Colin released two albums with his side solo project "Centrifugal Force" ["Matter", "Excerpts from Matter"] before turning his attention to opera and classical music, first serving as Artistic Director of Montreal's Northern Opera Theatre (85-91) and later as composer-in-residence at British Columbia's Ballet Victoria. His works include the ballets "Peter Pan", "Alice in Wonderland", operas "Medea Metamorphoses", a opera-dance project with the Victoria Symphony & the Coast-Saalish First Nation dancers "Heaven"; A full production of his opera "Evangeline", based on a Longfellow poem, was produced by L'Opera de Rimouski in 2014, and was conducted by Doroschuk.