Brian Cherney (born 1942) is a Canadian composer currently residing in Montreal, Quebec. Cherney was born in Peterborough, Ontario. He studied at the University of Toronto where he was a pupil of John Weinzweig, Samuel Dolin, and John Beckwith. In 1972 he joined Schulich School of Music of McGill University, where he has taught analysis and composition for over thirty years. His pieces, often characterized by carefully calculated formal trajectories and a rich harmonic language, give the impression of a quiet intensity, usually featuring "stillness" in some manner. His works have been played throughout North America, Europe, and elsewhere. Cherney maintains an active career as a composer, teacher and author; his book Harry Somers (1975, U of T Press) remains one of the most important and detailed works of reference on this composer. He was awarded the Jules Léger Prize for New Chamber Music in 1985 for River of Fire. He is the brother of oboist Lawrence Cherney. Cherney was made a member of the Order of Canada in 2021. Works Orchestra Variations for Orchestra (1967) Seven Images for Twenty Two Players (1971) Adieux (1980) In the Stillness Between (1982) Into the Distant Stillness (1984) Illuminations (1987) Transfiguration (1990) Et la solitude dérive au fil des fleuves... (1995) Concertante Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (1963) Six Miniatures for Oboe and Strings (1968) Chamber Concerto for Viola and Ten Players (1975) Oboe Concerto (1989) Et j'entends la nuit qui chante dans les cloches (1990) Instrumental ensemble Kontakion, Quiet Music for Eleven Players (1969) Apparitions (1991) In the Stillness of September 1942 (1992) Die Klingende Zeit (1993–1994) Chamber music Sonata for violin and piano (1961) Quintet for saxophone and string quartet (1962) Woodwind Quintet (1965) Interlude and Variations for woodwind quintet (1965) String Quartet No.1 (1966) Six Miniatures for oboe and piano (1968) String Quartet No.2 (1970) Notturno for piano and woodwind quintet (1974) String Trio (1976) Group Portrait – With Piano for piano and woodwind quintet (1978) Beyond the Seventh Palace for viola and percussion (1982) Accord for accordion, oboe and cello (1985) Triolet for flute, harp and bassoon (1980) Playing for Time for oboe, percussion and piano (1981) Gan Eden for violin and piano (1983) River of Fire for oboe d'amore and harp (1983) String Quratet No.3 (1985) In Stillness Ascending for viola and piano (1986) In the Stillness of the Summer Wind for oboe and string quartet (1987) Trois