) premiere: 27/10/13 Brandt Attema, bass trombone, Astrid Haring, harp; Verweij Frames, Den Haag, Netherlands

• Cabaret Songs: Yoga Song dur 2’00” - low voice & pf - text: Rodney Sharman (CMC) premiere: 11/4/14. Joel Klein, baritone, Karen Lee-Morlang, piano, Murray Adaskin Salon, CMC, Vancouver

• Opera Transcriptions: Tristan und Isolde (2013) dur. 7' (CMC) premiere: 30/3/14 Rachel Kiyo Iwaasa, piano, Pyatt Hall, Vancouver

 2014

• She Walks in Beauty dur 4’ (for Catherine Fern Lewis) voice and lute – text Lord Byron (CMC) premiere: 15/5/16 Cathy Fern Lewis, voice, Douglas Hensley, lute Wood Recital Hall, Victoria Conservatory of Music, Victoria, BC

• Cabaret Songs: True Lesbianism dur 2’30” - low voice - text: Rodney Sharman (ms) premiere: 5/1/18 Malina Maneevone, mezzo, Maika'i Nash, piano, Hawaii State Art Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii

• Former Ginger dur 2’ men's chorus (TTBB) text: Rodney Sharman (ms)

 2015

• Obsessions (2012/15) dur. 1’30” arr. low voice & string orchestra – text: Alex Poch Goldin (ms) premiere: 1/16/16 Robin Norman, mezzo-soprano, José Delgado-Guevara, cond., Prince George Symphony Orchestra, Vanier Hall, Prince George, BC

• Song from Faust dur. 3’ medium voice & string orch. – text JW von Goethe, trans. R. Sharman (ms) 1/16/16 premiere: Robin Norman, mezzo-soprano, José Delgado-Guevara, cond., Prince George Symphony Orchestra, Vanier Hall, Prince George, BC

• California Dutch dur 6’ oud and string quartet (ms) premiere: Navid Goldrick, Oud, VICO String Quartet, 14/11/15, Pyatt Hall, Vancouver

• song about forgetfulness dur 3’30” mixed chorus (SATB) text: Bill Richardson (Cypress) premiere: 11/4/15 BC Girls Choir, Tsunami Boys Choir, PROMYS Boys Choir, Erick Lichte, cond, St. Andrew's-Wesley United Church, Vancouver

• Requiescat dur 3’30” mixed chorus (SATB) text: Oscar Wilde (ms) premiere: 24/5/15 Vox Humana, Brian Wismath, cond, Holy Trinity Anglican , Vancouver

 2016

• Night /Dance, Night/Lullaby dur 10’ six percussionists (ms) premiere: 13/3/16 Hamiruge, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

• Gratitude dur 11’ viola and piano (CMC) premiere: 20/4/16 Barry Shiffman, Jeanie Chung, piano, Music in the Morning, Koerner Hall, Vancouver

• Suspension dur min 6’ (indeterminate) – improvising soloist, 2 fl, tuned gongs, string orchestra (ms) premiere: 5/2/16 Tanya Tagak, voice, Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra, Edwin Outwater, cond, Conrad Centre, Kitchener, Ontario

• For Guitar dur. 8’ (ms) solo guitar, premiere: Adrian Verdejo, guitar, 15/12/16 Heritage Hall, Music on Main, Vancouver

2017

• Cabaret Songs: The Pronoun Symphony dur 4’ - low voice & piano- text: Sharman (CMC) premiere: 5/1/18 Naomi Castro, mezzo, Maika'i Nash, piano, Hawaii State Art Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii
• Cabaret Songs: Barnacle Bill dur 3’ low voice & pf, text: traditional (ms)

• Snared Harmony dur 4’ baroque fl, 2 vlns, vla, vc, bass gamba, hpschd, premiere: 19/1/18 Pacific Baroque Orchestra, Alex Weimann, harpsichord/conductor, New Music for Old Instruments, Early Music Vancouver, Christ Church Cathedral, Vancouver.
• From the Mountains to the Pacific dur 14’ cello & piano (ms), premiere: 22/6/17 Cheng2 Duo, Bryan Cheng, vc, Silvie Cheng, pf, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa

2018

• Everything is Vanishing dur 13’ Glockenspiel and vibraphone text: Alexander Hutchinson (CMC) premiere: 9/9/18, Justin Greene (vibraphone and voice), Brett Dietz (Glockenspiel and voice), School of Music Recital Hall, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

• Small flowers dur 7’ 2 recorders (alto and tenor), marimba, violin, cello, doublebass (ms) premiere: 13/12/18 Nieuw Ensemble, Ed Spanjaard, conductor, Muziekgebouw, Amsterdam, Netherlands

• Cabaret Songs: Academia dur 3’ - low voice & piano - text: Sharman (ms) premiere: 26/10/19 Barbara Ebbeson, mz, Michael Park, pf, The Annex, Vancouver

• Everything dur 4’ mixed chorus (SATB) text: Alexander Hutchison (ms) premiere: 4/5/18 Vancouver Bach Choir, Kathleen Allen, cond. St. Andrew's-Wesley United Church, Vancouver

 2019

• Repertoire dur 3’ piano and string quartet (CMC) premiere: 13/7/19 Quiring Chamber Music Camp, student players, Koerner Hall, Vancouver

• Remembering John Cage dur 4’ clarinet and piano doubling toy piano (ms) Premiere: 19/12/19 Duo Ebano, Marco Danesi clarinet, Paolo Gorini piano/toy piano, Splendor, Amsterdam, Netherlands

• Remembering John Cage dur 4’ version for 5-string violin, electric piano doubling toy piano (ms) Radio Premiere: 1/10/21 West Deutsche Rundfunk, Duo Weirich & Löffler, Hannah Weirich, 5-string violin, Ulrich Löffler, piano/toy piano, Cologne, Germany

• Remembering John Cage dur 4’ version for English Horn and piano doubling toy piano (ms) Online Premiere: 20/3/23 Ensemble Musikfabrik, Peter Veale, English Horn, Ulrich Löffler, piano/toy piano, Cologne, Germany

• Happiness dur 1’ alto recorder & bowed marimba (ms) 9/11/19 University of Birmingham, UK

• Famous Last Words dur 7’ flute & piano doubling toy piano – spoken text Rodney Sharman (ms) premiere: 16/12/19 Tiresias, Mark McGregor, flute, Rachel Kiyo Iwaasa, piano/toy piano, Redshift Music Society, Pyatt Hall, Vancouver

• Sereno dur 4’ low voice & guitar – text Giuseppe Ungaretti (CMC) premiere: 18/10/19 The Bowers Fader Duo Jessica Bowers, mezzo soprano Oren Fader, guitar Fourth Annual New American Art Song Concert, Scorca Hall, National Opera Center, NYC

• Bluebell dur 3’ treble choir, bowed marimba, violin, cello – text: Robert MacFarlane (Cypress) premiere: 1/10/22 Elektra Women’s Choir, Domagoj Ivanovic, vln, Johnathan Lo, vc, Katie Rife, perc, Morna Edmundson, cond, Pacific Spirit United Church, Vancouver

2020

• Adder dur 3’ treble choir, flute, percussion (claves, suspended maraca, cabasa, marimba) violin, cello – text: Robert MacFarlane (Cypress) premiere: 1/10/22 Elektra Women’s Choir, Domagoj Ivanovic, violin, Johnathan Lo, cello, Katie Rife, percussion, Morna Edmundson, conductor, Pacific Spirit United Church, Vancouver

• Wounded (2014/rev 2020) dur. 5' solo piano with spoken text by Rodney Sharman (ms) premiere: 13/2/20 Rachel Kiyo Iwaasa, piano/voice, Pyatt Hall, Vancouver

• Missing You dur 9’ alto fl & guitar (CMC) online premiere: 21/1/2021 Mark McGregor, alto fl, Adrian Verdejo, guitar, Muir Theatre, Douglas College, New Westminster, BC

 2021

• Opera Transcriptions: Don Giovanni dur 4’30” solo piano (ms) online premiere: 17/6/21 Christos Fountos, piano, New Lights Contemporary Piano Festival 2021, Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, London, UK

• Known and Unknown dur 9’40” solo piano (CMC) premiere: 23/9/22 Rachel Kiyo Iwaasa, piano, SUM Gallery, Vancouver

• The Pronoun Symphony (2017/2021) dur 4’30” high voice and string orchestra – text Rodney Sharman (ms) online premiere: 28/6/21 Teiya Kasahara, soprano, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Crust, conductor

• Scenes from Macbeth dur 13’ soprano and pre-recorded multitrack voices – text: William Shakespeare (ms) not yet performed, Dory Haley, soprano

 2022

• After Schumann dur. 7’ string orchestra (ms), Premiere: 24/3/2022 Victoria Symphony, Giuseppe Pietraroia, cond, Kirk Hall, Victoria, BC

• ShowRoom chamber opera dur. 65' (ms) soprano, mezzo soprano, baritone, 2 recorders (alto/sop, tenor/sop) 2 sackbuts (alto and tenor), piano/toy piano, percussion (1 player: vibraphone, marimba, triangle, low gong), violin, cello, doublebass; text: Atom Egoyan. Premiere: 18/3/2023 Carla Huhtanen, soprano, Andrea Ludwig, mezzo soprano, Nicholas Higgs, baritone, Continuum Contemporary Music, Jennifer Tung, conductor, Ryan Scott, producer, Music Gallery, Toronto

• Homage to Robert Schumann dur. 8’ saxophone quartet (SATB) (ms) premiere: 15/1/23 Saxophilia, Roy Barnett Recital Hall, UBC School of Music, Vancouver