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Orchestral Music Composition Date Title Medium Record Label Publisher Text Commissioned by First Performance Date, Place Audio 1953 Montage small orch CBC Opportunity Knocks 1953 Toronto Link to CMC 1956 Fall Scene and Fair Dance cl, vn, stg orch Berandol Music Univ of Toronto Music Alumni 1956 Toronto Link to CMC 1959 Music for Dancing (new version) small orch Radio Canada International Berandol Music National Ballet of Canada 1959 Hamilton Link to CMC 1958-60 Concerto Fantasy pf, full orch 1962 Montreal Link to CMC 1962 Flower Variations and Wheels med orch Victoria S O 1963 Victoria Link to CMC 1963 Concertino hn, full orch Vancouver Junior S O 1964 Toronto Link to CMC 1973 All the Bees and All the Keys spkr, full orch James Reaney* Toronto Symphony Junior Women's Committee 1974 Toronto 1982-3 A Concert of Myths fl, small orch CBC Records Toronto Arts Council 1984 Calgary Link to CMC 1989 Peregrine va, perc, small orch Esprit Orch 1990 Toronto Link to CMC 1991-2 Round and Round orch CBC Records Victoria, Winnipeg, & Hamilton S O's 1992 Winnipeg Link to CMC 2003 Madness 2 obs, bsn, stgs Tafelmusik Bar. Orch. 2003 Toronto 2010-11 Variations str orch 13 Strings 2012 Ottawa

Band Composition Date Title Medium Record Label Commissioned by First Performance Date, Place Audio Notes 1969 (rev.1975) Elastic Band Studies concert band 1969 Orillia Link to CMC 2007 Three Brass Rings 11 brasses CBC Records (No.1) Univ of Toronto Alumni Assn. 1984 Toronto (No. 1) 2009 Toronto (all) 1: For Starters 2: Mid-Riff 3: Wrap-Up

Opera Composition Date Title Medium Text Commissioned by First Performance Date, Place Audio 1953-8 Night Blooming Cereus 8 singers, 14 instr. James Reaney* CBC Radio 1959 Toronto Link to CMC 1978 The Shivaree 12 singers, 20 instr. James Reaney* 1982 Toronto Link to CMC 1982 The Shivaree (prologue; revisions) 12 singers, 20 instr. James Reaney* 1982 Banff 1987-8 Crazy to Kill 3 singers, 2 spkrs, 2 instr., tape James Reaney*(after Ann Cardwell)* Guelph Spring Festival 1989 Guelph Link to CMC 1993-5 Taptoo! 18 singers, 18 instr. James Reaney* Cultural Support Services 1999 Montreal

Chorus Composition Date Title Medium Record Label Publisher Text Commissioned by First Performance Date, Place) Audio 1963 Jonah 4 soli, choir, small orch Berandol Music Bible, Jay Macpherson Festival Singers 1963 Toronto Link to CMC 1964 The Trumpets of Summer spkr, 4 soli, choir, 6 instr. Radio Canada International; Centrediscs Margaret Atwood CBC Radio 1964 Montreal Link to CMC 1966 Sharon Fragments SATB Capitol, Seraphim Waterloo Music David Willson Waterloo Lutheran Univ Choir 1966 Waterloo ON Link to CMC 1966-7 Place of Meeting 3 soli, choir, full orch. Dennis Lee Toronto Mendelssohn Choir 1967 Toronto Link to CMC 1968 The Sun Dance spkr, 6 soli, 2 choirs, perc, org C. Smart, Cree, ancient Chinese St George's United Church, Toronto 1968 Toronto Link to CMC 1969 Gas! 20 spkg voices Berandol Music Beckwith (found text) 1969 Toronto Link to CMC 1980-81 Three Motets on Swan's 'China' SATB Melbourne, Radio Canada International Waterloo Music Bible, David Willson York Pioneer & Historical Soc 1981 Sharon Link to CMC 1981-2 Mating Time 20 solo voices, elect. pf, perc bpNichol CBC Radio 1982 Toronto Link to CMC 1982 A Little Organ Concert org, brass qnt, choir vocables Royal Canadian College of Organists 1982 Toronto Link to CMC 1984-5 Harp of David SATB Centrediscs Book of Common Prayer 1986 Vancouver Link to CMC 1990 beep sop, bar, choir, perc bpNichol Elora Festival 1990 Elora Link to CMC 1998 Basic Music children's ch, youth ch, orch vocables Guelph Spring Festival 1998 Guelph 2000 Lady Wisdom SATB Bible Trinity College 2000 Toronto 2002 Snow is Falling children's ch, fl, guit Beckwith F. Donovan 2003 Toronto 2003 Alternative Greeting [Happy Birthday] fl, cl, perc, pf, voices 2003 Victoria 2007 Derailed double ch, perc found text, vocables Mississauga Choral Soc 2008 Mississauga 2014-15 Wendake/Huronia alto, narrator, ch., insts., native drums Steckley,Trichet,Sagard,Brébeuf,Sioui Brookside Music Assn 2015 Midland

Chamber Music Composition Date Title Medium Record Label Publisher Text Commissioned by First Performance Date, Place Audio 1951 Four Pieces 2bsns ? Toronto Link to CMC 1951 Five Pieces 2 fls Berandol 1951 Paris Link to CMC 1951 Five Pieces tpt, hn, trom Music Gallery Editions 1955 (?) Montreal Link to CMC 1951 Quartet for Woodwinds fl, ob, cor ang, bsn 1953 Toronto Link to CMC 1955-6 Three Studies for String Trio vn, va, vlc 1957 Toronto Link to CMC 1967 Circle, with Tangents hpd, 13 solo stgs Centrediscs Berandol Music Ltd. Vancouver International Festival 1967 Vancouver Link to CMC 1972 Taking a Stand brass qnt Centrediscs Berandol Music Ltd. Canadian Brass 1972 Stratford Link to CMC 1973 Musical Chairs str qt, cb Berandol Music Ltd. Toronto Symphony Junior Women's Committee 1974 Toronto Link to CMC 1977 Quartet stg qt Melbourne, Radio Canada International, Centrediscs Orford Quartet 1978 Montreal Link to CMC 1980 Case Study any 5 instruments Arraymusic 1980 Toronto Link to CMC 1981 Sonatina in Two Movements tpt, pf Alliance for Canadian New Music Projects 1982 Toronto Link to CMC 1984 Arctic Dances ob, pf McGill Records Lawrence Cherney, William Aide 1984 Kingston Link to CMC 1986 Les Premiers hivernements sop, ten, early-inst ens Lescarbot, Champlain Toronto Consort 1986 Toronto Link to CMC 1987 All the Bees and All the Keys (reduced version) spkr, 10 instr. James Reaney* Musical Mondays 1987 Toronto 1990 College Airs str qt Clarice Chalmers 1990 Toronto Link to CMC 1990 The Hector sop/nar, early instrs Musick Fyne 1990 Toronto Link to CMC 1991 Scene cl, tpt, 2 perc, pf, cb Arraymusic 1991 Toronto Link to CMC 1994 After-images, after Webern guit, vlc Musicworks Danise Ferguson, Peter Higham 1995 Sackville NB Link to CMC 1994 Blue Continuum tpt pf vn vla vc Continuum Concerts 1994 Toronto Link to CMC 1995 Echoes of Quesnel vln, vla, cor ang, org Lawrence Cherney 1997 Toronto Link to CMC 1995 Echoes of Thiele ob, 2trs, trom, perc, vla, vlc, cb Canadian Chamber Music Ltd. Ensemble 1996 Kitchener Link to CMC 1996 Eureka 9 wind instrs New Music Concerts 1996 Toronto Link to CMC 1996-7 Lines Overlapping banjo, hpd Centrediscs Vivienne Spiteri Toronto Link to CMC 1997 Blurred Lines (duo in quartertones) violin, hpd Centrediscs 1997 Toronto Link to CMC 1998 Ringaround hpd, Celtic hp Centrediscs 1999 Toronto Link to CMC 1999 A Game of Bowls 3 perc Arbor 2000 Toronto Link to CMC 2001 Workout 4 perc 2001 Toronto Link to CMC 2002 A New Pibroch Highland pipes, perc, 7 stgs New Music Concerts 2003 Toronto Link to CMC 2006 Back to Bolivia 4 cls 2010 Toronto Link to CMC 2006 Fractions 16th-tone pf, str qt 2007 Toronto Link to CMC 2007 Animals with Horns tr, euph 2010 Toronto Link to CMC 2008 Solo bsn George Zukerman 2010 Toronto Link to CMC 2008 Play and Sing vlc/sop [1 performer] 2010 After Simpson 2 recs, 2 viole da gamba 2013 Toronto Link to CMC 2012 Breaking Silence vlc Memorial U. 2013 St John's Link to CMC 2013 Sonatina on "Mairi's Wedding" fl, pf Avondale Press Arts & Letters Club, Toronto 2013 Toronto 2013 Follow Me cl, pf Avondale Press 2013 Ut re me fa sol la guit 2015 Quintet fl,tr,bn,vla,cb 2017 Toronto 2016 Calling flug,euph,2troms,btrom,cb New Music Concerts 2017 Toronto

Keyboard(s) Composition Date Title Medium Record Label Publisher Commissioned by First Performance Date, Place Audio 1948 Music for Dancing pf 4 hands CBC Forest Hill Community Centre 1948 Toronto Link to CMC 1951 Novelette pf Centrediscs Berandol Music 1951 Paris Link to CMC 1959 Six Mobiles pf CCM Berandol Music Link to CMC 1961 Interval Studies pf Berandol Music Link to CMC 1962 What's the Matter, Albert, Can't You Count? pf C. Ford Publ'ns 1974 Nature Children Love Music pf 1976-7 Upper Canadian Hymn Preludes org, tape Centrediscs, Radio Canada International Ewen McCuaig 1977 Ottawa Link to CMC 1979 Keyboard Practice 10 keyboards, 4 players Radio Canada International, Centrediscs New Music Concerts 1979 Toronto Link to CMC 1983 Etudes pf Radio Canada International, Centrediscs Vancouver New Music Soc 1984 Vancouver Link to CMC 1997 On the Other Hand hpd Isidorart Vivienne Spiteri 1997 Toronto Link to CMC 2001 March, March! pf 2001 Montreal Link to CMC 2004 The Cheese Stands Still pf 2007 Light Work 16th-tone pf, 4 hands 2009 Montreal 2010 Yesteryear pf, 4 hands 2013 St John's Link to CMC 2016 Pages pf 2016 Halifax

Voices Composition Date Title Medium Record Label Publisher Text Commissioned by First Performance Date, place Audio 1947 Five Lyrics of the T'ang Dynasty high voice, pf Centrediscs, Philips, Radio Canada International Berandol Music Ltd. Ancient Chinese trans W Bynner 1948 Toronto Link to CMC 1949 The Great Lakes Suite sop, bar, cl, vlc, pf James Reaney* 1950 Toronto Link to CMC 1950 Two Songs to Poems by Colleen Thibaudeau bar, pf CBC-RCI (No.1) Alberta Keys (No.1) Colleen Thibaudeau 1950 Toronto Link to CMC 1950 Four Songs to Poems by e.e. cummings sop, pf Waterloo Music Co, Waterloo ON e.e. cummings Lois Marshall 1950 Toronto Link to CMC 1962 A Chaucer Suite alto, ten, bar soli G. Chaucer 1963 Montreal 1963 Ten English Rhymes voice(s), pf Berandol trad. 1963 Montreal 1980-82 Six Songs to Poems by e.e. cummings bar, pf Centrediscs e.e. cummings 1983 Toronto Link to CMC 1985 Avowals ten, keyboardist (pf, cel, hpd) Centrediscs bpNichol Classical Cabaret 1985 Toronto Link to CMC 1987 Synthetic Trios sop, cl, pf Centrediscs vocables Rosemarie Landry, James Campbell 1989 Quebec City Link to CMC 1997 Stacey sop, pf Centrediscs Margaret Laurence Aldeburgh Connection 1998 Toronto Link to CMC 2003 Three Songs to Poems by Miriam Waddington sop, pf Centrediscs Miriam Waddington Aldeburgh Connection (No.1) Kathryn Domoney (No.2-3) 2004 Kingston ON Link to CMC 2005 Merton Duets sop, mez, vn Thomas Merton 2006 Toronto Link to CMC 2008 Beckett Songs bar, guit Samuel Beckett Doug MacNaughton 2008 Sackville NB Link to CMC 2011 Singing Synge bar, pf J M Synge 2012 Toronto Link to CMC 2013 Tanu sop, fl, vc Avondale Press found text McGill U, Montreal 2014 Montreal 2015 Four Short Songs med voice, pf Kandinsky trans. Napier 2016 London ON

Collage Composition Date Title Medium Text Commissioned by First performance Date, Place Audio 1960 A Message to Winnipeg 3 spkrs, 4 instrumentalists James Reaney* CBC Radio 1960 Toronto Link to CMC 1961 Twelve Letters to a Small Town spkrs, 4 instrumentalists James Reaney* CBC Radio 1961 Toronto Link to CMC 1962 Wednesday's Child 3 spkrs, 2 singers, 4 instrumentalists James Reaney* CBC Radio 1962 Toronto Link to CMC 1965 The Line Across (Canada Dash, Canada Dot, pt.1) 4 soli, 4 spkrs, 6 instrumentalists James Reaney* CBC Radio 1965 Toronto Link to CMC 1966 The Line Up and Down (Canada Dash, Canada Dot, pt.2) 2 soli, 2 spkrs, 5 instrumentalists James Reaney* CBC Radio 1966 Toronto Link to CMC 1967 Canada Dot (Canada Dash, Canada Dot, pt.3) 5 soli, 5 spkrs, 9 instrumentalists James Reaney* CBC Radio 1967 Toronto Link to CMC 1972 (rev.1990) The Journals of Susanna Moodie 2 keyboardists, perc Margaret Atwood CBC Radio 1972 Toronto Link to CMC 1992 "In the middle of ordinary noise...": an Auditory Masque spkr, 2 soli, 3 instrumentalists, tape James Reaney* Northrop Frye Centre, Univ of Toronto 1992 Toronto Link to CMC

Selected Arrangements Date Title Source Medium Rec. label Publisher Commissioned by First performance Date, Place Audio 1962 Suite on Old Tunes pf CCM Berandol 1969 Four Love Songs Can. bar, pf RCI ACM; Unical CD Berandol CBC 1969 Kingston 1971 Five Songs Can. alto, pf Select; RCI ACM 26 Waterloo CBC 1971 Toronto 1977 Papineau Can. children's ch. Centrediscs Warner-Chappell Ont. Ch. Fed'n. 1977 Toronto 1981 Eight Miniatures Allen Ash ms. vln, pf Summit Harris 1982 Tunes of the Sharon Band Ira Doan part-bk. 2 trs, hn, trom, tba Sonante Mus. at Sharon 1982 Sharon 1984 A Canadian Christmas Carol J. P. Clarke SATB, harm, perc CBC Recs; Marquis Warner-Chappell Mus at Sharon 1984 Sharon 1985 Favorite Scots Airs Scot. pf 1985 The Banks of Newfoundland Nfld. bar solo, SATB, ob, str qt CBC Recs Warner-Chappell Mus at Sharon 1985 Sharon 1985 Farewell to Nova Scotia N.S. bar solo, SATB, 2 trs, perc, vla, vlc, cb CBC Recs; Opening Day Warner-Chappell Mus at Sharon 1985 Sharon 1986 The Gowans are Gay Scot. SATB, perc Warner-Chappell Mus at Sharon 1986 Sharon 1987 Three Burns Songs R. Burns SATB Warner-Chappell Mus at Sharon 1987 Sharon 1988-91 Lucas et Cécile J. Quesnel soli, orch Centrediscs (excerpt) Doberman/Yppan 1994 Toronto 1991 Fifteen Figural Chorales Bach: Orgelbüchlein orch. 1993 Halifax 1993 Fourteen Figural Chorales Bach: Orgelbüchlein orch. 1996 Halifax 1995 Six New Brunswick Songs N.B. SATB Elmer Iseler Singers 1995 Moncton 1996-7 Sixteen Figural Chorales Bach: Orgelbüchlein orch. 1999 Halifax 1998 Trois chansons Hamel Coll'n children's ch., SSA 1999 Montreal 1998 Young Man from Canada Can. ten, pf Centrediscs Avondale 1999 Woodstock ON 1999 I Love to Dance Can. sop, pf Centrediscs Avondale 1999 Fredericton 1999 She's Like the Swallow Nfld. sop, mezzo, fl, vla N. Goldschmidt 1999 Ottawa 2000 À la claire fontaine Que. sop, ten, fl, vn Opening Day N. Goldschmidt 2000 Toronto 2001 The Pope Dances Pope ms. vln, pf 2005 Toronto 2004 Gran Partita Mozart pf 4 hands 2006 Toronto 2004 Adagio for glass harmonica Mozart 2 fls, 2 clars 2007 Halifax S. Humbert SSA, fl WRCB Oriana Women's Ch. 2008 Toronto