The
Unpredictable Nature of Almost Everything (a sort of
spontaneous sonic diary about Parkinsons): Symphony #15
(2023
- 2024) - 23 minutes
2.2.2.2/2.2.0.0./timpani, 2 percussion/strings
In
Isolation We Are Not Alone: Symphony #14 (orchestral
extension)
(2020) - 15 minutes
3.3.3.3/4.3.3.1/3
perc/strings
A work written on March 26 and 27, 2020 - as a
reaction to the global pandemic
The last 3 minutes of the work are the virtual
violin duo of the same name, written for Andrew Wan
(Montréal Symphony) and Jonathan Crowe (Toronto
Symphony).
Dedicated
to all health care and essential service workers.
Pour Gilles
(2017) - 4 minutes
2.2.2.2/4.2.3.0/strings:
minimum 4/4/3/3/2
Written in homage to Québécois
composer Gilles Tremblay (d. July 27, 2017)
Premiered by the Orchestre de la Francophonie - July 31, 2017
Measures
of Equality (2017)
-
30
minutes
29 solo strings: 10.8.4.4.3
An extremely slow, meditative work
Written for the English Symphony Orchestra
The
Luxury of Time: Symphony #6
(2012 - 2015)
-
55
minutes
2.2.2.2/4.2.3.1/3 perc/harp/strings: minimum 10/8/5/5/3
4 movements, all fairly slow music
1) The Absence of Shelling Is Almost Like Music
2) It was the best of times, it was the worst of times
3) Attendre, et Espérer
4) "_______" (audience participation)
The first movement was commissioned by the Orchestre
symphonique du Québec
The
How and the Why of Memory: Symphony #4
(2010 - 2013)
- 22 minutes
2.2.2.2./2.2.3.0./2
perc./strings: minimum 8/6/4/4/2
Commissioned by Symphony Nova Scotia
Running
(2008)
- 9 minutes
2.2.2.2./2.2.3.0./2
perc./strings: minimum 6/6/4/4/2
Commissioned by the Orchestre symphonique de Laval, as
part of the "composer-in-residence" programme
Three or Four Days
After the Death of Kurt Cobain (1994
/ orchestration - 1996) - 9 minutes
2.2.2.2./2.2.0.0./2 perc./harp/strings: minimum 6/6/4/4/2
An orchestration of the 1994 chamber work originally written
for cello and piano
Variants (1982) - 20 minutes
2.2.2.2./2.2.0.0./timp./strings: 8-6-5-4-2
Micheline Coulombe St-Marcoux award for orchestral music
(CAPAC - 1986)
Concertino for Orchestra (1982) - 15 minutes
4.4.4.4./6.4.3.1./perc.(2)/harp/piano/strings: 16-14-12-10-8
Sir Ernest MacMillan award for orchestral music - 1st prize
(CAPAC - 1983)
Three Movements for Orchestra (1979 - 80) - 22
minutes
2.1.2.1./2.2.2.0./perc.(2)/harp/strings: 10-8-6-6-4
Orchestra with soloist(s)
Double
Concerto - for violin, cello and 15 strings
(2020 - 2024) - 21 minutes
violin solo, cello solo, 15 strings (4.4.3.3.1)
Balance
- concerto for sometimes improvising
soloist and orchestra
(2018 - 2024)
21 minutes
Originally written for erhu virtuoso Lan Tung, the
work can be performed by any solo treble wind or
string soloist (sax, trumpet, violin, etc) who is
comfortable with both notation and improvisation.
2.2.2.2/2.2.0.0./timpani,
2 percussion/strings
Violin
Concerto #2 (2016
- 2020) - 25 minutes
2.2.2.2/4.2.3.1/timp/2
perc/strings: 8.8.5.5.3 min
Commissioned by l'Orchestre symphonique de
Montréal for concertmaster Andrew Wan
Premier:
Feb. 8 and 9, 2023 - Montréal
Triple Concerto: Because
Everything Has Changed (2020)
- 40 minutes
For
electric guitar, tabla+percussion, violin and virtual
orchestra
A studio production created for the improvisational
collective Of Sound, Mind and Body.
Incidents
& Allégations: concerto for improvising pianist
- 2018 (20 minutes)
2.2.2.2/2.2.3.0./2
perc+timpani/ strings: 6.6.4.4.2 (minimum)
piano solo (improviser)
Commissioned by the Open Waters Festival for pianist Tim
Crofts
A part of the cycle of 4 concerto for improvisers: Architecture
& Abandon
Peripheral
Visions (2018)
-
12 minutes
Strings:
6.6.4.4.2
Improvisational soloist
A
stand-alone, one-movment work, a reflection on my 1984
work "Visions"
Viola
Concerto - 20 minutes (2010 - 2012)
2.2.2.2/2.2.3.0/1 perc./timpani/strings/, viola solo
Commissioned by the Orchestre symphonique de Laval
The Absence
of Shelling is Almost Like Music - 15 minutes
(2012)
2.2.2.2/4.2.3.1/2 perc./strings/, cello solo
With optional video project by Martin Lemieux
Commissioned by the Orchestre symphonique de Québec
This work is now the 1st movement of Symphony
#6 (see above)
Short
Stories/Courts métrages - 15 minutes (2011 - 2012)
2.2.2.2/2.2.0.0/2 perc./harp/strings/
Solo electric guitar with pedals (delay, haromiser)
With optional video project by Nelly-Éve Rajotte
Commissioned by the Orchestre symphonique de Laval
Requiem
21.5 - Concerto for Violin and String Orchestra - 28
minutes (2009 - 2011)
strings: 7.6.4.4.2 (minimum), solo violin
commissioned by Symphony Nova Scotia for concertmaster Robert
Uchida
We're
Hardcore - 28 minutes (2010)
for
solo soprano and chamber orchestra
1.1.1.1/1.1.1.0/perc./piano/strings:
2.1.1.1
A
series of 7 songs, with texts by Gordon Downie (of The
Tragically Hip)
Commissioned by the
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
15 Stages
in the Search for Radium and Love - 40 minutes
(2010)
for
solo soprano and chamber orchestra
1.1.1.1/1.1.1.0/perc/piano/strings:
2.1.1.1
"theatricalised"
chamber music, based on the life of Polish-French sscientist
Marie Curie.
Text
by Douglas Burnet Smith
Commissioned by the
AVENTA ensemble (Victoria, BC) for singer Janice Jackson
Amplify,
Multipy, Remix and Redefine (in memory of Les Paul)
(2009)
- 36 minutes
for
solo electric guitar, large electric guitar ensemble and
orchestra
2.2.2.2/2.2.3.0/2
perc./timp/piano/strings (minimum: 8.7.6.4.3)
4 -
20 electric guitars / guitar solo (version is available for
guitar solo only)
Commissioned
by the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra New Music Festival
16
of the guitarists can (and should!) be student guitarists (but
this is not a piece for amateurs...)
A work which combines
a new score with revised portions of the 1997 guitar concerto
"The Body Electric".
En amour,
en hiver (2009 - 2010) - 28 minutes
for
baritone voice and orchestra
Original
text by Michel Rivard
2.2.2.2./4.2.3.1./2
perc./strings: minimum 8/7/4/4/3
Commissioned by the Orchestre symphonique de Laval, as
part of the "composer-in-residence" programme
Requiem
21.5 (2009) - 11 minutes
string orchestra
This work is now the middle movement of the Concerto
for Violin and String Orchestra
2
versions are available small string orchestra (standard 5
sections), and larger orchestra, with a final divisi into 21
parts
Commissioned
by the Orchestre symphonique de Laval, as part of the
"composer-in-residence" programme
Replaces the ealier
work for flute, percussion and strings of the same name (1986)
Opposites
Attract (2008 - revised: 2019) - 20 minutes
2.2.2.2./2.2.0.0./2 perc./strings:
minimum 7/7/4/4/2
Solo:
bass clarinet
A
bass clarinet concerto commissioned for clarinetist Lori
Freedman by the CBC Radio Orchestra
Guess
Who Symphony (2007) - 25 minutes
radical
deconstruction and arrangement of 3 songs by the 60's-70's
group "The Guess Who"
American
Woman / These Eyes / Runnin' Back to Saskatoon
Soprano
solo
2.2.2.2./2.2.3.0/2
perc./strings
Commissioned by the
CBC Radio Orchestra
The
Choreography of Time: Symphony #2 (2004
- 2010) - 40 minutes
saxophone quartet soloists (soprano, alto, tenor,
baritone)
2.2.2.2./4.3.3.1/3 perc./timp./piano/harp/st. 12.10.8.6
Commissioned in part by the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra
for the "2005 New Music Festival"
Playing Guitar : Symphony #1 (1997 - 2002) - 46
minutes
for solo electric guitar, sampler (1 performer), 15
musicians, and live electronics
1.2.1.1/1.1.1.0/perc./pno/2.1.1.1
solo electric guitar with electronics; sampler controlled
by MIDI keyboard;
live electronics on members of the ensemble (trumpet,
flute, piano, violin)
Commissioned by the Nouvel Ensemble Moderne
recording: Ambiances magnétiques AM 125 - Playing
Guitar : Symphony #1 - Tim Brady / Bradyworks + NEM
The
Body Electric - concerto for electric guitar and orchestra
(1997 - 30 min. / revised
2008) - 20 minutes
2.2.2.2/2.2.0(3).0/perc.(2)/pno/strings:4-4-3-3-2 (el.bass -
opt.)
electric guitar solo with distortion and digital delay
Commissioned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation for
the Esprit Orchestra
This
work is now subsumed into the work "Amplify, Multiply, Remix
and Redefine: in memory of Les Paul"
Loud - concerto for
electric guitar and orchestra
(1992/93) - 19 minutes
2.2.2.2./4.3.3.1./perc.(3)/pno./strings: 10-8-4-4-2
(minimum)
electric guitar solo with digital electronics
Commissioned by the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra
Chamber Concerto (1985) - 25 minutes
1.0.1.1./0.0.0.0./perc.(2)/strings: 2-1-1-1
piano solo/obligati for flute and cello
Commissioned by New Music Concerts, Toronto
Visions (1984) - 35 minutes
strings: 3-3-2-2-1 (minimum)
improvisational soloist
recording: Justin Time Records JTR-8413-2 - Visions -
l'Orchestre de Chambre Montréal;
Tim Brady, electric guitar; Kenny Wheeler,
trumpet/flugelhorn
Chamber
music
If
Not Now (2022)
- 8 minutes
Bass clarinet (solo),
piano, drums, double bass,
string quartet
Commissioned by bass
clarinetist André Moisan
Double / Life
(2022) - 15 minutes
2 erhus, zheng, xiao, 2
French horns, oboe, double
bass
Commissioned by the Canada
Chinese Performing Arts
Society
Five
Times: four
guitars (2022)
- 11.5 minutes
4 electric guitars, pitch
shifiters, delay,
distortion, slide
Suspension
(2021) - 14 minutes
Two erhus, ruan,
percussion, cello,
classical guitar, flute,
dizi
Commissioned by the Sound
of Dragon ensemble
Orchid
Variations
(2021)
- 10 minutes
Erhu, percussion, zheng
Commissioned by the Orchid
Ensemble
This
Erhu Quartet
(2021)
- 10 minutes
2 erhus, viola, cello
Commissioned par Lan Tung
- Sound of Dragon Society
Suddenly
(2021)
- 15 minutes
Viola and piano
Written for Marina
Thibault (viola)and Corey
Hamm (piano)
String
Quartet #5
(2021)
- 30 minutes
Written for the Warhol
Dervish quartet
String Quartet #4 (2020)
- 14 minutes 30 seconds
Concerto Étude (2020)
- 8 minutes 30 seconds
Erhu
and tape OR erhu and string quartet with
optional electric guitar
Commissioned by Lan Tung (erhu)
For Amy - 7 miniatures
(2020)
- 11 minutes
For solo trumpet and string quartet
Written for trumpeter Amy Horvey (Orchestre
symphonique de Montréal)
Trio Toccata (2020)
- 10 minutes
Violin,
two classical guitars (one with low A)
Commissioned by the Trio Tangere
Pour
Véronique
(2020)
- 13 minutes
For solo violin - in 4 movements: Scherzo,
Waltz, Horizon, 0/1
Composed for the violinist Véronique Mathieu
Uncertain Impact (2020)
- 7 minutes
For virtual electric guitar quartet using cell phones
and click tracks. Created for the PanM360 music
platform.
In Isolation We Are Not Alone (2020)
- 3 minutes
A virtual duo for 2 violins, written
for Andrew Wan (Montréal Symphony) and
Jonathan Crowe (Toronto Symphony)
on
Mar. 24, 2020 - as a reaction to the global
pandemic.
Octet Concerto (2018) - 24
minutes
flute (picc, fl in C, alto fl., bass fl.), cl (bass cl.),
violin, cello, piano, percussion
soloists: electric guitar (with digital effects) and drums
Commission by the Ensemble Paramirabo
Short Conversation(s)
with Jennifer T. (2018) - 12 minutes
Viola and marimba
Alternate version 2020: Viola and
piano (Short conversation(s) with Megan T.)
Written for Jennifer Thiessen (viola)
and Ben Reimer (marimba)
New version - viola and piano: for Meagn Thibeault
Méditation mobile / Calder Variations
(2018) - 27 minutes and 45 seconds
4 electric guitars plus 4 to 12 other instrumentalists (open
instrumentation)
A spatilaized work written for the Alexander Calder
exhibition at the Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal (fall
2018).
The Unexpected (2018) - 10 minutes 30 seconds
Woodwind quintet: flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, French
horn
Pour Gilles (2017) - 3 minutes 45 seconds
Flute and piano
An adaptation of the 2017 orchestral work of the same name
Commissioned by Marie-Hélène Breault and Pamela Reimer
Tilework (2016-2017) - 17 minutes
For piano, four hands
Commissioned by the piano duo Twinmuse
Equal but Opposite Reactions (2016) - 10
minutes
electric guitar quartet
Desire - Concerto for electric guitar and large
ensemble (2016-2017) - 28 minutes
fl., cl., b. cl, alto sax, tenor sax, piano, electric piano,
percussion (marimba, drum set, gongs, tom-toms), 2 violins,
viola, cello, double bass
Solo electric guitar with overdrive, 2-voice harmonizer,
delay and volume pedals
Created for the Festival international de musique actuelle
de Victoriaville (2017)
8 Songs about: Symphony #7 (2016-2017) - 36
minutes
Original text by Douglas Smith, on the performance of
Shostakovitch's Symphony #7 in Leningrad, on Aug. 9, 1942,
during the 900-day siege by the German army.
fl., cl., b. cl, alto sax, tenor
sax, piano, electric piano, percussion (tubular bells,
marimba, drum set, gongs, tom-toms), 2 violins, viola,
cello, double bass
Live electronics on ensemble (ring modulator, delay, chorus,
flanger): or
Optional additional electric guitar part (which plays all
these electronically modified sounds)
Soloists: soprano voice, baritone voice
Created for the Festival international
de musique actuelle de Victoriaville (2017)
SPIN (2012 - arrangement: 2016)
Arrangement of the 2012 chamber work for percussion quartet
Arrangement by Ben Duinker for the Architek Quartet.
FAST
- (2015) - 20 minutes - 3 movements
for percussion ensemble - 6 performers
2 marimbas (2 musicians per marimba), 2 vibraphones, 2 X
hi-hats+ride cymbals
Commissioned by the Ensemble SIXTRUM
Requiem
21.5 - Concerto for Violin Sextet (2009 -
2011/2014) - 28 minutes
solo violin, string quintet (2.1.1.1)
An arrangement of the Concerto for Violin and String
Orchestra for chamber forces.
Commissioned by violinist Mark Fewer.
Journal:
String Quartet #2 (2013) - 22 minutes
Commissioned by the Orford Arts Festival for the New Orford
String Quartet
The
Same River Twice: Symphony #5.0 (2013) - 33
minutes
electric guitar quartet with electronic effects pedals
(vol+dl+dst), 2 slides and 2 e-bows.
4 movements: Riff / Float / A Somewhat Eccentric Waltz
/ Count
Road
Songs (2013) - 15 minutes
baritone voice, electric guitar, bass clarinet, viola
Text by Gordon Downie (from the book "Coke Machine Glow")
Commissioned by Mutable Music (New York)
FLOW
(2012) - 11 minutes
piano, oboe, electric guitar with electronics,
violin, viola, cello
Commissioned by the Scotia Festival
SPIN (2012 ) -
10 minutes
electric guitar, harpsichord, piano, vibraphone, viola and
bass clarinet
Commissioned by Bradyworks and harpsichorist Vivienne
Spiteri
RANT! (2011)
- 10 minutes
piano and multiple percussion, spoken text
Text by Rick Mercer
Commissioned by Pamela Reimer and Beverley Johnston
The Spontaneous Sonata Project (2008 ) -
75 minutes
12
movements for piano and electric guitar (with electronics)
some movements are
structured improvisations, some are fully notated
Frame 1:
Scatter (2008) - 9 minutes
electric guitar,
electronics and voice
Frame 2: In
Almost Unison (2009) - 6 minutes
electric guitar (with
overdrive) and baritone saxophone
Frame
3: Canonic Sequnces (2006) - 9 minutes
electric guitar and
bass clarinet
Frame 4:
Shadow (2008) - 9 minutes
electric guitar (with
digital delay) and bass trombone
Frame 5:
Still (2007) - 10 minutes
electric guitar and
viola
Frame
6: Four Elements (2007) - 14 minutes
electric guitar,
electronics and percussion
Traces (Hommage à Charlie Christian) (2005)
- 12 minutes
electric guitar (with electronics), tenor saxophone,
percussion, piano, sampler/synthesizer
Part of the music/video project "My 20th Century"
Double Quartet (Hommage à Schostakovitch)
(2005) - 28 mintues
electric guitar (with electronics), tenor and soprano
saxophone, percussion, piano, sampler
Part of the music/video project "My 20th Century"
Triple Riffing (2003) - 9 minutes
soprano saxophone, violin and piano
Commissioned by the American saxophonsist James Umble
Hommage à Rosa Luxemburg (Casino Adagio)
(2003) - 19 minutes
string quartet, tape and video projection
Available in stereo or 4-channel surround tape playback
(optional string quartet amplification and diffusion)
Video: Oana Suteu
Commissioned by the Quatuor Molinari
Part of the music/video project "My 20th Century"
Frame 0 - Resonance (formerly
Frame 1) (2002) - 12 minutes
electric guitar (with electronics) and piano
recording: Ambiances magnétique AM 125 - Playing Guitar :
Symphony #1 - Tim Brady/ Bradyworks + NEM
Power Lines (2001) - 17 minutes
electric guitar (with electronics), violin, viola and cello
Commissioned by Parisian guitarist Claude Pavy
Blue Melismas (2000) - 10 minutes
solo soprano saxophone, flute (picc, alto), oboe, clarinet,
bassoon, French horn
Commissioned by Calgary saxophonist Jeremy Brown
A version for woodwind quintet (without saxophone) is also
available
SCAT (because we
all have voices and stories to tell) (2000) - 17 minutes
percussion (marimba, gongs, tam-tams and cymbals), clarinet,
violin and double bass
Commissioned by Motion, Fredricton
alternate versions:
Bradyworks - piano, percussion, saxophone, violon and cello
Topology - piano, violon, viola saxophone and double bass
Two Chords Less Than a Blues (1999) - 11 minutes
tenor saxophone, piano and percussion
Commissioned by New Works Calgary for saxophonist Jeremy Brown
recording: Ambiance magnétiques AM 110 - Unison Rituals
Slow Dances (1999) - 24 minutes
for Bb clarinet and string quartet
Commissioned by clarinetist Jean-Guy Boisvert
recording:
Le Livre des Méloncoliies - J-F Boisvert
et Quatur Bozzini - ATMA ACD2 2552
Struck Twice by Lightning (1999) - 9 minutes
sampler (or tape) and viola (or cello or electric guitar)
Lightning Field (1999) - 18 minutes
piano/sampler, soprano saxophone, violin, viola and double
bass
Commissioned by the Topology ensemble, Brisbane, Australia
SauyatuGvik Sequences (1998) - 12 minutes
marimba and bass clarinet
Quartet 1998 (1998) - 18 minutes
saxophone quartet (soprano, alto, tenor, baritone)
Commissioned by the Nouveau Quatuor de Saxophone du Québec
recording: Les Disques ATMA - Quasar
28/06/98 - Fo(u)r improvisers (1998) - 7 - 27 minutes
for a string quartet of improvising musicians
Dark Matter (Primal Pulse) (1998) - 17
minutes
viola solo, flute (alto flute) oboe (English horn), clarinet,
bassoon, piano, percussion, double bass
Commissioned by the Relâche ensemble, Philadelphia
Escapement (1996 - 97) - 15 minutes
solo electric guitar (scordatura), percussion, cello and
soprano saxophone (or clarinet)
recording: Ambiance magnétiques AM 110 - Unison Rituals
Dance Me To The
End (Of Love ) (1996) - 23 minutes
string quartet, electric guitar and live electronics
Commissioned by the Smith Quartet, London
recording: Justin Time Records JTR 8484/5-2 - 10
Collaborations - Tim Brady and the Penderecki String
Quartet
Double Helix (1994) - 14 minutes
piano, percussion, clarinet (b.cl) [or alto, bari.& sop.
saxophones] and cello
Commissioned by Ensemble Musica Nova, Sherbrooke (Qc)
recording: Ambiances magnétiques AM 110 - Unison Rituals
Three or Four Days After the Death of Kurt Cobain (1994)
- 9 minutes
piano and cello / new version - 1999 - piano and viola
recording: Justin Time Records JTR 84593-2 - Revolutionary
Songs - Tim Brady / Bradyworks
Unison Rituals (1991) - 12 minutes
saxophone quartet
Commissioned by the Quatuor de saxophones de Montréal
recording: Ambiances magnétiques AM 110 - Unison Rituals
Circling (1990 - 91/93) - 10 minutes
original version: flute and vibraphone
revised version: soprano saxophone or Bb clarinet and
vibraphone
Commissioned by percussionist Marie-Josée Simard
recordings: Justin Time Records JTR 84593-2 - Revolutionary
Songs - Tim Brady / Bradyworks
Les Disques Atma - ACD 22115 - L'Aube enchantée -Marie-Josée
Simard (percussion) and Lise Daoust (flute)
The Songline (1989 - 91) - 40 minutes
electric guitar (w/electronics), piano, percussion, cello,
saxophone
Commissioned for the Bradyworks ensemble by the Festival
international de musique actuelle de Victoriaville
Shadow Painting (1989) - 11 minutes
flute (& alto), Bb clarinet (& bass), 2 horns,
flugelhorn, percussion, harp, viola, cello
Commissioned by la Société de musique contemporaine du Québec,
Montréal
Changes (1989) - 10 minutes
percussion (vibraphone & marimba - one player) and piano
Commissioned by percussionist Marie-Josée Simard
recording: Société nouvelle d'enregistrement SNE 572 CD - Marie-Josée
Simard
Doubling (1988) - 5 minutes
2, 4 or 6 instruments - keyboards, percussion or electric
guitars
recording: Justin Time Records JTR 8484/5-2 - 10
Collaborations - Tim Brady (el. gtr.) and vivé vinçent
(hpschd.)
J&W Recordings CD931 - comme si
l'hydrogène...the desert speaks -
electroacoustic music for the harpsichord - Vivienne
Spiteri - (hpschd. solo)
Ghosts (1987) - 10 minutes
classical guitar quartet and optional tape
Commissioned by the English Guitar Quartet, London
Monument (1987) - 7 minutes
solo trumpet (with or without digital delay)
...in the Wake... (1985/88) - 18 minutes
flute (& alto/perc.), cello (perc.), piano (perc.)
Mobile (1984) - 24 minutes
flute and classical guitar
5 movements - individual movements may be excerpted
Symphony Number # 0 (formerly #1) - Chamber Symphony
(1983/87) - 40 minutes
1.1.1.1./1.1.1.0./perc./pno./strings:2.1.1.1.
Tessituras (1983) - 11 minutes
solo Bb clarinet
Commissioned by Robert W. Stevenson
Quintet (1983/87) - 13 minutes
clarinet, horn, piano, viola, cello
Commissioned by pianist Marc Widner
Percussion Quartet (1981) - 10 minutes
multiple percussion (4 players)
Sextet (1981) - 12 minutes
clarinet, horn, harp, violin, viola, cello
String Quartet Number One (1980) - 13 minutes
William St. Clair-Low award for chamber music - 2nd prize
(CAPAC - 1981)
Capriccio (1978/86) - 4 minutes
flute solo
Rising, Rising (1978/86) - 5 minutes
cello solo
See Also:
Playing Guitar : Symphony #1 (orchestra with
soloist)
Chamber Concerto (orchestra with soloist)
15
Stages in the Search for Radium and Love (vocal
music)
We're Hardcore
(vocal music)
Atacama: Symphony #3 (vocal music)
Electric
guitar - solo
Symphony in 18 parts for solo
electric guitar (2021) (a sort of Symphony #13)
- 50
minutes
Solo
electric guitar and electronics pedals - in 18 movements
The
Virtuosity of Time (2020) - 24
minutes
Solo electric guitar and electronics pedals - in 4
movements
At Sergio's Request (2020) - 6 minutes
For solo electric guitar and electronics, or -
virtual duo version, as requested by Italian guitarist Sergio
Sorrentino
60%
(2019) - 10 minutes
solo electric guitar, overdrive, distortion, looper and H9
pedal ("reverse reverb")
Composed for the project "Eau" of LE
VIVIER
The Same River Twice: Symphony #5.SOLO (2014) -
16.5 minutes
for solo electric guitar with electronic effects pedals
(optional video projection)
Simple
Loops in Complex Times (2014) - 15 minutes
Solo electric guitar, looper (with reverse and 1/2 speed
functions/ or pitch-shift pedal) and digital delay (reverse
delay - optional)
Commissioned by Bradyworks for the Journées de la culture de
la Ville de Montréal 2014
Frames
7 - 9: Threefold Scordautra
(2010)
#7:
Push / #8: Pull / #9: Hold
electric guitar solo -
scordatura
Frames 10 -
13: Delay Tactics (2010)
#10:
Clouds / #11: Discretion / #12: Pursuit / #13: Slant
electric guitar solso
with delay/harmoniser pedal
Frames 14 -
18: Five Colours (2010)
#14:
Azure / #15: Sienna / #16: Lava / #17: Harlequin / #18: Tenné
electric
guitar solo
Frame
19: Trance (2008) - 11 minutes
electric guitar
and live electronics
Frame
20: Switch (2006) - 12 minutes
electric guitar and live electronics
recording: Ambiances magnètiques AM156 - GO [guitar
obsession)- Tim Brady
Frame 21: Sul A
(2006) - 8 minutes
electric guitar and live electronics
Frame 22: O is
for Ostinato (2008) - 8 minutes
electric guitar and live electronics
Frame 23: Invisible Quartet (2006) -
11 minutes
electric guitar, live electronics and tape (or sampler)
Frame 24:
57 Ways of Playing Guitar (2007) - 15 minutes
electric guitar, live
electronics and tape
GO [guitar obsession] - (1984/2006)- 9
minutes
electric guitar and looping sampler
recording: Ambiances magnètiques AM156 - GO [guitar
obsession)- Tim Brady
Strumming (Hommage à John Lennon)
(2006) - 11 minutes
electric guitar, wth distortion and delay, and tape (in stereo
or quad) and video
Part of the music/video project "My 20th Century"
Sauchiehall Street (2001) - 8 minutes
electric guitar, harmoniser, distortion and tape
a live, extended performance version of the solo tape piece public
space / private music
recording: Ambiance magnétiques AM107 - Twenty Quartet
Inch Jacks - Tim Brady
Music Box Bell Curves ("Hello Paris!") (2001)
- 14 minutes
electric guitar, live electronics and tape
Commissioned by INA-GRM (Radio-France) for the Festival
Présence 2001
recording: Ambiance magnétiques AM107 - Twenty Quartet
Inch Jacks - Tim Brady
Red Melisma (2000) - 8 minutes
electric guitar solo
recording: Justin Time Records JTR 8484/5-2 - 10
Collaborations - Tim Brady, solo guitar
Strange Attractors (1994 - 95) - 67 minutes
A six movement work for solo electric guitar, live electronics
and tape
1] Linear projection in a jump cut world - el. gtr.
and tape (8 min.)
2] Collapsing Possibility Wave - el. gtr. and live
electronics (9 min)
3] Difference Engine #1, #2, #3 - scordatura el. gtr.
(13 min)
4] Pandemonium Architecture - el. gtr., live
electronics and tape (11 min.)
5] Minimal Surface - el. gtr., "slide" and tape (5
min.)
6] Memory Riot - el. gtr., digital delay and tape (18
min.)
Produced in collaboration with Radio-Canada and INA /GRM
(France)
recording: Justin Time Records JTR 8464-2 - Strange
Attractors - Tim Brady, guitar solo
Mercury Fountain (1993)- 6 minutes
electric guitar solo (scordatura)
Commissioned by the CBC Stereo programme Two New Hours
recording: Justin Time Records JTR 8445-2 - Scenarios -
Tim Brady, guitar solo
Colorless green ideas sleep furiously (1993) - 8
minutes
electric guitar and digital electronics
recording: Justin Time Records JTR 8445-2 - Scenarios
- Tim Brady, guitar solo
LOUD solo (1993) - 7 minutes
electric guitar and digital electronics
recording: Justin Time Records JTR 8445-2 - Scenarios
- Tim Brady, guitar solo
Time Lapse Exposure (1992) - 9 minutes
electric guitar and digital delay
recording: Justin Time Records JTR 8440-2 - Imaginary
Guitars - Tim Brady, guitar solo
Dead of Winter (1991) - 11 minutes
electric guitar and digital electronics
recording: Justin Time Records JTR 8440-2 - Imaginary
Guitars - Tim Brady, guitar solo
Imaginary Guitars (1991) - 8 minutes
electric guitar, digital electronics and tape
Commissioned by the CBC Stereo programme Two New Hours
recording: Justin Time Records JTR 8440-2 - Imaginary
Guitars - Tim Brady, guitar solo
Symphony in Two Parts (1989) - 15 minutes
electric guitar and tape
Commissioned by the CBC Stereo programme Two New Hours
recording: Justin Time Records JTR 8440-2 - Imaginary
Guitars - Tim Brady, guitar solo
Short Pieces for Jazz Guitar
(1979) - 8 minutes
solo electric guitar - miniatures
see also: Twenty Quarter Inch Jacks - multiple
guitars
Keyboard
50
Questions@50 - (2018)
- 10 minutes
piano solo (with optional "looper" pedal at end)
Written for pianist Pamela Reimer
Tilework
(2017) - 17 minutes
piano 4-hands
Commissioned
by the duo Twinmuse.
The Year Just Past (1995/
revised 2020) - 1.5 minutes
solo piano
Commissioned by pianist Barbara Pritchard, Toronto, for
the project One Minute Masterpieces
Reaching
Past (1986) - 14 minutes
harpsichord and tape
Commissioned by harpsichordist Vivienne Spiteri
recording: Société nouvelle d'enregistrement SNE 542 CD -
New Music for Harpsichord
from Canada and Holland - Vivienne Spiteri,
harpsichord
Lyric (for piano solo) (1983) - 7 minutes
piano solo
Rudolphe Matthieu award for solo chamber music - 1st prize
(CAPAC - 1985)
Piano Fantasy in Three Movements (1982) - 25
minutes
piano solo
William St. Clair-Low award for chamber music - 2nd prize
(CAPAC - 1983)
Piano Music 1978: I - IV (1978) - 13 minutes
solo piano
See also:
Doubling (Chamber music)
The Songline (mvt. 2 - piano solo - 7 minutes)
(chamber music)
The
Spontaneous Sonata Project (chamber music)
Vocal music / opera
Information
(Oct. 1970 Montréal) (2021 - 2023)
An opera in 2 acts: 100 minutes
Music: Tim Brady / Libretto: Mishka Lavigne
Soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor, 2 baritones
Electric guitar with pedals, digital keyboard, saxophone
(alto/baritone), cello
Premier: April 27 to 28, 2024 - Espace Orange, Agora de la
danse, Montréal;
In co-production with Chants libres opera company
Backstage
at Carnegie Hall: an opera about racism and the
electric guitar
(2017 - 2022)
Opera in 2 Acts: 75 minutes
Based in part on the life of American jazz guitarist Charlie
Christian
2 sopranos (one Black), tenor (Black), 2 baritones (one Black)
Electric guitar with pedals, digital keyboard, violin, bass
clarinet
Developed in partnership with Black Theatre Workshop and the
National Arts Centre of Canada
Premier: Sept. 23 and 24, 2022 - Centaur Theatre, Montréal
Personal
Pandemic (2020 - 2021) - 24 minutes
Virtual opera for dissemination on YouTube, created
with social distancing and under COVID production restraints
and conditions.
3 female voices, solo viola and cello, virtual choir, samples,
electric guitar
Text by: John Sobol and Naïka Champagne
Additional music: Naïka Champagne
Created in collaboration with Department of Music of Concordia
University
For Masked Singers, Four
Guitars (2020) - 15 minutes
4 female voices, 4 electric guitars
Text bt: Sarah Beth Goncarova with the collaboration of Ian
Ferrier)
Composed to be premiered in "COIVD conditions" - reherasal on
ZOOM, a streamgin performace with social distancing between
players.
This
one is broken in pieces: Symphony #11 (2019 - 2020)
- 25 minutes
8 electric guitars (4 on stage, 4
spatialised in hall), 2 sopranos, 2 mezzo-sopranos
Text: Ian Ferrier
The Soumd Of: Symphony #10 (2019)
- 30 minutes
fl, oboe, 2 cl., bsn, horn, tpt,
trb, piano, perc, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass
4 electric guitars (spatialised), 4 choirs (16 to 25 voices
per choir - spatialised)
4 conductors with click-track
texts from historical sources
Commissioned by the Nouvel Ensemble Moderneù
Whose Motion Sounds: Symphony
#8 (2016-2018) - 30 minutes
12 solo voices (3.3.3.3: SATB), solo
violin, solo electric guitar with pedals (delay, ring
modulator, distortion+overdrive), solo percussion (bongos,
small hand drum, medium gong, ride and splash cymbals, small
noise instruments)
Text: Shakespeare - Sonnets 8, 23, 59, 68, 71, 128
Written
for the Voces Boreales Vocal Ensemble
His
Master's Voice (2017) - 8 minutes
mezzo-soprano and 4 electric guitars
text by Simin Behabhani (The Lionesse of Iran project)
Carmina Gadelica (2017)
- 20 minutes
A work for SATB choir with piano, or electric guitar, or piano
and electric guitar
4 movements - may be played separately
Can be sung by semi-professional choirs.
Commissioned by the Montréal Organ Festival
8 Songs about: Symphony #7
(2016-2017) - 35 minutes
See chamber music.
6 Révolutions / Oct. 1970 - 100 minutes (2012 -
2016) - 2 acts
An opera based on the events of the October Crisis (1970) in
Québec, the kidnapping of James Cross, and the murder of
politician Pierre Laporte by the FLQ. It is an opera about
violence and the nature of democracy. 7 singers portray 7
invented characters in an original story that links their
daily lives to the historic events around them.
Libretto: Guillaume Corbeil
2 sopranos, mezzo-soprano, tenor, 3 baritones
fl. (alto, picc), cl (b. cl.), tenor sax, bassoon, trumpet,
bass trombone, piano, electric piano, electric guitar, 4
violins, 2 violas, cello and double bass
Commissioned by l'Atelier lyrique de l'Opéra de Montréal
Ghost
Tango - 60 minutes (2013 - 2015)
A chamber opera in 3 short acts without intermission, the work
portrays the chance meeting of 2 people after 20 years which
brings up a violent and unexpected past history, and a future
full of questions. Based on historical facts from the "Dirty
War" in Argentina (1976 - 1983).
Original libretto by Douglas Burnet Smith
Soprano, Baritone
Solo electric guitar with FX pedals and loopers.
Tape music playback (stereo) and video projections.
Commissioned by Vocalypse Productions
Atacama:
Symphony #3 - 55 minutes (2007 - 2012)
flute (picc, C-flute, alto, bass), clarinet (b. cl.),
saxophone (bari, tenor, soprano), violin, viola, double bass,
electric guitar and electronics (pedals), piano, electric
piano, vibraphone (+ bass drum and drum kit), marimba (+ bass
drum), 4 part choir (16 voices minimum, 24 ideal).
We're Hardcore - 28
minutes (2010)
for
solo soprano and chamber orchestra
1.1.1.1/1.1.1.0/perc/piano/strings:
2.1.1.1
A
series of 7 songs, with texts by Gordon Downie (of The
Tragically Hip)
Commissioned by the
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
15 Stages in the
Search for Radium and Love (2009) - 40 minutes
(see
also "Orchestra with soloist")
Text
by Douglas Burnet Smith: "Sister Prometheus" - on Marie Curie
A
song-cycle with theatrical performance aspects
fl.,ob.,cl.,bsn.,hr.,tpt.,tbn.,perc.,pno.,
2 vlns., vla., vlc., db.
Soprano
solo
Commissioned by the
AVENTA Ensemble for soprano Janice Jackson
The Salome
Dancer (1997 - 2005) -
90 minutes
A chamber opera in two acts, based in part on events in
the life of dancer Maud Allan (1873 - 1956)
music: Tim Brady / libretto - John Sobol
Cast: soprano, tenor, 2 baritones
Ensemble: piano/sampler, percussion, electric guitar,
viola, soprano saxophone, bass clarinet, electronics and
tape
Commissioned by NUMUS Concerts
Three Cities in the
Life of Dr. Norman Bethune (2002
- 2003) - 50 minutes
a chamber opera in three scenes for solo voice and ensemble
solo baritone, string quartet, electric guitar with
electronics, piano, percussion, saxophone and tape
Text from Norman Bethune, Dorthey Lisvesay, Raphael Alberti,
and Lu Xun. The work is a portait of the last five years in
the life of Canadian surgeon, political activist and
humanitarian Norman Bethune, who died in 1939 in China.
Commissioned by Radio-Canada for the Bradyworks ensemble.
recording: Ambiances magnétiques AM 139 - Three Cities
in the Life of Dr. Norman Bethune - Bradyworks +
Michael Donovan
As It Happened
(1999) - 29 minutes
2 sopranos, mezzo-soprano, tenor, baritone, 2 percussion,
electric & acoustic bass (1 player), tape, and 12
portable CD players. Text: CBC Radio interview (from the
show "As it happens") of Linda MacDonald, a woman who memory
was erased with LSD and electroshock therapy treatments at
the Allan Hospital in Montreal in 1963 in experiments funded
by the CIA and the Canadian Government.
Commissioned by NUMUS Concerts for the Mirror Image Vocal
Ensemble
Waiata Tohutohu (1998) - 19 minutes
mezzo-soprano, electric guitar and live electronics
text: 19th - century Maori protest song (sung in Maori)
recording: Justin Time Records
JTR 8484/5-2 - 10 Collaborations - Tim Brady, solo
guitar, Annie Tremblay - voice
The Knife Thrower's
Partner (1997) - 25
minutes
mezzo soprano, piano, percussion, cello, soprano and tenor
saxophone (or clarinet & b. cl.)
text - poem by Douglas Burnet Smith
Revolutionary Songs
(1993 - 94) - 38 minutes
soprano, electric guitar (w/electronics), piano, percussion,
saxophone, cello,
electroacoustic tape music (Bradyworks)
texts: A.Blok, A. Jacinto, C. Desmoulins, Florian, R.Pedro,
E. Cardenal
6 songs based on texts from the Russian, Angolan, French and
Nicaraguan revolutions.
recording: Justin Time Records JTR 84593-2 - Revolutionary
Songs - Tim Brady / Bradyworks
Walker Songs (1990) - 11 minutes
soprano solo
text: John C. Walker
recording: Justin Time Records JTR 84593-2 - Revolutionary
Songs - Tim Brady / Bradyworks
Ranei Te Take (1988) - 18 minutes
soprano, electric guitar (w/electronics), piano/synth.,
percussion
text: Keri Hulme, from the novel The Bone People
Four Songs and an Intermezzo (1979) - 15 minutes
soprano, classical guitar, flute, cello, percussion
text: by the composer
See also:
Scatter - guitar and voice (chamber music)
En amour, en
hiver - (orchestra with soloist)
Tape solo music
public space /
private music (2001) - 4
minutes
tape / CD / installation work commissioned by the Centre for
Contemporary Art in Glasgow, Scotland
