McGrath has orchestrated and conducted film scores with the Munich Symphony, the Salt Lake Symphony, the London Philharmonia and the City of Prague Philharmonic. He has also written arrangements for such recording artists as Tom Cochrane (with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra), Ian Thornley and Big Wreck (with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra), the Tower of Power Horns, Manteca, Hunter Valentine, The Northern Pikes, Chantal Kreviazuk, Justin Hines, Strippers Union, Sarah Slean and Steven Page with the Art of Time Ensemble.
Concert music includes a set of miniatures recorded by True North Brass, a suite for horn and orchestra for Canadian Opera Company principal horn Joan Watson and a commission for the Kitchener Waterloo symphony:
“…both the piece and the performance were pretty much the highlight of the whole concert. Larry Larson's trumpet was beautiful and flawless, and the piece itself had echoes of Aaron Copland, John Williams and even Samuel Barber. Written for trumpet solo, strings and harp, Silent Town is a miniature masterpiece.”
Harry Currie, The Kitchener Waterloo Record
Jim recently finished scoring his tenth season of the award-winning series Degrassi: The Next Generation, for which he received the 2006 Gemini Award for Best Original Score for a Dramatic Series and is currently working on the CBC series Republic of Doyle.
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