Sky Macklay P.O. Box 303 New York, NY 10025

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1 Sky Macklay P.O. Box 303 New York, NY EDUCATION Doctor of Musical Arts Expected May 2018 Columbia University, New York, NY Major: Music Composition Master of Music May 2012 The University of Memphis Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music Major: Music Composition GPA: 3.98/4.0 Composition studies with Kamran Ince and Mahir Cetiz Bachelor of Arts, Magna Cum Laude May 2010 Luther College, Decorah, IA Major: Music, Emphasis: Theory/Composition GPA: 3.75/4.0 Composition studies with Brooke Joyce The Walden School Creative Musicians Retreat June 2011 Northampton, MA Composition studies with Russell Pinkston COMMISSIONS The Lexington (MA) Symphony September 2012 Dissolving Bands for the 300 th anniversary celebration of Lexington, Massachusetts The Walden School Faculty Commissioning Project Summer 2012 First Seven Words of Christ written for Yarn/Wire Andrew Clark, clarinetist Fall 2011 Scenes from a Tokyo Department Store, for solo B-flat clarinet and accessories The Walden School Faculty Commissioning Project Summer 2011 Missing Parts of Moonspots written for the Firebird Ensemble The Walden School Faculty Commissioning Project Summer 2010 Something Like This written for Hexnut St. John Lutheran Church, Waseca MN Summer 2010 His Virtue for the St. John Lutheran Church Senior Choir, commissioned to commemorate the church s 125 th anniversary Katherine Haller, saxophonist March 2010 Parade for alto saxophone AWARDS, HONORS, and GRANTS ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Awards April 2013 Leo Kaplan Award for Dissolving Bands

2 Sky S. Macklay 2 Composition Fellow at the Bennington Chamber Music Conference August 2013 Composer Assistance Program (CAP) Grant from New Music USA July 2012 International Alliance for Women in Music (IAWM) Search for New Music May 2011 Honorable Mention for Before There Was Backspace There Was No Going Back Iowa Composers Forum Composition Contest May nd place for Lake Dublin Phi Beta Kappa liberal arts honor society inducted May 2010 Academic Administrative Assistantship Grant Spring 2009 Awarded a grant to assist with Dennis Darling s opera Jack and the Beanstalk Regents Scholarship August May 2010 Weston Noble Music Scholarship August May 2010 TEACHING Faculty Member The Preparatory Center for the Performing Arts at Brooklyn College Teach musicianship classes to students ages 6-16 September 2012-present Faculty Member Summers 2010-present The Walden School Young Musicians Program, Dublin, NH Teach composition privately and in small group settings to students ages 9-18 Teach musicianship in small group settings to students ages Create and teach specialty courses including John Cage and Let s Make a Musical Graduate Assistant, Instructor in Music Theory August 2011 May 2012 The University of Memphis Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music Taught Music Theory I and Aural Theory II to music majors Teacher September May 2012 Memphis Community Music School, Memphis, TN Taught two music theory classes to students ages 7-12 Coached and arranged music for the Outreach Ensemble Taught private oboe lessons Music Theory and Ear Training Tutor September May 2010 Luther College Music Department and Student Academic Support Center, Decorah, IA Tutored first and second year college students individually and in small groups Teacher and Tutor Summers 2008 and 2009 Luther College Upward Bound Program, Decorah, IA Designed and taught four week-long classes for high school students, including classes in music, poetry, environmental science, and philosophy RELATED EXPERIENCE Composer and Musical Director January - March 2010 Luther College Theatre/Dance Department, Decorah, IA Composed original music for the department s production of Antigone Organized and conducted the Antigone instrumental ensemble Led the cast and instrumentalists in musical rehearsals

3 Sky S. Macklay 3 PRESENTATIONS and PUBLICATIONS Midwest Black History Month Conference February 2010 Presented a lecture-recital entitled Mestiza: A Musical Journey for Jazz Ensemble Oneota Review literary magazine Spring 2008 edition Published poem The Only Words to Describe You Are Hyperbolically Bad Similes Paideia Research Symposium April 2007 Presented paper The Origins of African American Spirituals SERVICE Advisory Committee American Composers Forum s NextNotes high school composition initiative SELECTED PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE Ghost Ensemble New Music Collective November 2012-present University of Memphis Contemporary Chamber Players September 2011 May 2012 University of Memphis Symphony Orchestra September 2010 May 2012 Wolf River Chamber Orchestra September May 2011 Luther College Concert Band January May 2010 The John Carroll Experience New Music Choir September May 2009 Luther College Symphony Orchestra September May 2008 PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) International Alliance for Women in Music (IAWM) Iowa Composers Forum

4 Sky S. Macklay 4 Major Compositional Works LARGE ENSEMBLE: 2012 Dissolving Bands for orchestra 2010 Mestiza for large jazz ensemble Buraban for wind ensemble or symphonic band His Virtue for SATB Choir 2009 Castle Zierath for orchestra Epitaph of Siekilos for trombone choir CHAMBER MUSIC WITH THEATER OR MULTIMEDIA: 2012 First Seven Word of Christ for piano four hands and two percussionists 2011 Analytical Paper of a 21 st Century Piece for Dr. Philip Herbert-Dorbert s Class for bassoon, cello, piano, and percussionist/actor 2011 Before There Was Backspace There Was No Going Back for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion, and amplified electric typewriter 2010 Choral Odes and Soundscapes from Antigone for female chorus and oboe, trumpet, violin, guitar, piano, and percussion Something Like This for female vocalist, contrabass flute, soprano recorder, trumpet, and piano Nosferatu collaborative film score for violin, trumpet, bassoon, percussion, and piano All the Latest Synthetic Music for saxophone quartet and video 2009 DIEchotomy for SATB soloists and chorus, piano/harpsichord, oboe/bassoon, and percussion 2008 A Life Well Spent for male and female soloists and mixed chorus, piano, and drums CHAMBER MUSIC: 2013 Air Spheres for woodwind quintet Zoom In for tenor saxophone, violin, cello, piano, and percussion El Burro: Alejandro for soprano, electric guitar, accordion, and 3 glockenspiels 2012 Doppelgänger II for two oboes and accordion Doppelgänger for two solo oboes and clarinet, bassoon, horn, piano, violin, and viola 2011 Missing Parts of Moonspots for violin, viola, cello, and percussion Hyperventilate for violin, horn, bass clarinet, and piano 2011 Bach s Spector for oboe and piano GB for clarinet and piano 2010 Piano Sonata Op. 15 No. 2 for oboe and bass clarinet Unfolding for string quartet 2009 Lake Dublin for clarinet, piano, and bowls of water 2008 The Yellow Wallpaper for soprano, trombone, piano, and viola SOLO WORKS: 2012 Scenes from a Tokyo Department Store for solo B-flat clarinet and accessories 2010 Scurvy Pete for oboe and fixed media Parade for alto saxophone Prelude to a Hospital Visit for electronics 2009 Listen for electronics

5 Sky S. Macklay 5 Selected Recent Performances Aug 2013 Bennington Chamber Music Conference, Air Spheres, Bennington, VT July 2013 The Walden School Concert Series: Dal Niente, Zoom In, Dublin, NH May 2013 Sweat Lodge: Heavy Sweating at Exapno, El Burro: Alejandro, New York, NY Nov 2012 The Walden School Alumni Composers Forum, Doppelgänger II, New York, NY Sept 2012 The Lexington Symphony 300 th Anniversary Concert, Dissolving Bands, Lexington, MA July 2012 The Walden School Concert Series: Yarn/Wire, First Seven Word of Christ, Dublin, NH June 2012 The Walden School Alumni Composers Forum, Choral Odes from Antigone, Dublin, NH Apr 2012 PRIZM Ensemble, Doppelgänger, Memphis, TN Dec 2011 New Sounds Concert, Scenes from a Tokyo Department Store, Memphis, TN July 2011 The Walden School Concert Series: Firebird Ensemble, Missing Parts of Moonspot, Dublin, NH June 2011 Creative Musicians Retreat Composers Forum: ICE, Analytical Paper of a 21 st Century Piece for Dr. Philip Herbert-Dorbert s Class, Northampton, MA May 2011 Iowa Composers Forum Spring Festival, Lake Dublin, Cedar Rapids, IA Apr 2011 Luna Nova, Hyperventilate, Memphis, TN Apr 2011 New Sounds Concert, Bach's Spector, Memphis, TN Mar 2011 Imagine Festival, Before There Was Backspace There Was No Going Back, Memphis, TN Feb 2011 University of Memphis Contemporary Chamber Players, Before There Was Backspace There Was No Going Back, Memphis, TN Nov 2010 New Sounds Concert, Piano Sonata Op. 15 No. 2, Memphis, TN July 2010 The Walden School Concert Series: Hexnut, Something Like This, Dublin, NH May 2010 Luther College Electro-Acoustic Music Recital, Scurvy Pete, Decorah, IA May 2010 Luther College Research Symposium, Mestiza, Decorah, IA Apr 2010 Nosferatu: Music for the Silent Film, Decorah, IA Apr 2010 Senior Composition Recital, multiple works, Decorah, IA Mar 2010 Music in the Shape of a Pear New Music Series, Prelude to a Hospital Visit, Decorah, IA Mar 2010 Antigone, Choral Odes and Incidental Soundscapes, Decorah, IA Feb 2010 Midwest Black History Month Conference, Mestiza, Decorah, IA Dec 2009 Luther College Composition Recital, Lake Dublin, Decorah, IA Sept 2009 Luther College Concert Band, Buraban, Decorah, IA Aug 2009 The Walden School Composers Forum, Lake Dublin, Dublin, NH Apr 2009 Luther College Composition Recital, All the Latest Synthetic Music, Decorah, IA