TUNDRA for viola and percussion by Jim Hiscott; World premiere by Jennifer Thiessen and Ben Reimer; co-presented by GroundSwell New Music and Winnipeg Art Gallery/Qaumajuq in the Main Hall, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Nov. 25. Dedicated to Jennifer Thiessen and Ben Reimer.

CAÑA for alto sax, button accordion, violin, viola, cello, Latin percussion (timbales, bongos, congas), piano and double bass by Jim Hiscott; performance by Rodrigo Muñoz, percussion; Ken Gold, saxophone; Amber Epp, keyboard; Gilles Fournier, double bass; Jim Hiscott, button accordion; Rachel Kristenson, violin; Jennifer Thiessen, viola; and Patricia Vanuci, cello. Presented by the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra at Seven Oaks House, Winnipeg, August 30.

SEVEN OAKS HOUSE CONCERT: presented by the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra, with Jim Hiscott as a featured guest. This is the same concert as just mentioned, August 30, which in addition to Caña also included duos and ensemble tunes in Latin-American traditions by Rodrigo Muñoz and Jim Hiscott, played by Rodrigo Muñoz, percussion/guitar; Ken Gold, saxophone; Amber Epp, keyboard; Gilles Fournier, bass; and Jim Hiscott, button accordion.

THE RESTLESS WIND for chamber orchestra by Jim Hiscott; performed by Orchestre de la Francophonie, cond. Emmanuelle Lambert-Lemoine; Salle Pierre-Mercure, L’Université de Montréal à Québec, Montréal, Québec, Canada; June 29.

DREAMPLAY CONCERT (Glenn Buhr, concert series Artistic Director) co-curated by Jim Hiscott, including a mix of various traditional musics played by Chris Anstey, violin; Jim Hiscott, button accordion; Glenn Buhr, piano; Gilles Fournier, double bass; and Daniel Roy, percussion and mandolin. The concert also featured music by Jim Hiscott, including QUATRAIN I (new arrangement for violin and button accordion), NORTHERN POLKA and excerpts from SPIRIT REEL, all for violin and button accordion and played by Chris Anstey and Jim Hiscott. May 22, in the Winnipeg Art Gallery Main Hall.

LUCIOLES for brass quintet (version for 2 Trumpets, Horn, Trombone and Bass Trombone) by Jim Hiscott; World premiere by Northern Brassworks (Richard Gillis [Artistic Director] and Chris Fensom, trumpets; Patricia Evans, horn; Keith Dyrda, trombone, and Isabelle Lavoie, bass trombone); in the GroundSwell Series at the Franco-Manitoban Cultural Centre, St. Boniface, Manitoba; April 30. Commissioned by Richard Gillis, written with a grant from the Manitoba Arts Council.

SWEET ADON for soprano, flute, clarinet (Bb/Bass), trumpet, percussion, violin, and cello by Jim Hiscott; Canadian première performances by Ensemble Télémaque, cond. Raoul Lay, in Manitoba: in GroundSwell concerts at Théâtre Cercle Molière, Winnipeg, Sept. 20 and 21, and Lorne Watson Recital Hall, Brandon University School of Music, Brandon, Sep. 22. Commissioned by Ensemble Télémaque and GroundSwell with grants from French government agencies and the Canada Council for the Arts.

SKIN for string quartet by Jim Hiscott; commissioned by and dedicated to Quatuor Bozzini; written with funds from the Manitoba Arts Council. World premiere by Quatuor Bozzini, March 22; Eckhardt Hall, Winnipeg Art Gallery, in the GroundSwell New Music Series.

WAVES OF PASSION for button accordion, cello, double bass and piano by Jim Hiscott; performance by Leanne Zacharias, cello, Crystal Tait, double bass, Alexander Tselyakov, piano and Jim Hiscott, button accordion; at Lorne Watson Recital Hall, Brandon, and available online in the Clear Lake Chamber Music Festival, after August 10.

MIDNIGHT STRUT in a new version for clarinet by Jim Hiscott (originally for saxophone), adapted with advice and suggestions from James Campbell; premiered by James Campbell in the Agassiz Chamber Music Festival (June 3) and the Clear Lake Chamber Music Festival (Aug. 10)

BULGARIAN DANCE for piano by Jim Hiscott, performed by Junxin Ye, in the Canadian Music Week Recital, Brandon, Manitoba; November 27.

SWEET ADON for soprano, flute, clarinet (Bb/Bass), trumpet, percussion, violin, and cello by Jim Hiscott; commissioned by Ensemble Télémaque and GroundSwell (with funds from Ensemble Télémaque and the Canada Council for the Arts); world premiere by Brigitte Peyré and Ensemble Télémaque, cond. Raoul Lay; November 16, Cité de la Musique, Marseille, France.

BLUE OCEAN for clarinet, button accordion, cello and piano by Jim Hiscott; performance by James Campbell, Jim Hiscott, Paul Marleyn and Martin Roscoe; Festival of the Sound; July 31, Charles W. Stockey Centre, Parry Sound, Ontario.

BLUE OCEAN for clarinet, button accordion, cello and piano by Jim Hiscott; performance by Micah Heilbrunn, Jim Hiscott, Paul Marleyn and Martin Roscoe; Agassiz Festival; June 1, Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall, University of Winnipeg.

SWIRL for solo cello by Jim Hiscott; performance by Sean Taubner; GroundSwell New Music Series; April 25, Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall, University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

QUINTET FOR ZHENG AND STRING QUARTET – performance by Geling Jiang and the Vancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra String Quartet; Wednesday, Sept. 26; GroundSwell New Music Series, “Vancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra” Concert; Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall, University of Winnipeg.

UPTOWN MUSIC for solo piano by Jim Hiscott; arranged for flute, piano and percussion by Sorin Petrescu; premiere of arrangement by Trio Contraste (Ion Bogdan Ştefănescu, flute; Sorin Petrescu, piano; and Doru Roman, percussion); May 22; Săptămâna Internaţională a Muzicii Noi; Aula UCMB (Bucharest Union of Craftsmen’s Cooperatives), Bucharest, Romania.

TURNING for Piano Quartet – world premiere performance by Gwen Hoebig, violin; Daniel Scholz, viola; Yuri Hooker, cello; and David Moroz, piano; Tuesday, May 8; GroundSwell New Music concert “Louis Riel’s Dream”, Eckhardt Hall, Winnipeg Art Gallery.

 

THE MILKY DUST OF STARS – for soprano and cello (texts by Amy Lowell); world premiere performance by Sarah Kirsch and Yuri Hooker; GroundSwell Series; May 4, Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall, University of Winnipeg

SHADOW PLAY – for flute and tabla; performance by Marie-Hélène Breault, flute and Shawn Mativetsky, tabla; Ottawa New Music Creators, March 18.

WATER CIRCLE – for fiddlers ensemble and string orchestra; world premiere performance by the Frontier Fiddlers and the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra, led by Karl Stobbe; Feb. 14, Westminster United Church, Winnipeg.

LES LARMES DE POLICHINELLE — for flute, viola and cello; performances by New York’s Eight Strings & a Whistle trio (Suzanne Gilchrest, Ina Litera and Matthew Goeke); Sept. 19, 2016, Spectri Sonori Series, Dixon Recital Hall, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana; Nov. 18, 2016, Tenri Cultural Institute, 43A West 13th Street, New York City.

SPIRAL — for two violas; performance by Folie à Deux — Nora Krohn and Nick Revel— at The Stone in New York City; July 31, 2016. Here is a performance by the duo from Soundcloud:

NORTH WIND — for chromatic dizi and orchestra (excerpt); multiple performances by Xiao-Nan Wang, dizi, with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Julian Pellicano; in the WSO’s Adventures in Music Series, at the Centennial Concert Hall, Winnipeg, and the Western Manitoba Centennial Concert Hall, Brandon, Manitoba; Winter and Spring, 2016

BLUE OCEAN — for clarinet, button accordion, cello and piano; performance by James Campbell, Jim Hiscott, Leanne Zacharias and Alexander Tselyakov, Brandon University Clarinet Festival; at the Lorne Watson Recital Hall , Brandon University, Brandon, Manitoba; April 23, 2016.

IQALUIT RIVER — for flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, double bass and percussion; premiere performance by Derek Charke, Micah Heilbrunn, Karl Stobbe, Elise Lavallée, Leana Rutt, Meredith Johnson and Victoria Sparks, conducted by Julian Pellicano; in the GroundSwell New Music Series, at the Winnipeg Art Gallery; December 16, 2015.

QUINTET FOR ZHENG AND STRING QUARTET — premiere performance by Geling Ziang and the VICO String Quartet; in the Vancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra Series, at Pyatt Hall, Vancouver; November 14, 2015. Here from youtube, courtesy of VICO, is a recording of the performance.

SPIRAL — for two violas; recorded by Folie à Deux (Nick Revel and Nora Krohn); New York, NY; July, 2015