 He has received commissions from the Great Lakes Brass Quintet, the Manitoba Puppet Theatre, Metis Arts of Manitoba, and Music Inter Alia.His 1973 work "Planes" was premiered by the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra in 1986 under conductor by Kazuhiro Koizumi.Born in St. Catharines, Hiscott began his professional studies in mathematics and physics at Brock University where he earned a Bachelor of Science in 1969.