Taking Flight

In Moonlight (feat. Lorna Crozier, Doriann Forrester & Esther Ewing)

"Begin" for unaccompanied girl's choir.

Performers: Raise Her Voice from Oakville Choir for Children and Youth

Performance venue and date: July 1st, Podium on the Edge Canadian Choral Festival "Float" event, St. John's NFL.

Duration: 06:36

Program note: 
Begin is a 6’ composition for SSA a capella chorus. Based on Toronto writer Tanis Rideout’s poem “Begin”, music describes two young woman swimmers swimming across Lake Ontario in the 1950's. Sailing through the geological landscape of Lake Ontario, music expresses how nature and history defines the relationship we have with water. Theatre elements such as making sound effects, body percussion, and “rapping” of swim terminology are used to highlight the drama of the text. Written for “Raise Her Voice” girls chorus, this composition conveys an empowering message how young women faced and conquered huge challenge with perseverance and courage.
This work is commissioned by Choral Canada for Oakville Choir for Children and Youth with the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, New Chapter Canada 150 Grant. The work was selected for performance at the 2019 ISCM World Music Days in Tallinn, Estonia; one of the six works representing Canada.

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Alice Ping Yee Ho - Begin

New Music Chamber Trio: Clarinet, Bassoon, and Piano.

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Music by Yejin Kwon
Source of Chouimsae :  from Korean National Gugak Center

YooHaengGa

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My Shady Friend: Daytime

Premiered at the Berlin Transatlantic Composer Workshop, July 2025. Performed by the BAAM Quartet. 

String quartet with extended techniques. Artwork credit: Suspended Time by Luc Andrieux

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Flute, clarinet, violin, cello, tenor saxophone, piano, percussion, electronics

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This piece was performed at a student composers concert at Wilfrid Laurier University in the spring of 2017.

Performers: Morgan Lovell, Isaac Maliach, Dylan Murphy, Chris Yoon, Jeremy Hunter

Revolve

Electroacoustic Sanctus

Performers:

Amanda Lowry (flute), Erik McKintyre (trumpet), Veda Hingert-McDonald (violin), Carl Ng (saxophone), Morgan Lovell (cello), Gregory Turner (piano), Brayden Krueger (marimba), Max Lindsay (percussion)

This composition is made up of a collection of different guidelines ranging in specificity, so that the resulting music is left up to the various improvisatory choices of the performers. 

This piece was performed on April 6th 2019 at the composition students' Grad Festival at Wilfrid Laurier University.

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Association of Canadian Women Composers

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Alice Ping Yee Ho - Begin

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