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

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 my 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, planning my AI Nocturne for pianist Tong Wang, as well as an upcoming violin/percussion piece for Duo Holz commissioned by the Harbourfront Centre (Toronto). Last summer I also enjoyed my experience as faculty and co-organizer for Lamp’s 2023 Composition Academy and look forward to doing it again June 2024.

Manitoba Chamber Orchestra presents Bluegreen Ecstatic Grey

I am very excited that the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra will be presenting my DMA thesis composition Bluegreen Ecstatic Grey in two concerts on April 10, 2024!

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