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Dr. Matthew Emery [b. 1991] C.V. pg. 1 Works List pg. 8 Performance List pg. 19 email [email protected] EDUCATION: 2017 - 2020 Doctor of Musical Arts in Music Composition, University of Toronto 2015-2017 Master of Music in Composition, University of Toronto 2010-2014 Bachelor of Music in Composition, University of British Columbia EMPLOYMENT: UNIVERSITY 2019-2020 Teaching Assistant: EMU330Y1 Choral Music Education, University of Toronto 2018-2020 Teaching Assistant: VPMA93H3F Listening to Music, University of Toronto 2018-2020 Teaching Assistant: TMU210Y1 Composition, University of Toronto 2017-2018 Teaching Assistant: TMU113 Intro to Composition II, University of Toronto 2015-2016 Teaching Assistant: TMU 314 Orchestration, University of Toronto CREATIVE 2019 Composer in Residence: Kingston Chamber Choir 2017-2018 Composer in Residence: Exultate Chamber Singers 2016-2018 Composer in Residence: That Choir 2015-2017 Composer in Residence: Central Bucks West Choir 2015- Present Composer in Residence: Oriana Women’s Choir 2014-2015 Composer in Residence: Amabile Choirs of London, Canada 2014-Present Private Teacher: Piano, Music Theory, History and Composition Page 1 of 39 GRANTS 2020 Canada Council for the Arts Micro Grant 2020 Ontario Arts Council Project Grant 2020 FACTOR Professional Development Grant 2019 SOCAN Professional Development Grant 2019 School of Cities Education Fund, University of Toronto 2019 School of Cities Outreach Fund, University of Toronto 2019 Toronto Arts Council Demo Recording Grant 2019 University of Toronto Travel Grant 2011 Canada Council Travel Grant SCHOLARSHIPS 2017 William and Phyllis Waters Graduating Award, University of Toronto 2015-2020 Graduate Fellowship, University of Toronto 2014 Dean’s Outstanding Leader, Faculty of Arts, University of British Columbia 2014 William F. Hobden Prize, University of British Columbia 2013 Ernest Wesley Cubitt Sharpe Memorial Scholarship, University of British Columbia 2012 Fenyo Prize in Music, University of British Columbia 2012 Pauline Legg Scholarship in Music, University of British Columbia 2012 Victoria Nagler Scholarship, University of British Columbia 2011 Ernest Wesley Cubitt Sharpe Memorial Scholarship, University of British Columbia 2011 Mildred Johnson Scholarship in Music, University of British Columbia 2011 John S. Chappell Scholarship, University of British Columbia AWARDS 2020 Windsor Symphony Community Orchestra Composition Contest, Second Prize 2020 Etobicoke Philharmonic Orchestra Composition Prize 2016 CBC’s ‘Top 30 Under 30’ classical musician 2016 Lloyd Carr-Harris Composer Competition, Winner 2015 Brazos Valley Composition Competition, Winner 2015 Amadeus Choir Seasonal Songwriting Competition, Winner 2014 DaCapo Chamber Choir NewWorks Competition, Winner 2014 Warren Country Summer Music Composition Competition, Second Place 2014 Choral Canada Diane Loomer Award in Composition 2015 American Choral Directors Association Raymond W. Brock Prize in Composition 2014 Chorus Austin Choral Composition Competition, Third Place 2014 Atlantic Voices Choir Composition Competition, Second Place 2013 Phoenix Chamber Choir Composition Prize 2013 UBC Composition Prize 2012 Conservatory Canada Creative Composer Competition, Winner 2012 Nova Scotia Choral Federation Composition Prize 2012 UBC Composition Prize 2011 Vancouver Chamber Choir Young Composers’ Award, Winner 2011 Amadeus Choir Seasonal Songwriting Competition, Winner Page 2 of 39 PUBLICATION LIST: Alfred Music: Peace My Heart (2015) Alliance Music: I Arise Today (2016), Still Colors(Velvet Shoes) (2015), Ferry Me Across the Water (2014), Come To Me (2013), Speak To Me My Love (2013) Boosey & Hawkes: The Crane Is My Neighbour (2019), Infinite Beatitude (2018), O Why Do You Turn To The Wild Sky (2017), O Keep the World Forever At the Dawn (2017), If I Can Stop One Heart from Breaking (2016), Let Your Voice Be Heard (2016), A Boy Is Born (2016), Night On A Starry Hill (2016), Sweetest Love (2015) Cypress Choral: Nuit D’été (2020), In This Wide World (2019), Where Healing Waters Flow (2017), A Kind Heart (2017), Sleep Now (2016), Born like the Pines (2015), The Song My Paddle Sings (2014), The Lover’s Chant (2014) Dorn Publications: Walk Safely Over Soft Places (2014), Paths of Quiet Light (2014) E.C. Schirmer: Lead Us Home (2019), Love from Two Pickthall Songs (2018), In Whom All Things from Two Pickthall Songs (2018), You Have Made Me Earth (2017), Friend Pass Softly (2015) G.I.A. Publications: The Star of Love (2015), Lie Still and Slumber (2014), In The Holy Nativity of Our Lord (2012) G. Schirmer: Lullaby (2014), Love Will We Stay (2014), Unto Young Eternity (2014) Mark Foster Music: Lullaby (2020), Along the Western Railroad (2018) Pavane Publishing: Turn, Turn (2021), Three French Folk Songs (2018), Sing Your Song (2016), Remember’d Songs Most Dear (2016), Missa Brevis Boreal (2015), Longing (2014), When the Sun Comes After Rain (2013) Plangere Editions: Three Poems (2019), Unanswered Letters (2019), Tomorrow I’ll Be Tomorrow (2019), Buildings (2019), Resurgam (2019), Earth’s Tall Trees (2016), I Lift Mine Eyes (2015), O For the Spirit of the Dove (2015), Three Songs (2014), Love Songs (2014) Santa Barbara Music: Honeyed Hearts (2018) , I Am the Still Rain Falling (2014), O My Love, I Am Thy Grass O Lord (2014), Good-Night (2014) Sulasol: A Pickthall Triptych (2014) NOTABLE PERFORMANCE ENSEMBLES Amabile Choirs, Art of Time Ensemble, Bach Music Festival of Canada, British Columbia Youth Choir, Canadian Chamber Choir, DaCapo Chamber Choir, Elmer Iseler Singers, Erin Wall, European Union Youth Orchestra, Julia Nolan, Leslie Fagan, London Symphonia, musica intima, National Youth Choir of Canada, National Youth Orchestra of Canada, Nova Scotia Youth Choir, Ontario Youth Choir, Oregon Bach Festival Choir, Pro Coro Canada, Rena Sharon, Roltson Quartet, Simone Osborne, Summerville Orchestra, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Vancouver Chamber Choir, Winnipeg Symphony Page 3 of 39 COMMISSION LIST: 2021 Chronos Vocal Ensemble 2020 Chris Lee (National Flute Association), Chorus Niagara, Chronos Vocal Ensemble, Odin String Quartet 2019 Interro Quartet, Atlantic Girls Choir, Jackie Short, Oakville Children’s Choir, Oriana Women’s Choir, Amabile Choirs of London, Bishop Watterson High School, Kingston Chamber Choir, Bach Elgar Choir (Hamilton), Grand River Chorus (Brantford), Georgetown Bach Chorale 2018 National Youth Orchestra of Canada, Oriana Women’s Choir, Singing Out Choir, la Chorale du Centre d’excellence artistique de l'Ontario 2017 Central Bucks West Choir, That Choir, Amabile Choirs of London, Thames Valley District School Board, Toronto Winds, Exultate Chamber Singers, Harmonia Choir of Ottawa, Woodstock-Fanshawe Singers, Oriana Women’s Choir 2016 Avon Lake High School, That Choir, Bach Music Festival of Canada Orchestra, Johnson State College, Calgary Men’s Chorus, Willoughby High School 2015 Cantabile Choirs of Kingston, Pax Christie Chorale, Redeemer Lutheran Church, St. Thomas More High School, University of Saskatchewan, Central Bucks West, South and East High Schools 2014 Alexandra Smither, Vancouver Chamber Choir, Orchestra London, Amabile Choirs, Ontario Music Educators Association, Erato Chamber Ensemble, Canadian Men’s Choir, Seycove High School, University of British Columbia, Rena Sharon 2013 Seycove High School, Julia Nolan, Vancouver Peace Choir 2012 Zing! Children’s Choir, Vancouver Chamber Choir, University of Western Ontario, Woodstock-Fanshawe Singers 2011 H.B. Beal High School Page 4 of 39 SELECTED WORKSHOPS AND PRESENTATIONS: [Presenter or Composer/Conductor] 2020 Grant MacEwan University Guest Lecture: Choral Composition 2020 American Choral Directors Association, Wisconsin State: lecture on my compositions 2020 Choral Canada: Panel speaker for Composition during COVID pandemic 2020 Oakville Children’s Choir: lecture on Canadian Choral Composition, workshop on my music 2020 Grand Philharmonic Youth Choir: lecture on songwriting and living as a composer 2020 Western University: lecture on my choral music, masterclass with choral department 2020 Babel Choir and Canadian Music Centre: mentor composer, choral mentorship program 2020 Earl Haig Secondary School: choral mentorship program 2020 Winnipeg New Music Festival Composer Institute 2020 Podium Conference, Montreal: presentation on my music for TTBB choir 2020 Watterson Bishop High School, Columbus Ohio: Workshop on my music and world premiere 2019 Toronto Symphony Orchestra: Explore the Score 2019 University of Toronto: masterclass with voice students on my art song (Monica Whicher) 2019 McMaster University: guest lecture and workshop on my choral music 2018 International Federation of Choral Music, seminar on my music (virtual attendance) Barcelona, Spain 2018 Voca Chorus of Toronto: choral workshop on my music 2018 Oriana Women’s Choir: choral workshop on my music 2018 University of Toronto: masterclass with voice students on my art song (Monica Whicher) 2018 National Youth Orchestra of Canada: presentation on my music and workshop 2018 University of Toronto: guest lecture on music publishing, composition department 2018 Lehman H.S., Ohio USA: workshop and all Emery festival of my choral music 2017 Young Voices Toronto: workshop on my music and composing, mentor student compositions 2017 That Choir: led national composition development and mentorship program 2017 Central Bucks West Choir, Doylestown USA: workshop on my music and new students work mentorship 2017 Thames Valley District School Board: Choral