The Hard Rubber Orchestra is characteristically open to new music. It has commissioned over 40 works from 30 contemporary jazz and classical composers. Here are some highlights. •
John Korsrud, Giorgio Magnanensi, and
Brad Turner contributed original compositions to the February 2005 multidisciplinary theatre piece,
Enter/Exit. •
Ice Age 2010, where the Hard Rubber Orchestra played pieces by
Peter Hannan,
Brad Turner,
Tony Wilson, and Bill Runge, while dancers and ice skaters performed on a hockey rink, was part of the
Cultural Olympiad festival which accompanied the
2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. •
Linda Bouchard, and Scott Good (Vancouver Symphony Orchestra composer-in-residence), contributed compositions to the Hard Rubber Orchestra's 20th-anniversary concert on May 14, 2011. •
Darcy James Argue composed
Tensile Curves, a 30-minute work funded by the
Canada Council, which was premiered in
Vancouver by the orchestra on 20 June 2014, in a joint concert with Argue's
Secret Society. •
Darcy James Argue later composed
Ebonite, which the orchestra premiered in
Vancouver on May 25, 2019. • At the same May 25, 2019 concert, the orchestra also premiered
Source Code by
Harry Stafylakis. •
John Hollenbeck composed two pieces,
Sighs and
Owt Shgis, which the orchestra premiered in
Vancouver on May 27, 2023. == Discography ==