Biography
Dr. Squires' professional experience includes 15 years on faculty at TWU; various part-time university teaching positions; and 11 years as full-time worship pastor as well as numerous other part-time positions.
Recent Important Compositions
- Where Angels Dance (concerto for violin and orchestra; premiered April 2007)
- God Ever Breath (mezzo-soprano, flute, piano, string orchestra; premiered November 2005)
- Table Songs (communion liturgy for flexible instrumentation; premiered November 2004)
- Come...Help Me Lament (soprano, male choir, piano, string orchestra; multimedia work w. projected visual art by Erica Grimm-Vance; premiered Fall 2003)
Education
- B.Mus. (Performance) University of Western Ontario, 1979
- M.Mus. (Composition) University of Toronto, 1981
- Ph.D. (Composition) State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo, 1993.
Areas of Expertise
composition, music history, Christian spirituality and new music, worship history and theology, contemporary worship issues
Scholarship Interests & Involvements
Christian spirituality and new music