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

Early life and education

Growing up McIndoe learnt the piano and played in school orchestras and sang in choirs. 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. She studied composition with Anthony Ritchie, Peter Adams, Dylan Llardelli, Chris Gendall and Graeme Downes.

Career

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

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

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

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

Awards

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

Personal life

McIndoe is married to New Zealand composer Nathaniel Otley.

Selected works

Publications

• McIndoe, Ihlara. (2018). Playing sardines: how civil society forces its way into the United Nations. The Spinoff. 2 April 2018
• Ihlara McIndoe. (2022). Elbowing through the crowd. Public Sector (Wellington), 45(2), 21.

Compositions

• 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

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

External links

• Ilhara McIndoe's website
• A Musical Journey to Antarctica (2022) - performance of McIndoe's compositions inspired by visiting Antarctica.

• 1997 births
• Living people
• New Zealand women classical composers
• University of Otago alumni
• 21st-century classical composers
• McGill University School of Music alumni