education
- Jazz guitar with Peter Harris at Humber College
- Composition with Dr. Samuel Dolin and classical guitar with William Beauvais at the Royal Conservatory of Music
- Composition with Professors Brian Cherney and John Rea; guitar with Edda Bissinger at McGill University
- Composition with Professor James Tenney at York University
- Graduated from York University with a Bachelor of Arts Degree (music specialist)
teaching
- 20 years experience as a private and class music teacher
- Director of The Midland Conservatory
- Music seminars and workshops in elementary and high schools
musician and composer
30 years of performing and recording experience, including:
- Featured on over 25 recordings
- Perform with pianist and singer Louis Lefaive
- Singer Karla Crawford
- Club and Corporate work with After Hours Band, Moonglow, Moonshiners, Blind Mary
- Franco-Ontarian pop singer Eric Dubeau, fiddler Cindy Thompson, etc.
- Theatre work: “A Chorus Line”; “Little Shop of Horrors”; “Roar of the Greasepaint”; “Wintergreen”; “Cabaret”
- Live radio recordings including the CBC “New Music”
- Television series “Emily of New Moon”
- Orchestrated and arranged for Huronia Symphony
- Radio jingles heard on Rock 95, CHAY, KICX FM
- Co-coordinator of the guitar syllabus in Midland Y’s Men’s Music Festival
- Adjudicator of Kiwanis Music Festival
- Young Composer’s Competition
- Composer of numerous instrumental pieces from soloist, orchestral and choir
books and articles
- Published research paper: "Can Composers Express Emotions Through Music?" Empirical Studies of the Arts Journal, Vol. 10, New England,
- Self published “Algo-Rhythms”
- Self published “Piano Grooves”
- Self Published “Points”
- KALYMI MUSIC “Guitar Tune of the Day”
- KALYMI MUSIC “Mandolin Tune of the Day”
- Newspaper Article: “The rhythm of yesterday and today”
selected recordings and compostions
- “Triptych" (SATB Choir and Synthesizer)
- McGill Concert Choir: “CBC New Music Series”
- “String Quartet No. 1
- “Adagio" for String Orchestra;
- Jackie Washington “Jazz with Jackie”
- “Points” for Chamber Orchestra
- “Transformations” Octet
- Blaine Scott “Yearning for Learning”
- “Flash of Light” Orchestra
- “13” Guitar Suite
- “Questus Munus” Electronic
- Eric Dubeau “Par Chez Nous”
- “Lilyrinth” electronic
- “8 tone” electronic
- Cindy Thompson “I Can Feel It In The Air”
- Eric Dubeau “Coeur Et Ame”
- Edgar Petitpas “Edgar Petitpas”
- Gerald Boy “Medieval Cottage Songs”
- Billy Savage “Silent Scream”
- Dawn Marie Forster “I’m Doing this for Me”
- Gerald Boy “The Colours of Life”
- Louis Lefaive “Destinations”
- Robin Henry and Brent Robitaille“Beyond Silence”
- Brent Robitaille, Louis Lefaive, Rick Patenaude“After All This Time”
- Brent Robitaille“Between Stops”
- Angela Haskill “In the Spirit”
- Jeanie McCarthy Scott “Song of a Joyful Heart”
- Brent Robitaille "Away From Here"