This list is incomplete; for a complete list, please inquire.
2015
Thunderbird: UBC Centennial Fanfare (2015) - commissioned by the UBC Centennial Initiatives
brass quintet [ c. 3'00" ]
for the University of British Columbia centennial celebrations
Star song (2015)
erhu | marimba [ c. 4'00" ]
for "Sounds Global" 2015
slowly changing mornings (in Yokohama) (2015)
hichiriki | piano [ c. 3'00" ]
for Thomas Piercy
Tomorrow (2015) Text by Desirée Jung
soprano voice | piano [ c. 4'00" ]
for Art Song Lab 2015 (ASL2015)
Fracking the Flowerbed (2015)
1111 / 1100 / hrp / str. [ c. 9'00" ]
for the 3rd Annual Bathurst Chamber Music Festival
The Love Ballads of Two Specimens (2015) *full work available at link
narrator / spoken-word artist / + open instrumentation chamber ensemble [ c. 14'00" ]
Story by Joy Richu, Poetry by Sebastien Wen, Music by Lucas Oickle
Three Songs on Poems by Vancouver Downtown Eastside Poets (2015) - winner of a 2015 SOCAN Foundation Award
Commissioned by the Voice to Voice project in collaboration with the Thursdays Writing Collective
your words harsh, discordant, rough (2015) Text by Joan Morelli
bass - baritone voice / piano [ c.4'00" ]
I write because my soul is on fire (2015) Text by Henry Doyle
tenor voice / piano [c.3'00"]
Clouds Lined with Purple Hues (2015) Text by Ruth Dato
soprano voice / piano [c.4'30"]
They Cut Down The Mountains (2015)
flute & piccolo / bass clarinet / contrabassoon / trombone / piano / violin / 'cello [c.7'30"]
commissioned by Shauna DeGruchy
2014
Firewall (2014)
erhu | piano
for the piano erhu project (PEP ) - Corey Hamm & Nicole G. Li
Aitake (合竹) (2014)
SSAATTBB choir [c.4'00"]
selected by Musica Intima for the 2015 Novum Musica readings, a professional workshop of contemporary choral music
Sawari (さわり) (2014)
solo guitar & optional pre-recorded tape [c.9'30"]
for Rob MacDonald; made possible via the CMC and the Guitar Society of Toronto
Baroque to Beatbox (2014)
piano trio
selected for premiere at the 2015 West Coast Composers' Symposium in Victoria, BC
Lunar Mansions (2014)
full orchestra ( 2122 / 4231 / timp + 2 / opt. celeste or pno. / str. ) [c. 7'00"]
selected for the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra 2015 Jean-Coulthard Readings
¡Andalucía! (2014)
trumpet I / trumpet II / horn / trombone / tuba [3'00"]
commissioned by the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts
Three Asterisms (2014)
violin / piano [11'00"]
*Atlantic Canada Region Winner - Green Dot Journey Composer Project*
Read more about the Green Dot Journey two+ year tour of the USA and Canada here
Shanghai Asterisms (2014)
guzheng / percussion / 2 erhu / zhonghu / cello [8'00"]
*selected for Dim Sum Ensemble's 2014 National Call for Scores*
Asterisms (2014)
1222+picc / 4231 / timp+2 / hrp / pno / str. [7'00"]
read by the National Youth Orchestra of Canada
Chaconne & Reel: The Fireship of Chaleur (2014)
flute & Irish flute* [opt.*] / oboe / clarinet / bassoon / piano [14'00"]
composed for the 2nd Annual Bathurst Chamber Music Festival; one of four composers-in-residence in 2014
Mix & Match (2014)
solo for prepared piano [8'00"]
céilidh (2014)
solo for soprano saxophone or flute [7'00"]
Straphangers - Vancouver (2014)
flute / trumpet / horn / trombone / bass trombone / violin / viola / cello / piano [4'00"]
selected for Vancouver Pro Musica's inaugural "Further Series: Highway 1" concert
Asterism V (2014)
solo erhu OR solo sul D/A violin [2'00"]
selected for Dim Sum Ensemble's "Erhu Composition Workshop 2014"
2013
Farewell to Nova Scotia (2013)
SSAA women's chorus & opt. piano accompaniment [5'00"]
winner of the Penthelia Singers' 'Canadian Folk Song Arranging Contest'
...tsuki no sayakesa... (2013)
soprano voice / prepared piano & windchimes [5'00"]
Matsuri Miniature (2013)
clarinet / guitar [1'00"]
one of 15 winners of Vox Novus' Composers' Voice "15 Minutes of Fame - Japan Perspective"; premiered in NYC by Thomas Piercy & Vilian Ivantchev
Lifecycle of a Groove (2013)
alto saxophone / Bb trumpet / trombonist (tenor & bass) / piano [9'30"]
premiered at the 14th Annual West Coast Composers' Symposium
Fanfare for Rokia (2013)
trumpet I / trumpet II / horn / trombone / tuba [3'30"]
commissioned by the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts
Ringtone: Acoustic Location (2013)
flute / baritone saxophone / marimba / piano / electric guitar / violin / cello / contrabass [0'20"]
one of 15 winners of Redshift Music: "Ringtone Call for Scores"; premiered in spring 2014 by Negative Zed Ensemble
Prelude and Soundscape (2013)
suling degung (or Western Concert Flute) / indeterminate percussion / violin / piano [9'30"]
Piece in March Form (2013)
military band [4'00"]
read and recorded by the Band of the Ceremonial Guard of the Canadian Forces, directed by Cpt. Christian Richer, C.D.
Profundity (2013)
miniature for any four recorders [0'15"]
written for the 15th Anniversary of Quartet New Generation Recorder Collective
Passacaglia in D- (2013)
string quartet [5'00"]
saxophone quartet [5'00"]
2012
Embat kuwi digawa mati (2012)
gamelan degung [10'00"]
composed for and premiered by the Acadia Gamelan Ensemble, dir. by Ken Shorley
Constellations (2012)
1122+picc/4231/timp+2/str. [6'00"]
"Featured Student Composer: Nova Scotia Youth Orchestra 2012/13"
composed for and premiered by the Nova Scotia Youth Orchestra, dir. by Dinuk Wijeratne;
Bridge of Magpie Wings (2012)
string orchestra / harp OR string quintet / harp [3'30"]
chamber trio versions [c.4'00"]
premiered by the Acadia Chamber Orchestra, dir. by Dr. Christoph Both
Fibonacci Duet (2012)
2 fl OR 2 cl OR 2 sax OR 2 bsn OR 2 marimbas/vibraphones [3'30"]
Straphangers (2012)
glockenspiel / xylophone / vibraphone / marimba / (+ optional brass quintet) [3'30"]
The Great Firewall of China (2012)
flute / clarinet / violin / cello / percussion I / percussion II [6'30"] *winner of the spring 2013 TEMPO NME Call for Scores*
brass quintet [6'30"]
trombone quartet [6'30"]
piano duo [6'30"]
2011
Krampus' Snowglobe (2011)
electroacoustic tape [3'00"]
Amaranthus Caudatus II (2011)
solo flute [5'00"]
winner of the 2013 NS Kiwanis Festival Open Composition Class
Story No.1 (2011)
solo piano [5'00"]
Saxscape (2011)
solo alto saxophone [indeterminate duration]
Concertino for Trumpet (2011)
Bb trumpet / piano [4'00"]
Bb trumpet / timpani / marimba / piano [9'00"]
for Kevin Barnes
2010
And in the Sapphire Pond... (lay a sapphire) (2010)
solo flute [2'00"]
Portrait of a Moody Walrus (2010)
french horn / baritone saxophone [2'00"]
Tyrannosaurs in F-14s! (2010)
soprano voice / piano [c.12'00"]
song cycle spiritually based on "Calvin & Hobbes" by Bill Watterson
2009
One Greets the Other in a Well (2009)
baritone voice / piano [3'00"]
On An Evening in Autumn When It Is Raining (2009)
solo piano [6'00"]
2008
Saxophone Quartet No.1 (2008)
soprano / alto / tenor / baritone [7'00"]
2007
Guitar Duet (2007)
two guitars [4'00"]
published by Harpster Music Publishing
For Solo Piano (2007)
solo piano [3'00"]