LIST OF WORKS
2023
The word ‘plum’; the thought of a glow-worm. 15min work for Harpsichord, Violin, Viola, and Cello. Commissioned by Nordic Affect (Reykjavik IS). World Premiere 01-25-23 at Harpa Concert Hall (Reykjavik), Dark Music Days Festival 2023.
2022
A shimmering ornament of silt. 45min installation work for eight instruments and electronics. Co-commissioned with Halla Steinunn Stefansdottir by the National Arts Centre Orchestra (CAN) for Sphere: Listening to the Earth. Presented as a series of six performances + ongoing installation, September 22-25 2022. Rossy Pavilion, National Arts Centre (Ottawa ON).
A small heat in the long field. 20min work for Alto Flute, Tenor Saxophone, Piano, Cello. Commissioned by Ultraviolet Ensemble (Edmonton AB) with the support of Canada Council for the Arts. World Premiere Saturday, June 18th 2022.
2021
We needed to be rescued. 60min interdisciplinary work by Rebecca Bruton and Choreographer Heather Ware. Commissioned and premiered September 2021 by Dancers Studio West (Calgary AB).
TIMEpiece (Peter Ablinger). 30-min work for electric guitar, strings, and whistling contributed to large-scale community composition. Commissioned by Maerzmusik (Berlin, Germany).
Performances:
2021-03-27 Haus der Berliner Festspiele, part of Maerzmusik 2021.
Orphaned. Film score. Documentary commissioned and produced by CBC Gem. Directed by Gillian McKercher, Kino Sum Productions.
i n s t i t u. 4-piece mixed vocal ensemble, 12min15sec. Commissioned and premiered by Ekmeles (New York City, NY). Text from Si Tu, a poetic response to Marjana Krajač’s choreography ‘Variations on Sensitive’ (Angela Rawlings 2017).
Performances by Ekmeles:
2022-10-29 Crypt of the Church of the Intercession, New York City.
2021-02-27 Online Performance from Manhattan, NY.
2018
Mammalian Mother Tongues. Saxophone Quartet, 15min. Commissioned by Quasar Quatuor de Saxophones (Montréal).
Performances by Quasar:
2019-08-23 SALT New Music Festival, School of Music University of Victoria, Victoria BC.
2019-02-03 New Works Calgary, Festival Hall. Calgary AB.
2019-02-01 Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Rolston Recital Hall. Banff AB.
2019-01-25 Nova Collective, Memorial University School of Music. St. John’s NL.
2018-05-30 Territoires Sonores 1, Espace Aline-Letendre. Montréal QC.
Three Gold Roses. Voice, Clarinet, Violin, Cello, Piano, Vibraphone, Construction Paper, 25min. Commissioned by Array Music (Toronto, ON).
Performances:
2018-01-26 Array Ensemble - Four New Works, Array Space. Toronto ON.
2017
All I dreamt; twice as much. String quartet, 20min. Commissioned by Quatuor Bozzini (CA).
Performances:
2017-10-26 Quatuor Bozzini – Sound Festival, King’s College Chapel. Aberdeen, Scotland.
2017-04-25 Quatuor Bozzini - Composer’s Kitchen, Le Vivier. Montréal, QC.
Whast / Wharb. Bb & Bass Clarinet, C and Bass Flute, Violin, Cello, 12min. Commissioned by Continuum Contemporary Music (CA).
Performances:
2019-01-26 Regina Symphony Orchestra – Different Trains, Parliament House. Regina, SK.
2019-01-27 Regina Symphony Orchestra – Different Trains, Parliament House. Regina, SK.
2017-03-25 Continuum Ensemble – PIVOT, The Music Gallery. Toronto, ON.
2016
Àfall / Trauma. Two Female Voices and Max Patch, 20min. Commissioned by Ilan Volkov for Tectonics Festival Glasgow, 2016.
Performances:
2016-05-14 Moss Moss Not Moss (Rebecca Bruton & Angela Rawlings), Hear and Now Radio Broadcast, British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC).
2016-05-07 Moss Moss Not Moss (Rebecca Bruton & Angela Rawlings), Tectonics Festival Glasgow, BBC Old Fruitmarket, City Halls. Glasgow, Scotland.
Sugar’s Waste. Multidisciplinary staged experimental song cycle for four voices, string quintet, piano, guitar, and digital electronics (90min). Created and performed as partial completion of requirements towards a Master of Fine Arts degree, Simon Fraser University.
Performances:
2016-10-12/13 Rebecca Bruton and Ensemble, ‘Sugar’s Waste’ MFA Graduating Project, Goldcorp Centre for the Arts. Vancouver, BC.
2015
Evening Cream. String quartet, 6min. Commissioned by Quatuor Bozzini (CA).
Performances:
2017-08-30 Momenta Quartet (NYC), Ostrava Days Festival of New & Experimental Music, Triple Hall Karolina. Ostrava, CZ.
2015-06-10 Quatuor Bozzini, Bozzini Lab, Goldcorp Centre for the Arts. Vancouver BC.
Select Engagements as a Performer
September 2022
National Arts Centre Presents Sphere: Listening to the Earth. Voice performance as a part of A Shimmering Ornament of Silt, 45min installation work for eight instruments and electronics.
January 2020
Canadian Music Centre National (Toronto ON) presents: Rebecca Bruton’s Swanherds. Voice performance within new mixed ensemble of saw, three voices, synthesizer, cello, bass. Wrote, directed, and performed.
September 2019
Sled Island and National Music Centre Present Sara Neufeld with Rebecca Bruton. Solo voice performance. Studio Bell Performance Hall, Calgary AB.
June 2016
Casse-tête presents Yawns a Fissure (Alexandra Spence & Rebecca Bruton). Original collaborative work commissioned by
Jeremy Stewart for Casse-tête Festival of Experimental Music. Prince George, AB.
May 2016
Tectonics Festival Glasgow Presents Moss Moss Not Moss (Angela Rawlings & Rebecca Bruton). Original collaborative work commissioned by Ilan Volkov for Tectonics Festival Glasgow. Glasgow, Scotland.
August 2015
Mengí presents LILMAN. Rebecca Bruton (Voice, Violin) and Borgar Magnason (Double Bass) play the music of Rebecca Bruton, Mengí Performance Hall. Reykjavík, IS.
Discography
2023 (Forthcoming)
Two Long Songs. A recording by Quatuor Bozzini and junctQín keyboard collective to be released on Quatuor Bozzini’s Collection QB imprint. Will consist of two works for expanded piano quintet, by Rebecca Bruton and Jason Doell (CA).
2021
CBC Gem. Orphaned (Kino Sum Productions). Documentary Feature. Rebecca Bruton and Kurt Newman (co-composers).
2018
Circle of Steel Instrumental Score (Kino Sum Productions). Rebecca Bruton & Katie Streibel (co-composers).
· ‘Awarded ‘Audience Favourite’ at Calgary International Film Festival, September 2018.
2016
Ponies Under Darkness. Rebecca Bruton & expanded string & electronics ensemble. Selected original works from 90-min chamber song cycle Sugar’s Waste(Rebecca Bruton 2016). Tangled Grass, No Place in the Sun, The Heard Surrounds, Ponies Under Darkness, Thickets, Nora Listening, Made by Grain, Spring Came Early.
2013
We Are The Kingdom, We Are The Desert. Rebecca Bruton and string and brass ensemble. Never Will I Marry, Wondrous Love (Trad.), What Are They Doing In Heaven Today? (Trad.), Go, Lassie, Go (Trad.), Spring Came Early, Train Your Child (Washington Philips), A Mother’s Last Word to Her Son (Washington Philips), I Had a Good Mother and a Father (Washington Philips).