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Open - Cat Toren Band

Sloppy Slaughter - Pugs and Crows

Shanti - Cat Toren/Ryan Ferreira

Ranunculus (EOmix2)

Composer: Cat Toren
Purchase New Music Ensemble 
This piece depicts the journey of an Iceberg from after calving to melting into the sea. Icebergs are fascinating and complex. The title is in the language of the word's origin. I hope to have you looking at Icebergs in a different way, from long dark nights to sunlit days, barely moving to catching a current, melting from different angles and sharing the sea with all sea life. 

Ijsberg

Composer: Cat Toren
Purchase New Music Ensemble 
This work was inspired by my experience watching the Temple of Grace burn at Burning Man 2014. Thanks to David Best and Crew for the incredibly beautiful temple and all the people who walked through it, and maybe lay down a memento or wrote on its walls. Thank you whomever played the gong afterwards, as the embers were smouldering. It left me in a trance. 

Temple Fall

This work went through different names and many edits. It still might. But it seemed like a good day to share what it is. It's a live version of the 2nd half of a work that reflects a world (a country?) where violence is all too prevalent and not enough is being done to help. It's best to listen to the whole thing through if possible. xo xo love to you out there.  
Dukhyun Sung - Clarinet / Nicco Mazziotto - Cello / Charles LaLima - Piano

War Without Words (Second Half)

Written in 2005, this is a performance by myself from around that time.

Contemporary Classical

The Mistress

The Howe Sound Crest Trail stretches from Cypress Bowl to Porteau Cove (Vancouver, British Columbia)over a distance of 29km, making its way over multiple summits and between the two peaks of the "Lions" (also known as the "Sisters"). This work is the memory of taking a nap between the Lions' peaks while Ravens flew over my head, just low enough that I could hear the wind in their feathers. 

Live Recording featuring:
Heather Munch - Violin / Brian Halliday - Vibraphone / Cat Toren - Piano

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