Mr Petric's discography of 101 recordings with 42 CD titles and 59 international state radio recordings make him one of the most prolifically recorded accordionists on the international stage. A repeat laureate of Quebec's Prix Opus and the OAC Hunter Recording Prize, his JUNO nominated orbiting Garden was cited in Gramophone as “a dizzying, elaborate and impressively played recital.” His radical Haydn exploration was critically acclaimed in California Substack alongside Pat Metheny and John Zorn. Broadcast regularly by HNK Japan, BBCRadio3, TV5, PBS, and most European Broadcast Union partners, Mr Petric was featured by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation 1986, 1996, 2019, 2021, Société Radio Canada in 2002 and 2004, and BBCRadio3 1994, 1998 and 2022. His producers were BBC's John Rushby Smith, CBC's David Jaeger,Clive Allan and Peter Lutek.
A legendary champion of Canadian composers Mr. Petric was the first instrumentalist laureate of the Canadian Music Center's Friend of Canadian Music Award. His passion for new creation with 360 commissioned works includes eight world premieres of Quebecois composers in one night for the Societe de Musique Contemporaine de Quebec, three concertos in one evening with the Victoria Symphony and the international disemination of Canadian works in the international concert hall. Commission highlights include Marjan Mozetich's iconic Dance of the Blind on a CBC commission, 20 concertos, six accordion quintets commissioned with the Penderecki Quartet, 43 electroacoustic works for solo accordion, and Claude Vivier's iconic Pulau dewata and works by Pauline Oliveros, David Jaeger, Larry Lake, Witold Lutowslawski, Janika Vandervelde, Norma Beecroft, Norbert Palej, David Mott, Jocelyn Morlock, Julia Mermelstein, John Rea, Abigail Richardson-Schulte, alcides lanza and Bekah Simms among others.