Scott McIntyre
Dr Scott McIntyre studied French Horn at the Victorian College of the
Arts in orchestral performance and composition from 1988-90 before he
studied with Brenton Broadstock, graduating in 1993 with a Bachelor of
Music in music composition from the University of Melbourne. During his
time at Melbourne University he was acknowledged in 1991 with a Highest
Commendation in the Paul Lowin Orchestral Award for his Symphony for
Large Orchestra. He attended the National Orchestral Composers School in
1993; the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra performing Infinity Has No
God under the direction of David Porcelijn.
In 2009 his String Quartet No.1 was also performed at
the Asian Composers League Festival 2009 in Tongyeong, South
Korea. 2012 saw the premiere of Constellationsim II by the Israel
Chamber players in Tel Aviv for the Asian Composers League
Festival 2012 and the concert performance of his Opera, Fire on
the Snow.
In 2009 he completed his Masters Degree in Composition at the University
Of Melbourne and also his PHD in Composition at the University of Tasmania with
the assistance of an Elite Scholarship in 2013. His music has been performed and
recorded in the United States, Europe, Asia and Australia by artists such as
Michael Kieran Harvey, Barrie Webb, Brigid Burke, the Arditti String Quartet,
Silo String Quartet, the Israel Contemporary Players, the Brno Philharmonic
Orchestra and the Tasmanian, Adelaide and Melbourne Symphony Orchestras. In
2012 he attended the Composing in the Wilderness workshop in Denali National
Park, AK as part of the Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival.
In
2014 he was awarded First prize for his piano work, A Universal History of
Infamy (Piano Sonata No.2) which he wrote for Michael Kieran Harvey.
