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Canadian composer Stuart Beatch.
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Latest News
January 2025
2024 was a fantastic year, with more than 60 performances of my music across Europe and North America – even the Northwest Territories! This year, I was also proud to publish a boy & a boy with Oxford University Press, which received more than 20 performances alone AND its first commercial recording from the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir.
There’s lots more on the way in 2025! See what’s on my calendar below, and always feel free to get in touch.
Current Projects
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Marguerite’s Lover (4’) — Original text by Lisa Moore (b. 1964)
Concert aria for countertenor and chamber ensemble (flute, oboe, violin, and harp) — Commissioned by Opera on the Avalon for their Emerging Artists Program — Recorded premiere by Ryan McDonald in Fall 2025
New work (15’) — Text by Paul Laurence Dunbar, Walt Whitman, and Percy Bysshe Shelley
3-movement work for TTBB choir and piano — Commissioned by Calgary Men’s Chorus — Premiering May 2026 in Vancouver, BC at Unison Festival
Upcoming Performances
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5 February 2025 — I am like many — Trinity College Music Society, conducted by Sarah Henderson — Cambridge, UK
16 February 2025 — Jesus at the Gay Bar — Contemporary Choral Collective of Los Angeles (C3LA) — Los Angeles, CA, USA
22 February 2025 — Dream of Me as Water [US Premiere] — Claremont Concert Choir, conducted by Charles Kamm — Claremont, CA, USA
7 March 2025 — “Chosen Family” (Mvmt. 4 from Chosen Family) — Vancouver Chamber Choir, conducted by Kari Turunen — Vancouver, BC, Canada
March 2025 [tentative] — The Lost Language [PREMIERE] — The Augustana Choir, conducted by John Wiebe — Camrose, AB, Canada
23 April 2025 — Jesus at the Gay Bar — Glenville State College Chamber Singers, conducted by Sarah Nale — Glenville, WV, USA
6 May 2025 — Long Range Forecast [PREMIERE] — Vancouver Cansing Choir, conducted by Gerda Blok-Wilson — Vancouver, BC, Canada
21 June 2025 — I am like many [Dutch Premiere] — Vocal Ensemble Chordiality, conducted by Patrick Pranger — The Hague, Netherlands
November 2025 [tentative] — The Price [PREMIERE] — SMEA Honour Choir — Regina, SK, Canada