Mr. Petric’s 42 CD titles on 17 international labels reflect the dynamic inclusivity of a contemporary concert hall, that includes J.S.Bach’s complete Trio Sonatas, Rameau’s Pieces de Clavessin 1705-47, keyboard sonatas by Domenico Scarlatti, Antonio Soler, Joseph Haydn, symphonic concertos, improvisations, commissioned works and digital and electroacoustic innovation. His JUNO nominated album Orbiting Garden on the Centrediscs label was cited in Gramophone as “a dizzying, elaborate and impressively played recital.” His recent collaborative album Heretic Threads (McDonald, Lutek) of re-imagined keyboard works by Haydn merited a citation in California’s Future of Music substack with artists John Zorn, Pat Metheny and Stephen Hough. Mr. Petric’s recordings have been broadcast on HNK Japan, BBCRadio3, TV5, PBS, and the European Broadcast Union and his work has been featured by the CBC in 1986, 1996, 2019, 2021, and Société Radio Canada in 2002 and 2004.
Acknowledged as a “legendary collaborator” by the Canadian Music Centre, Mr. Petric was the first instrumentalist recipient of the Canadian Music Center’s Friend of Canadian Music Award. A passionate advocate for new creation, he has given eight world premieres in one night, as he did in 2018 for Montreal's Societe de Musique Contemporaine de Quebec. His 360 commissioned works are a curatorial initiative that has been compared to the artistic stewardship of the Kronos Quartet and the London Sinfonietta.
Mr. Petric’s advocacy for women composers began with commissions by Pauline Oliveros, Micheline Roi and Norma Beecroft, and a second generation with Jocelyn Morlock, Janika Vandervelde, Barbara Assiginaaak, Linda Bouchard and Linda C. Smith. 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.