Commissioned by Joseph Petric and Martin Carpentier. Premiered/Recorded January 2022.

Biarc for Bass Clarinet and Accordion

Opening track from Adrian Dennis's debut CD "Moon Rising"

Adrian Dennis - guitar and composition
Matt Woroshyl - saxophone
Malcolm Connor - bass
Mark Ballyk - drums

Moon Rising

Phoenix is Alex Kapo's debut single. Phoenix was written after Alex realized that remaining in toxic relationships, in the hopes of acceptance, was a form of self-sabotage that she needed to break free of. This song is for every person who's ever felt like they've let themselves down. Alex wants you to know that you can be your own hero. Be reborn with Alex Kapo.

Phoenix

Druskininkai, Lithuania
June 2019

Alena Budziňáková-Palus, accordion
Diemante Merkeviciute, Brigita Pažerauskaitė, violin
Gabrielė Zaneuskaitė, viola
Ana Čirkova, cello

Saint Vitus' Dance is an archaic term for the infection now known as Syndenham's chorea. The infection, typically accompanied by rheumatic fever, caused jerky, uncontrollable movement in the sufferer, which resembled a bizarre style of dancing. In early modern Europe, sufferers would pray to Saint Vitus, patron saint of dancers, epileptics and actors for release from the unfortunate symptoms. In other cases, the cause of this "dancing mania" was unknown and unexplainable. In medieval Europe, there are records of entire crowds of people becoming "infected" with an uncontrollable desire to dance with no social explanation. Often the dancing would continue for weeks and sufferers would collapse in exhaustion or ecstasy.

St. Vitus' Dance for accordion and string quartet (2019)

A piece in sonata form that I wrote for chamber quintet during my DMA studies at the University of Toronto.

Performers: 
Flute: Tristan Durie
Clarinet: Bahar Tavassoli
Marimba: Jonny Smith
Violin: Steve Koh
Violoncello: Amahl Arulanandam
Conductor: Patrick Murray

Sonatina Per Quintetto Da Camera

Mateusz Stankiewicz, accordion

Druskininkai, Lithuania

June 2019

Elevatione XII for solo accordion (2019)

Performed by the Esprit Orchestra in 2019, at Trinity-St. Paul's United Church in Toronto, as part of the New Wave Festival

Music About Music

I am an Italian-Canadian Composer-arranger, songwriter, and guitarist, originally from Modena, Italy, but currently based in Toronto, Canada.

Sonatina Per Quintetto Da Camera

Massimo Guida

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