Christiaan Venter

composer

Works

CHAMBER MUSIC

Untitled, for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, and piano, 2012, 10 min
Ensemble Paramirable, 2013

Untitled, for violin, alto saxophone and piano, 2012, 10 min
Rubbing Stone Ensemble, 2013

Jaywalking Jackalope, for solo clarinet, 2012, 1 min
Bruce Curlette, Jan Hus Church, New York City, September 9, 2012

Tempest, for flute and piano, 2012, 4 min 
Gabrielle Gingras and Jefferey Stonehouse; Café L’Artère, Montreal, June 22 2012;
Chenoa Anderson and Sylvia Shadick-Taylor, Muttart Hall, Edmonton, November 17 2012

String Trio in Three Movements, 2011, 15 min

Old Photographs, for saxophone quartet, 2009, 15 min
Prairie Saxophone Quartet; North American Saxophone Alliance concert, Convocation Hall, Edmonton, February 2009;
Nickle Theatre, Calgary, March 7, 2009;
World Saxophone Conference concert, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, June 2009.

The Open Country, mixed chamber ensemble 2009, 9 min
Rubbing Stone Ensemble, New Works Calgary 25th Anniversary Concert, Rosza Centre, Calgary, February 27, 2009.

Izinganekwane, Four Stories for wind quintet, 2008, 20 min
Quintessence Winds, Nickle Arts Museum private reception, Calgary April 2008;
Calgary New Music in New Places, Art Central, January 22, 2009, Glenbow Museum, January 27, 2009, Art Gallery of Calgary, February 5, 2009;
Equinox Winds, St. Louis, Missouri, October 2009.

Saxophone Quartet No. 1, 2006, 5 min
Calgary Saxophone Quartet, World Saxophone Congress, Slovenia, July 2006.

Organics, for chamber wind ensemble, 2003, 10 min
University of Calgary Harmoniemusik Ensemble, Happening New Music Festival, Rosza Centre, Calgary, January 2004.

Changing of the Autumn Leaves, for piano trio, 2003, 4 min
Lands End Chamber Ensemble, Rosza Centre, Calgary, March 2003.

Fantasia, for saxophone quartet, 2002, 4 min
University of Calgary Sax Quartet, Calgary, 2002 and 2004.

WIND BAND

Dancing Lights of the North, for concert band, 2010, 6 min
Kwantlen Wind Orchestra, Wayne Jeffreys, director, December 2012,
University of Calgary Wind Ensemble, January 23, 2013
University of Lethbridge Wind Orchestra, Wendy Freeman conductor, 2013
Sir Winston Churchill High School Symphonic Band, 2013
William Aberhart High School Symphonic Band, 2013

Rocky Mountain Lullaby, for concert band, 2010, 3 min
Simon Fraser School Band, Ryan Macleod, director, May 2010;
Memorial University Wind Ensemble, January 26, 2012

Freeways: Cityscapes I, for wind ensemble, 2009, 4 min
Alberta Winds, Gareth Jones, director, Rosza Centre, Calgary, April 11, 2009;
Sir Winston Churchill High School, Calgary, May 2010.

Distant Glow: Cityscapes II, for wind ensemble, 2009, 3 min
Alberta Winds, Gareth Jones, director, Rosza Centre, Calgary, April 11, 2009;
Sir Winston Churchill High School, Calgary, May 2010.

Electricity: Cityscapes III, for wind ensemble, 2009, 4 min
Alberta Winds, Gareth Jones, director, Rosza Centre, Calgary, April 11, 2009

Among the Clouds: Cityscapes IV, for wind ensemble, 2009, 5 min
Alberta Winds, Gareth Jones, director, Rosza Centre, Calgary, April 11, 2009;
Sir Winston Churchill High School, Calgary, May 2010.

Sinfonia, for wind ensemble, 2005, 15 min
University of Calgary Wind Ensemble, Rosza Centre, Calgary, March 2005.


ORCHESTRA

Partita for Baroque Orchestra, 2012, 25 minutes
Pacific Baroque Orchestra, Alexander Weimann, director; March 24 2012, St. Mark’s Church Vancouver; March 25 2012, West Van United Church, Vancouver

Song Without Words, for string orchestra, 2009, 6 minutes
Kensington Sinfonia, Donovan Siedle, director, Hilhurst United Church April 26, 2009.

The Sheik for orchestra, 2007, 5 min
Victoria Symphony Orchestra, Giuseppe Pietraroia, conductor, Reel Music 2 Concert, Farquar Auditorium, Victoria, January 2007.

From the Vast Ether Stars Emerge, for orchestra, 2005, 7 min
University of Calgary Orchestra, Edmond Agopian, conductor, Happening New Music Festival, Rosza Centre, Calgary, January 2005.
Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra reading session, Edmond Agopian, conductor, Rosza Centre, Calgary, January 2005.

Panoply, for orchestra, 2004, 5 min
Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra reading session, Rosemary Thomson, conductor, Rosza Centre, Calgary, January 2004.

VOCAL

Untitled, for tenor and piano, 2013, 20 min
Pangur Ban, song for baritone and piano, 2011, 3 min,

Birches, soprano, violin, bass clarinet, and piano, 2005, 13 min
Ensemble Resonance, New Works Calgary concert series, Rosza Centre, Calgary, November 11, 2005, Edmonton Composers Concert Society concert, Convocation Hall, Edmonton, October 30, 2005.

CHORAL

Rubies, for SSAA and piano, 2011, 3 min

The Rovers for SSATB choir, 2011, 4 min
Phoenix Chamber Choir reading session, Vancouver, April 2, 2011.

OPERA and MUSICAL THEATRE

Noor Over Afghan, opera, 2011 90 min
in progress, Anusree Roy librettist

Noor Over Afghan, mini-opera, 2011 7 min
Tapestry New Opera, Sue Minor director , Opera Briefs concerts, September 23-24, 2011. Anusree Roy librettist

The Drawing Class, mini-opera, 2011, 4 min
Tapestry New Opera, Sue Minor director , Opera Briefs concerts, September 23-24, 2011, Sheldon Rosen librettist

All of the Sky, mini-opera, 2011, 4 min
Tapestry New Opera, Sue Minor director , Opera Briefs concerts, September 23-24, 2011, Sharon Bajer librettist,

Deserter, mini-opera, Nick Carpenter, librettist, 2011, 5 min
Black Blood, mini-opera, Norman Yeung librettist, 2011, 13 min

The Colour of Rain Filled Air, 2001, 60 min
Storybook Theatre, Calgary, 2001.

The Bear that Stole the Chinook, 2000, 60 min
Storybook Theatre, Calgary, 2000.

FILM AND TELEVISION MUSIC

Panorama, dramatic short; Tinu Sinha, writer/director/producer, 2010
Niagara Indie Film Festival, 2011

Manipulating the Heart, dramatic short; Barry May, writer/director/producer, 2008

Citadel, dramatic short, Tinu Sinha, writer/director/producer, 2008
Niagara Falls Film Festival

Shaw “Making it Happen” commercial; Carmen Salerno, producer, 2008
Aired across Western Canada

Binty, documentary short; Armen Evrenesel, director,  2007
Whistler International Film Festival, 2008 Vail Film Festival Winner

Alberta’s Promise “Potential” commerical, Jamie Watson, producer, 2007
Aired across Alberta

The End, feature-length film, co-scored with Nova Pon; Jeremy Thomas, writer/director/producer 2007
Calgary International Film Festival, Cinequest, Fantasia film festival, International Film Festival of England, Eugene International Film Festival, Edmonton International Film Festival, Netflix distribution.

The Sheik, scene from a silent movie for Victory Symphony “Reel Music 2”, 2007

Ancient Peru Unearthed, documentary short; Marc Macphereson, producer/director, 2006
Toured Canadian museums as part of an artifact exhibit of the same name

Wake of a War Bride, documentary short; Collen Sharpe, producer/director,2006
Calgary International Film Festival,

Infinite Depth, dramatic short; Tim Mooney, writer/director, 2005
Calgary International Film Festival

Peculiar Planet, dramatic short, Trevor Alberts, writer/director/producer, 2005

New University Television, credits, news stories, bumpers, 1999-2001

 

 

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