Mr. Petric’s 42 CD titles on 17 international labels are an organic reflection of his inclusive curations in a postmodern concert hall. A repeat laureate of Quebec's Prix Opus and the OAC Hunter Recording Prize, his Orbiting Garden on the Centrediscs label was JUNO nominated and cited in Gramophone as “a dizzying, elaborate and impressively played recital.” Mr Petric's collaborative album Heretic Threads (McDonald, Lutek) of works by Joseph Haydn in translation merited a citation in California’s Future of Music substack with artists John Zorn and Pat Metheny. As well, his 97 recordings for state radio systems have been aired by HNK Japan, BBCRadio3, TV5, PBS, all European Broadcast Union partners and on special features by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation 1986, 1996, 2019, 2021, Société Radio Canada in 2002 and 2004 and BBCRadio3 1994, 1998 and 2022.
Described as a “legendary collaborator” by the Canadian Music Centre, Mr. Petric was the first instrumentalist recipient of the CMC's Friend of Canadian Music Award. A passionate voice for new creation, he gave eight world premieres in one evening for the Societe de Musique Contemporaine de Quebec at Montreal's UQUAM Theatre in 2018, and his curatorial initiative of 360 commissioned works has been compared to the artistic stewardship of the Kronos Quartet and the London Sinfonietta.
Mr. Petric has commissioned Pauline Oliveros, Micheline Roi and Norma Beecroft, and a second generation of works from Jocelyn Morlock, Janika Vandervelde, Barbara Assiginaak and Linda Bouchard. His 2002 release of the CD Euphonia, devoted entirely to the work of women composers spawned essays and research initiatives by a generation of emerging women accordionists. Mr. Petric's collaborations with a third generation of women composers include Abigail Richardson-Schulte, Bekah Simms, Amy Brandon, Julia Mermelstein, Kathryn Knowles, and Emilie LeBel.