Mr. Petric’s 42 CD titles on 17 international labels are a reflection of his innovative programing in the concert hall. A repeat laureate of Quebec's Prix Opus and the OAC Hunter Recording Prize, his CD Orbiting Garden on the Centrediscs label was JUNO nominated in Canada and cited in London's Gramophone as “a dizzying, elaborate and impressively played recital.” His recording of the Koprowski Accordion Concerto with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra on the CBC5000 Series label was noted as "...a concerto in the grand manner... Petric plays with persuasiveness and conviction..." (American Record Guide). Mr Petric's album Heretic Threads of works by Joseph Haydn merited a citation in California’s Future of Music substack with artists John Zorn and Pat Metheny and his 97 recordings of solo, chamber and electroacoustic works for international state radio systems have been aired by HNK Japan, BBCRadio3, TV5, PBS, all European Broadcast Union partners as well as on special features by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation 1986, 1996, 2019, 2021, Société Radio Canada in 2002 and 2004, and on BBCRadio3 1994, 1998 and 2022.
Mr. Petric's quest for deep audience engagement and collaborations with composers equally passionate about transcendent values and connection in the concert hall is a defining ethos of his career. Described as a “legendary collaborator” he was the first instrumentalist laureate of the Canadian Music Center's Friend of Canadian Music Award. His stewardship of 360 commissions saw forensic placements with as many as eight world premieres in one evening for the Societe de Musique Contemporaine de Quebec at Montreal's UQUAM Theatre 2018, and three concertos in one concert with the Victoria Symphony Orchestra 2010. Mr. Petric has commissioned and premiered works by Pauline Oliveros, David Jaeger, Witold Lutowslawski, Linda C. Smith, Robert May, Brian Cherney, Bengt Hambraeus, Norma Beecroft, Peter Hatch, John Rea, Yves Daoust, Christos Hatzis, Larry Lake, Bob Pritchard, Micheline Roi, alcides lanza, Jocelyn Morlock, Julia Mermelstein, Bekah Simms, Emilie Lebel and concertos by Peter Paul Koprowski, Norman Symonds, Omar Daniel, Howard Skempton, Brian Current, Gunnar Valkare and Denis Gougeon.