Composer

Currently pursuing a PhD in Composition at Princeton University, Aliayta Foon-Dancoes has written for Attacca Quartet, So Percussion, and TAK Ensemble. Recent awards include the NewBassoon Composition Prize (2026), the Lake George Music Festival Call for Scores (winner, 2026), the SOCAN Foundation Young Canadian Composers Award (2025), and the Second Story Initiative Commission.

selection of Works

2025
Drift - for violin and accordion
Six Hands - for six voices
Iterations - for solo violin, or with light sculpture
12th & Fraser - for string quartet
Churn - for large ensemble
Tilt - for cello, bassoon and tuba

2024
For Your Own Good - for soprano, clarinet and drum set
Absolutely Marvellous - for violin, viola, piano and electronics
portrait of a girl with black hair - for solo violin
shadows are just shapes - for voice and violin
LIGHTEN UP - for two vibraphones and four lamps
traceries - for flute, clarinet, violin and cello
YOU WILL GO TO HEAVEN - for voice, flute, clarinet, violin, percussion and live-triggered video

2020-2022
Phases (2022) - for violin and multichannel sound (written in collaboration with Kai Lab)
Cloud  9 ½ (2022) - for two violins
Liminal Drift (2021) - for violin and piano
Five Pieces for Bandwidth (2020) - for violin, synthesiser and clarinet (flexible instrumentation)