Ihlara McIndoe

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

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Early life and education

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

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 at 2024 McIndoe is attached to the Department of Music at Columbia University. [11]

Awards

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

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

Selected works

Publications

Compositions

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  1. ↑ "McIndoe, Ihlara Jayne, 1997-". tiaki.natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "A passion for music, law and international travel". www.otago.ac.nz. 20 June 2022. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "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. 1 2 "Explorer Journeys: Ihlara McIndoe". Antarctic Heritage Trust. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
  6. 1 2 "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. 1 2 3 "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. 1 2 "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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