GAVIN FRASER
VOCAL MUSIC
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Birth (2014-15), for eight a cappella voices, 5:30.
Commissioned and premiered by MUNkappelli.
H(e)aven (2017), for double choir, 7:30.
Premiere conducted by Ian Bannerman and performed by members of Pro Coro in Edmonton.
In Flower Bloom My Mistrust (2018), for self-accompanied soprano, 5:00.
Premiered via livestream by Rachel Fenlon May 5th, 2020, in Berlin.
Into My Own (2018), for baritone singer and string quartet, 9:00.
Commissioned by baritone Parker Clements, and performed in London, ON. Third Prize Winner
of the Godfrey Ridout SOCAN Award (2018).
Last Night We Danced on Coarse Sand (2018), for baritone, chamber ensemble, 7:30.
Premiered at LAMP.
MY GOD?! (2018-19), mini chamber opera, 10:00.
Premiered at the University of Toronto New Music Festival.
Penelope - in First person (2021), chamber opera, 15:00.
Commisioned by LAMP. Premiered by Barbara Hannigan, Magali Simard-Galdès, Drew Santini, and EQ
SHARED ISOLATION: I. Fly above the shuttered world (2020), art song, 4:30.
In collaboration with mezzo-soprano Nicole Percifield and pianist Geoffrey Conquer.
Supported by the University of Toronto's COVID-19 Student Engagement Award.
SHARED ISOLATION: II. wingsprained (2021), art song, 5:00.
In collaboration with mezzo-soprano Nicole Percifield and pianist Geoffrey Conquer.
Supported by the Canada Council for the Arts.
SHARED ISOLATION: III. awake my dawn, my fair one (2022), art song, 6:45.
Supported by the University of Toronto.
Spirals (2015), for solo baritone vocalist, live electronics and film, 9:44.
Premiered by Gavin Fraser in St. John’s, NL.
The New Tide (2016), for mezzo-soprano and chamber ensemble, 7:00.
Premiered by Christianne Belanger and members of Symphony Nova Scotia.
Urs..on..at..e (2018), for soprano, flute and cello, 4:00.
Premiered by Julia Barber, Tristan Durie, and Julia Kim in Toronto.