Suites and Treats
Fall update, including some new recordings!
Read MoreBrahms 4 and An Exciting Announcement
Update — a new opportunity!
Read MoreMore Virtual Activities
Update — a collection of virtual events
Read MoreOakville Symphony postponed
Due to the ongoing public health restrictions, my upcoming concerts with the Oakville Symphony have been postponed.
(UPDATE: The concerts have been rescheduled to July 9th and 10th, 2022, with the same repertoire.)
In other news, the Cathedral Bluffs Symphony Orchestra have chosen Martin MacDonald as their new music director. Congratulations Martin!
CBSO Update
A new date for my concert with Cathedral Bluffs
Read MoreFinalist for Oakville Symphony
I’m thrilled to announce that I have been selected as a finalist for music director of the Oakville Symphony and will be guest conducting their February 2022 concert series as a music director candidate! More to come…
Full announcement here.
First publication
I am now officially published!
Read MoreAnnouncement
An announcement: what I’ll be doing starting fall 2020.
Read MoreCBSO Postponed
Unfortunately, my concert with the Cathedral Bluffs Symphony Orchestra that was scheduled for tonight has been postponed due to the pandemic. More to follow…
2019 Q4 Review
Update, October through December, 2019 — “Heavy Metal”, “Snow Angel”, and “The Great War” Sextet
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Update, July through September, 2019 — “To the Moon!”, “Cries of the Earth”, and Cathedral Bluffs Symphony Orchestra
Read More2019 Q2 Review
Update, April through June, 2019 — Rouge River Winds and LACI
Read More2019 Q1 Review
Update, January through March, 2019 — “Transformations” and festival season
Read MoreGranitic
Bekah Simms’ Granitic, for which Pratik conducted the premiere and the recording, has been nominated for an award!
Read More2018 Q4 review
Update, October through December, 2018 — Portraits of the North, Wellington Wind Symphony, and A Christmas Carol
Read More2018 Q3 review
Update, July through September, 2018 — RRW, Coming Home, and an album release
Read More2018 Q2 Review
Update: April through June, 2018. (Plus bonus video!)
Read More2018 Q1 Review
An update from the year so far — Rouge River Winds, festival season, and new music by Bekah Simms
Read MoreNew videos: Love and Honour
This past winter I had the pleasure of guest conducting the Rose Orchestra Brampton in a concert of music titled "Love and Honour". Using our music, we led the audience on a search for representations of the truly loving and the truly honourable. I've finally gotten around to uploading three videos from that concert: an example of dishonour (the story of Prince Edward VIII, for whom Walton's Crown Imperial March was originally commissioned); an example of false or unrequited love (the Suite No. 2 from Bizet's Carmen); and finally our example of true love (the Adagio from Rachmaninoff's Symphony No. 2). Check out these videos and more on the gallery page.
The Lonely Land
FEATURE POST: On the Bill Thomas commission.
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