(Art) Song Lab

Where Poets Composers & Poets Come Together

Francis Reyes

Filipino-Canadian composer and pianist Francis Reyes is currently based in Vancouver, studying at the University of British Columbia under Dorothy Chang and Edward Top. Drawing from jazz, classical, and video game music, his work explores themes of the human condition inspired by classic and contemporary literature. He has composed for orchestra, art song, jazz combo, and classical ensembles. Francis served as Composer-in-Residence for the Canadian Anti-Racism Youth Coalition and has performed at venues including Frankie’s Jazz Club, Apollo’s, and Guilt & Co.

(Art) Song Lab was created and takes place on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səl̓ilwətaɁɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Nations.