Three composers, who are Club members, will introduce and share recent works on the annual Club Composers Night, on Wednesday, April 15, 2026.
Steven Vieria notes that, ” Much of my earlier work was composition with a purpose—songs and arrangements for schools, institutions, and music editing. These projects were often shaped by external needs, but they also laid the groundwork for my evolving voice as a composer. In recent years, my focus has shifted toward writing piano music, with an emphasis on creating pieces that can be performed live.
Experiments with Tape and Piano (2026) explores our relationship with electroacoustic music. The performance blends live acoustic piano and electronic music. This series utilizes elements of ambient music, live electronic music, as well as elements of Musique Concrète and recorded music in order to investigate their compositional techniques and sound.”
Alan Torok writes, “My piece, Biography, for piano-trio, is a musical narrative—a kind of instrumental opera.
In five movements, it evokes aspects and important scenes from the life of the black American soul singer and songwriter, James Brown.
It is well known that Brown lived an epic life of grand social and musical achievement… and great sin.
My music tries to paint such a larger than life picture.” We will hear two of the five movements.
David Jaeger notes that, “Last month Club members were introduced to soprano Karen Usha when she sang four of my songs. Karen’s remarkable singing provoked several listeners to immediately ask for her to return. I have composed dozens of settings of poetry for her, and as a result there is no shortage of works to showcase in bringing her back. Karen has selected several of her favourites from my canon, including a new setting of the poem, An Invitation by the Sri Lankan-Canadian author, Sudharshana Rajasingam. Tonight’s performance will be the Premiere of this work.”
