David J. Foley is a composer currently living and working on Treaty 1 territory.

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December 3, 2020
In a bit of a change from my usual work, I provided the theme music for a podcast run by the Centre for Living Organ Donation at UHN in Toronto. The podcast, called Living Transplant, is a wonderful and important exploration of transplantation through the perspectives of frontline staff, researchers, innovators, and transplant pioneers, as well as organ donation recipients, living organ donors, families and caregivers. The podcast is on its fifth episode now, and it's a really interesting listen! You can hear my music (written/performed/mixed by yours truly) in the podcast intro, outro, and scattered throughout the episodes. It's available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Google Podcasts.
November 23, 2020
I was lucky to be able to witness my first European premiere virtually on Friday, when Trio Spilliaert performed my new piece for piano trio, 'Trio', as part of Festival Osmose 2020 in Belgium. Check out the concert video below. You can view my piece at 1:02:15 (direct link) alongside a large selection of other short pieces from composers around the world.
September 2, 2020
It was an honour and a privilege to be a part of Continuum Contemporary Music's 2020 edition of HATCH, Continuum's annual summer music mentorship project. A new piece developed throughout the month-long program was premiered digitally on August 29th, and is now available to view on YouTube. Check it out!
February 2, 2018
Two exciting announcements regarding two premieres:

A new work for string quartet, Sinnlose Maschinen, will be performed by Cuarteto Chroma as part of the University of Victoria's New Music & Digital Media Festival this weekend. The program will include new pieces for the quartet, along with pianist Tzenka Dianova and clarinettist Heather Roche, from UVic alumni.

A new work for choir and 2-channel electronics, Effigy III, will be performed by Polycoro Chamber Choir, as part of Winnipeg's exceptional and unique new music/integrated arts festival Cluster, on March 1. The concert, which will be at the beautiful FortWhyte Alive, will also include works by Luke Nickel and Cassandra Miller.
November 10, 2016
Klavierstücke I-IV (2016) was performed by the excellent (traditional & non-traditional) keyboardist and composer Christopher Reiche this past June as part of the A Place to Listen concert series in Victoria, BC. Have a listen to the performance below:
February 4, 2016
Effigy II (2015) was performed as part of the Laurier New Music Festival in Waterloo, ON on Saturday, January 30, 2016. You can read more about the festival here and listen to a recording of the performance below:
June 3, 2015
I'm very honoured to be among the winners of the Turning Point Ensemble's What's the Score! Competition, which will involve developing and premiering a new piece with this wonderful ensemble. The Vancouver Sun covered the press release, which you can read here.
"Turning Point Ensemble is thrilled to have an opportunity to develop a longer term relationship with these wonderful young composers."
    Jeremy Berkman, Turning Point Ensemble’s co-founder
January 21, 2015
'Cloche sur table' (2014) has been awarded a special mention by the jury for the 2014 Jules Léger Prize for New Chamber Music, alongside "Euler Lattice Spirals Scenery" by Marc Sabat! Find the full press release here, and listen to the piece below: