(b. 28 November 1968, Vancouver, British Columbia).

Canadian composer of mostly stage, orchestral and chamber works that have been performed in North America.

Mr. Maxwell is primarily self-taught as a composer, but studied composition privately with Ladislav Kubík in Prague in 1999–2000 and with David K. MacIntyre and Owen Underhill at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia from 1999–2001, where he earned his MFA in interdisciplinary studies.

Among his honours are the C. D. Nelson Memorial Scholarship (1999), the ArtsFACT Award (1999, for bodig-menen, shared with the ensemble Standing Wave) and Third Prize and Audience Prize in the BC Emerging Composers Competition of the ensemble Vancouver New Music (2000, for forberen).

SELECT LIST OF WORKS

STAGE:

Why use a hammer when a feather will do (dance music, choreography by Helen Walkley), 1999

Eurydice Plays Dead (incidental music, direction by Mallory Catlett), 1999

Learning to Die from Moment to Moment (dance music, choreography by Claire French), 2000

She needs to wear warmer clothing in colder weather (dance music, choreography by Helen Walkley), 2000

The World Extends No Further (than the driveway of this house) (dance music, choreography by Shannon McMurchy), 2000

sleepyhead (chamber opera in 1 act, libretto by the composer, after Anton Chekhov), 2000–01

Loose Feathers (dance music, choreography by Claire French), 2001

And it flew... (dance music, choreography by Helen Walkley), 2002

And what hearing is, and seeing... (dance music, choreography by Helen Walkley), 2004

Where Fools Tread (dance music, choreography by Claire French), 2005

No Leg to Stand On (dance music, choreography by Helen Walkley), 2005–06

ORCHESTRAL:

Concertare, harp, orchestra, 1991

Seven Dedications, 1994–95

monologue I, 1995

monologue II, 1996

monologue III, 1996

cambiare (concerto), harp, orchestra, 1998–2000

tenere, 2002–03

CHAMBER MUSIC:

Fantasia for Seven, 4 French horns, harp, cello, double bass, 1991

Sextet, flute, bass clarinet, French horn, viola, double bass, piano, 1993

here, hereafter, flute, bassoon, harp, 1994

nefalden..., piano, percussion, 1997

charis, flute, A-clarinet, cello, 1998

du(lied), violin, piano, 1998

interus, flute, oboe, clarinet, French horn, bassoon, piano, 1998

...on conflict, clarinet, harp, viola, 1998–99

forberen, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, 1999

bodig-menen, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion, 1999–2000

brethen, 4 saxophones, 2000

antara, string quartet, 2001

intueri, piano, ensemble (3 B-flat trumpets, 3 trombones, 2 percussion), 2001–02

reflectere, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion, 2004

leven, flute (+ piccolo), oboe (+ English horn), clarinet, trumpet, trombone, violin, cello, double bass, piano, percussion, 2004

pensare, flute (+ piccolo), oboe (+ English horn), clarinet (+ bass clarinet), French horn, bassoon (+ contrabassoon), 2005–06

placea, clarinet, bass clarinet, soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, French horn, tuba, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass, piano, percussion, 2007

CHORAL:

silent, so silent (text by Neil Eustache), female chorus, 1997

VOCAL:

Three Stanzas from Alexander Pope (text by Alexander Pope), soprano, oboe, bassoon, viola, timpani, 3 percussion, 1992

Autumn Day (text by Rainer Maria Rilke), mezzo-soprano, violin, accordion, vibraphone, marimba, 1997

in between (text by Alex Ferguson), soprano, mezzo-soprano, fixed media, 2005

PIANO:

Piano Symphony, 2 pianos, 1991

medius, piano 4 hands, live electronics, 1998

ELECTROACOUSTIC:

Vak, fixed media, 1998

FILM SCORE (DIRECTOR):

ab ovo, 2002 (Alex Williams)