New visual album coming soon!
sing nature alive from my insides
A music film showcasing the entire 40 minute song cycle for self-accompanied soprano, piano, & live electronics. Poetry, music, visual imagery, and storytelling come together to express our love of nature as well as the tragedy and inevitability of climate change.
COMPOSER: Matthias McIntire
POETRY: Rachel Fenlon & Matthias McIntire
PERFORMER: Rachel Fenlon
DIRECTOR: Jamie AM
Matthias McIntire is TSO NextGEN Composer 2026-27
I am very excited to have been invited by the Toronto Symphony Orchestra to be one of the NextGEN Composers for the 2026-27 season!
I have been commissioned to compose a 5 minute work to be premiered by the TSO on April 10, 2027 on a wonderful program also featuring Beethoven’s Violin Concerto and Sibelius’ Second Symphony.
In preparation, I will have the opportunity to work closely with TSO Music Director Gustavo Gimeno, as well as Affiliate Composer Liam Ritz, and Composer Advisor Emilie Lebel to develop my work.
It’s a dream come true to compose for my hometown orchestra!
Link: https://www.tso.ca/about/orchestra/202627-nextgen-composers
Portrait Concert at Scotia Festival and Dalhousie University
My first ever professionally produced portrait concert and my Halifax composition “debut”. This was an evening of my solo and chamber music, featuring my song cycle sing nature alive from my insides; Cathedral Grove (and the Gray Jay) for solo violin and live electronics; Three Duos for violin and viola; Joy Despite All for viola and cello; and the world premiere of Nocturne ∆ Nocturne for solo piano, live electronics, and bespoke AI instrument.
This truly was an honour. My friends and colleagues showed up for me in a big way, played their hearts out in my music, and lent me their belief and support. Big thank yous to Rachel Fenlon, Jamie McMillan, Tong Wang, Charna Matsushige, and Rachel Desoer.
Link: https://www.scotiafestival.com/tmr2526-sing-nature-alive
World Premiere at Harbourfront Centre in Toronto July 28, 2024
Seven Hummingbirds for violin and percussion, a new work for Duo Holz commissioned by the Harbourfront Centre, will premiere at 4 pm on July 28, 2024 at the Summer Music in the Garden series.
The piece is a series of seven miniatures, each one dedicated to a different species of hummingbird that I observed and interacted with in the Cloud Forest of Mindo, Ecuador in January 2024. The music was composed to video edits for each hummingbird that I shot up close on my smart phone.
Link: https://harbourfrontcentre.com/event/from-canada-to-cuphead/
String Quartet No. 1 premiered June 21, 2023
My first ever string quartet, commissioned by the Lunenburg Academy of Music Performance (Lamp) for the acclaimed Verona Quartet received its premiere on June 21, 2023. This piece was composed in honour of the centennial year of Hungarian composer György Ligeti’s birth.
String Quartet No. 1
for string quartet, drum machine, and electronics
I. Introduction - Faster, semplice
II. Dance Music: trance-like, sempre energico
III. Molto tranquillo, ma misterioso
Matthias McIntire continues as Lamp Composer-in-Residence
I am very excited to continue my position as the Lunenburg Academy of Music Performance (Lamp) Composer-in-Residence into Fall 2024. During my residency I have so far composed my first string quartet for the Verona Quartet, new songs set to poetry by Mi’kmaq poet Michelle Sylliboy, worked to finalize the visual album of my song cycle for soprano/pianist Rachel Fenlon, as well as a new live version with projections by Jamie AM. I am currently composing my trio for F-Plus, my AI Nocturne for pianist Tong Wang, and recently completed a new violin/percussion piece for Duo Holz commissioned by the Harbourfront Centre (Toronto). This summer I am returning as co-organizer and faculty for Lamp’s 2024 Composition Academy.
Manitoba Chamber Orchestra presents Bluegreen Ecstatic Grey
I am very excited that the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra presented my DMA thesis composition Bluegreen Ecstatic Grey on April 10, 2024. It was a great experience working with these fantastic musicians and conductor Jeri Lynne Johnson.
For 16 musicians, including electronics, this piece is a musical metaphor for the process of uncovering, feeling, and healing latent grief. In part two, the work is revealed to be a secret piano concerto — the pianist embarks on an extended soliloquy as all pretense is stripped away to allow grief and anger to be felt in their full weight.
Click here for MCO website and concert info
Jeri Lynne Johnson, conductor
Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, piano