A three minute excerpt from the premiere of Sur les ailes du pas de deux for bass clarinet and orchestra (7 February 2019). Featuring André Moisan (bass clarinet) and l'Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, conducted by Kent Nagano.

SUR LES AILES DU PAS DE DEUX

String orchestra cue for dramatic film sequence. 

FORGET

Little song about King Lear dressed as a drag queen for a television comedy. (Featuring Sylvie-Anne Martel)

QUEEN LEAR

Long shot sequence for television drama. 

DANCE ZARA

TAKE A CHANCE

Upbeat flugelhorn and guitar for television. (With Luc Gilbert featuring Roger Walls). 

CONVERSE FLUGEL

3rd  movement of wind quintet composed for and performed by PENTAÈDRE. 

EMPATHIE MVT 3

"Don't be Afraid to…" for string quartet, piano, flute and clarinet. Composed and performed by Musica Camerata de Montréal. 

"DON'T BE AFRAID TO…"

Premiere of The Virgin Courtesan Suite (string quartet and clarinet) composed and performed by Quatuor Claudel and Simon Aldrich. 

THE VIRGIN COURTESAN SUITE

"Blues for Michel"  (bassoon and piano) composed and performed by Michel Bettez (bassoon) with Blair Thomson. 

BLUES FOR MICHEL

Que la paix vienne (paroles par Michel Rivard). Composed for sung by  Mario Simard with Blair Thomson (piano). 

QUE LA PAIX VIENNE

"When I Look" from the musical "Jerusalem." Lyrics by Aaron Bihari. Sung by Robert Marien with Blair Thomson (piano). 

WHEN I LOOK

"May You," from the musical "Sticks & Stones." Lyrics by Brock Simpson. Sung by Robert Marien with Blair Thomson (piano). 

MAY YOU

Six hand, three digital  piano piece composed for choreographer Ginette Laurin. 

GESTES POUR 6 MAINS

Short improvisation for televised dance piece. 

OSTINATO BLAIR

I'm a composer, arranger, pianist, and occasional conductor.  I write music for solo instruments, chamber ensembles, orchestras, found objects in scrapyards, you name it. Genres include concert music, opera, musical theatre, film and television, dance, and theatre.  As an arranger, I have signed over two hundred arrangements for orchestras. Likes? Composers, musicians and instruments. Pet peeves? Our image-saturated world induces eye-dominance which means we hear more than we listen.  Musical fantasy: The entire world performs 4'33" by John Cage at a given moment.

Blair Thomson

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