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Current Commissions, Premières and Performances:


November 19 | 2011
New York City, US
Première
"Lo, some we loved", for orchestra
Première: Canadian Chamber Orchestra
Justin Bischof, conductor

January 20 | 2011
Ottawa, Canada
Première
"Interlude" from The Wings of the Dove (opera)
Première: Thirteen Strings of Ottawa,
conducted by Kevin Mallon
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June 19 | 2011
Cathedral of St. John,
Albuquerque, New Mexico
“Concerto for Organ and Orchestra”      
Maxine Thevenot, organ soloist
Justin Bischof, conductor

August 12 | 2011
Magdeburger Dom, Germany
Première
"Suite for Organ"
Première: Maxine Thevenot, organ soloist

October 2011
Church of the Heavenly Rest,
New York City
“Concerto for Organ and Orchestra”        
Canadian Chamber Orchestra
Maxine Thevenot, organ soloist
New Mexico Philharmonic,
Justin Bischof, conductor

February 20 | 2012
Ottawa, Canada
Première

Symphony no. 1, (In Memoriam)

Commissioned privately and by the Ottawa Choral Society in memory of Anna Louise Ager

Premiere: Ottawa Choral Society and orchestra, Seventeen Voyces, Ottawa Regional Youth Choir, and the Ottawa Children's Choir, conducted by Kevin Reeves.


July 2012
Sulmona, Abruzzi, Italy
Premiere performance

“The Wings of the Dove” 
A new opera, commissioned by the
Centre for Opera Studies in Italy

 

Past Performances, Commissions and Premières:

2010

January 2010
West Hall Theatre, Toronto
“Frankenstein – or the Modern Prometheus”
Fully staged production by
Tryptych Productions of Toronto
May 2010
Choir of the Cathedral of St. John, Albuquerque, NM, USA

Recording of « Missa Campanella »
Canadian Chamber Orchestra
Maxine Thevenot, conductor
Stephen Tharp, organ

July 2010
Recorded at Cathedral of St. John the Divine
Victoria, BC
CD Release: “Premiere Suite” for organ
Maxine Thevenot, organ soloist
Label: Raven
July 2010
Holy Trinity Eaton Centre
Toronto, Canada
“Sonata for Horn and Organ” 
Music Monday Series
Mannfred Dippmann, horn;
Reinhard Seeliger, organ
August 2010
St. Paul’s Cathedral
London, UK
“Suite de Pentecote” 
performed by the composer, Andrew Ager, on the organ.
August 2010
Palazzo Castello, Venice
“Three Sonnets”    
Rosemary Forbes-Butler, soprano
November 2010
Recorded at St. Charles Church, Monte Carlo
CD Release: “Suite de Pentecote”
Andrew Ager, organist
November 2010
Toronto, Canada
Premiere of Symphony no.1
Classical Music Consort of Toronto
Ashiq Aziz, conductor

2009

February 2009
Munich
European Premiere of “Toccata Festiva
performed by the composer, Andrew Ager, on the organ.
April | 2009
La Catedral de la Almudena
Madrid
Premiere of "Messe des Cloches"
Choir of Notre Dame Cathedral Ottawa directed by Michel Guimont, Andrew Ager organist
June 29 – July 3 | 2009
Toronto
Canadian Premiere: “Toccata Festiva
International Organ Festival
Royal Canadian College of Organists Centennial

The performer will be the rising young Canadian virtuoso organist Ryan Jackson.
June 2009
Toronto
Deux Preludes et Fugues, op. 30
Rachel Laurin and Andrew Ager, organists
International Organ Festival
Royal Canadian College of Organists Centennial
August 2009
Westminster Cathedral
London, UK
Premiere: Suite pour orgue
Andrew Ager, organist, as a featured recitalist for the Annual Festival of New Organ Music (UK)
December 2009
Santa Fe, New Mexico
“Winter – an Evocation”  
Commissioned & performed by the
"Polyphony Vocal Ensemble of New Mexico"
Maxine Thevenot, Director

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