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Ihlara McIndoe

Ihlara Jayne McIndoe (born 1997) is a New Zealand composer.

Early life and education

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McIndoe was born in 1997.[1] Growing up she learnt the piano and played in school orchestras and sang in choirs.[2] She attended St Hilda's Collegiate School in Dunedin and the University of Otago where she graduated with a BA (Hons), a BMus and LLB.[2] She studied composition with Anthony Ritchie, Peter Adams, Dylan Llardelli, Chris Gendall and Graeme Downes.[2][3]

Career

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In 2018, McIndoe led the Aotearoa Youth Leadership Institution delegation to the 62nd Commission on the Status of Women in New York City.[4]

McIndoe visited Antarctica in 2020 as an Inspiring Explorer with the Antarctic Heritage Trust.[5] Using sounds she recorded there as inspiration she composed five pieces: On Satin Waters, Wavering Horizon, On Whistling Sands, Ushuaia Sketches and Ephemeral Boundaries.[6][7] All five works were performed in A Musical Journey to Antarctica a live-streamed concert in Christchurch in 2022.[5][6] Memory Traps (2023) was a finalist for the SOUNZ Contemporary Award at the APRA Awards.[8] The work uses poetry by Hera Lindsay Bird.[3]

In 2021, she was Composer in Residence with the National Youth Orchestra.[9][10] From 2021 to 2022 McIndoe spent almost two years working as a lawyer in Wellington.[2] Her area of interest was litigation, public law and public arts institutions in particular.[2][9] She held the voluntary position of Marketing Manager for the New Zealand Women's Law Journal.[2][9]

McIndoe studied at McGill University graduating with an MMus.[3][11] As of 2024, McIndoe is attached to the Department of Music at Columbia University.[11]

Awards

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In 2016, she won the Douglas Lilburn Student Composition Award.[12] In 2022 she received an Arts Excellence Award from the Dame Malvina Major Foundation towards her study for a Masters at McGill University.[13]

Personal life

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McIndoe is married to New Zealand composer Nathaniel Otley.[2][3]

Selected works

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Publications

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Compositions

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  • petrichor (2019) – for orchestra
  • On Satin Waters (2020) – for violin, viola and audio recordings
  • Wavering Horizon (2020) – for flute
  • On Whistling Sands (2020) – for violin, flute and guitar
  • Ushuaia Sketches (2020) – for violin
  • Ephemeral Boundaries (2020) – for orchestra
  • Mirror Traps (2023) – for soprano and chamber ensemble
  • I write and chew and crack my bones and think about hospitality (ca 2022) – for soprano and ensemble, commissioned for Stroma

References

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  1. ^ "McIndoe, Ihlara Jayne, 1997-". tiaki.natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "A passion for music, law and international travel". www.otago.ac.nz. 20 June 2022. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
  3. ^ a b c d "Interview with Ihlara McIndoe". sounz.org.nz. Archived from the original on 2 October 2024. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
  4. ^ McIndoe, Ihlara (2 April 2018). "Playing sardines: how civil society forces its way into the United Nations". The Spinoff. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
  5. ^ a b "Explorer Journeys: Ihlara McIndoe". Antarctic Heritage Trust. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
  6. ^ a b "A Musical Journey to Antarctica. Inspiring Explorers concert" (PDF). 12 May 2022.
  7. ^ "Ihlara McIndoe: Ephemeral Bounds". RNZ. 17 February 2022. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
  8. ^ "Interview with Ihlara McIndoe – SOUNZ Contemporary Award Finalist". sounz.org.nz. Archived from the original on 2 October 2024. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
  9. ^ a b c "Announcements" (PDF). Canzonetta: 2. 1 April 2022. ISSN 1179-9951.
  10. ^ "Composer Ihlara McIndoe is going places". RNZ. 2 February 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
  11. ^ a b "Ihlara McIndoe". music.columbia.edu. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
  12. ^ "Student Composition Awards" (PDF). douglaslilburn.org.
  13. ^ "Arts Excellence Awards – Dame Malvina Major Foundation". 15 May 2015. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
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