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Sky Macklay composer oboist installation artist
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EDUCATION Doctor of Musical Arts in Composition Expected May 2018 Columbia University, New York, NY
Master of Music in Composition May 2012
The University of Memphis Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music
Bachelor of Arts in Music, Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa May 2010 Luther College, Decorah, IA
SELECTED COMMISSIONS The New York Virtuoso Singers Nov 2015
• New work for mixed choir The Ruth Anderson Prize from the International Alliance for Women in Music Jan 2015
• Harmonibots, a kinetic and sonic sculpture installation Spektral Quartet July 2014
• Many Many Cadences for string quartet The Lexington (MA) Symphony Sept 2012
• Dissolving Bands for the 300th anniversary celebration of the town of Lexington The Walden School Faculty Commissioning Project Summers 2010-2014
• New pieces for visiting ensembles such as Yarn/Wire, Firebird Ensemble, and Hexnut AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS, and GRANTS Patricia Plude Faculty Fellowship from The Walden School July 2014
• For excellence and innovation in musicianship teaching ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Awards April 2013
• Leo Kaplan Award for Dissolving Bands Composition Fellow at the Bennington (VT) Chamber Music Conference Aug 2013 Composer Assistance Program (CAP) Grant from New Music USA July 2012 SELECTED RECENT PERFORMANCES Spektral Quartet, Many Many Cadences, Louise Shonk Kelly Hall, Dublin, NH July 2014 The Da Capo Chamber Players, Lake Dublin, Merkin Hall, NYC June 2014 Ghost Ensemble, 60 Degree Mirrors, Secret Theatre, Queens, NY Nov 2014
Talea Ensemble, The Braid, Italian Academy, NYC Feb 2014 Dal Niente, Zoom In, Louise Shonk Kelly Hall, Dublin, NH July 2013
Lexington Symphony, Dissolving Bands, Lexington Town House, Lexington, MA Sept 2012 PRIZM Ensemble, Doppelgänger, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN April 2012 ICE, Analytical Paper…, Smith College, Northampton, MA June 2011
SOLO EXHIBITION Harmonibots , Waseca Art Center Main Gallery, Waseca, MN Jan 2015