Till MacIvor Meyn

Till MacIvor Meyn is Professor of Theory and Composition at Texas Christian University. He earned degrees from U.C. San Diego, Indiana University, and USC’s Thornton School of Music. Till’s music has had international performances in Switzerland, France, Italy, Cuba, China, Spain, Ukraine, and Slovenia. Performances of his music in the United States include those at Carnegie Hall, Clarinet Fest, the Biennial Saxophone Congress, The Florida State University Festival of New Music, the Society for Composers, Inc. National and Regional Conventions, National Flute Association Conventions, the College Music Society National Convention, at the Manhattan School of Music, and at the Intercollegiate Men’s Choruses National Seminar at Harvard, among others. Till is often commissioned to compose new works, most recently for the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, The Woodlands Chorale, and various chamber ensembles and professional soloists. He was a finalist in the Areon Flutes Commissioning Project, has been a featured composer at the Cliburn at the Modern series, a finalist in the NFA Newly Published Music Competition for ‘Urban Ragas,’ and earned first prize in the NACUSA Texas 2011 Composition Contest for ‘Celestial Mechanics.’ Till’s music is published by Muse Worthy Music, Alliance Music Publications, GIA Publications, ECS Publishing, C. Alan Publications, and ALRY Publications. He is a member of the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra Board since 2015. For further information about Till’s music, please visit tillmeyn.squarespace.com.

Recent Projects and Commissions: ‘Three Fables’ for the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra

‘Nordic Spirits’ for the National Flute Association Professional Flute Choir

‘You Never Know’: original musical theatre production

‘Christmas Together’ for the Fort Worth Children’s Honor Choir ‘Star Spangled Banner’ arrangement for the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra

‘Star Spangled Banner’ arrangement for the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra

‘Far Rockaway Night till Morning’ for the FWAFA Academy Choir, 2017

‘Atem’ for electronics, collaboration with Suki John and DanceTCU, 2017

‘Chronokinetic’ for the TCU Trombone Choir with Rebecca Cherian, 2017

Broadcast Music, Inc.

Society of Composers, Inc.

National Association of Composers, Inc.

Society for Music Theory

Sigma Alpha Iota National Music Honors Society (National Arts Associate)

Board Member, Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, 2015 – present

Judge, Fort Worth Music Teachers Association, Original Music Contest, Steinway Hall, Fort Worth, TX 2016

Guest Lecturer: Making Notes: St. Stephen Presbyterian Church, Fort Worth, TX, 2016

Guest Lecturer: Between the Notes, St. Stephen Presbyterian Church, Fort Worth, TX, 2015

Guest Lecturer: Between the Notes, Faculty Favorite Lecture Series, TCU, 2014