Welcome to the website of Toronto-based Canadian composer Mark Richards. Check here regularly for the latest news, upcoming performances, audio samples, and more.

News

Two New Works Premiered in April

On Apr. 24, 2010, two new works of Richards were premiered: Chopin Reflected, a 4-hand piano work celebrating Chopin, and The Green Oasis, a cycle of 5 songs on the poetry of Canadian Bliss Carman (1861-1929). More...

  • Samples from this performance to appear here soon!

New Fanfare Opens Art Exhibition

This commissioned work for 3 trumpets and trombone formed part of the opening ceremonies for the exhibition entitled Portrait of a Patron on Jan. 18, 2010, at the University of Toronto. More...

Richards in The Toronto Star

On Aug. 14, 2008, the The Toronto Star published a story about Richards and his Hamlet opera by classical music critic John Terauds.

Hamlet Workshop at Stratford Summer Music

Richards’ Hamlet opera was given its first complete public reading in Stratford on Aug. 16, 2008. Audience favourites were the fiery Revenge Duet, the comical Gravedigger’s Song, and the tender Quintet. More...