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.
List of works
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Puzzle, Puzzling, Puzzled (2026)
Voice and violin (9 mins)Organisms, Doodles, Happenstance (2026)
Bass clarinet duo (7 mins)Quell (2025)
Solo saxophone (10 mins)Drift (2025)
Violin and accordion (8 mins)Glow (2025)
Viola duet (6 mins)Portrait of a Girl with Black Hair (2024)
Solo violin or viola (5 mins)Shadows Are Just Shapes (2024)
Violin and voice (6 mins) -
If I could unfurl into the sun (2026)
Bassoon Quartet (10 mins)Six Hands (2025)
Six voices (13 mins)Boxcar (2025)
Drumset, vibraphone, piano (6 mins)Tilt (2025)
Brass quintet (10 mins)Cloud 9 ½ (2025)
Violin, cello, clarinet, piano (7 mins)traceries
Violin, cello, flute, clarinet (7 mins)12th and Fraser (2024)
String quartet (10 mins)For Your Own Good (2024)
Voice, clarinet, drumset (9 mins)LIGHTEN UP (2024)
Percussion quartet (10 mins) -
About Currents (2026)
String orchestra (13 mins)Churn (2025)
Large ensemble (6 mins) -
My Parent’s Basement (2026)
Voice and electronics (6 mins)Iterations (2025)
Solo violin and audio-reactive light sculptures (13 mins)Absolutely Marvellous! (2024)
Violin, viola, piano and live-triggered video (16 mins)YOU WILL GO TO HEAVEN (2024)
Voice, violin, flute, clarinet, percussion, live-triggered video (7 mins)Conversations (2023)
Violin and quadraphonic drum system (5 mins)Phases (2022)
Violin and 12-channel electronics (34 mins)
Six Hands by Aliayta Foon-Dancoes. Performed by Ekmeles.
12th & Fraser by Aliayta Foon-Dancoes. Performed by Attacca Quartet.
For Your Own Good by Aliayta Foon-Dancoes. Performed by Sputter Box.