I’ve written choral music and conducted community and church choirs. I’ve played guitar in different chamber ensembles… there isn’t much of this music so if I want to play it I have to write it. ;)
A sample of my choral music - Psalm 39, recorded in 2000. Wes MacVicar is the soloist. The choir is the Kintore Choir.
A mere breath, the one who stood so firm
A mere shadow, the one passing by
Cricket Chase, performed by WALE (Wade’s Awesome Little Ensemble). Chamber music recorded in Stratford in 2005.
Another choral piece featuring The Kintore Choir… from my musical “The Northwest Company” that was staged locally in 2001. The thumps are from the action on stage.
When the sun returns will I see you?
Will you remember me? I will be right here.
JazzM@x
I play bass in JazzM@x (pronounced Jazzmax), a 7-piece jazz band from Kintore, Ontario. Also in the band:
Barb Irvine, keyboards
Carol Shaw, tenor sax
Judy Irvine, trumpet
Brad Carew, trombone
Dan Irvine, drums
D’Arcy Irvine, alto and baritone sax, flute
JazzM@x getting funky with Brick House, Tobermory, 2019.
VOC Silent Film Harmonic
I play with the VOC Silent Film Harmonic. (VOC = Volatile Organic Compounds, aka Very Odd Colleagues). We accompany silent movies. VOC personnel include:
Bradford Nowak, drums
Dave Hunsberger, clarinet and percussion
Neil Ballantyne, keyboards
Ted Harms, bass and leader
Our 2024-2025 season kicked off with some spooky Halloween shows, Häxan (Swedish history of witchcraft) and Nosferatu (German vampire classic).
In February 2025 we’ll be accompanying Alfred Hitchcock’s “The Lodger”.
In April it’s Harold Lloyd’s slapstick comedy “Safety Last”.
From our October 2024 show at the Idea Exchange in Cambridge. Accompanying “Nosferatu” by FW Murnau (1922).