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 Sweden, Switzerland, France, Italy, Cuba, China, Spain, Ukraine, and Slovenia. Performances of his music in the United States include those at Carnegie Hall, Bass Performance 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, including one to open the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra’s 2019 – 2020 season. His recent choral commission Oculi in Astra was premiered by the Singing Girls of Texas in Stockholm, Sweden in 2024. He 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 Composition Contest for ‘Celestial Mechanics.’ Till’s music is published by Alliance Music Publications, ALRY Publications, C. Alan Publications, ECS Publishing, GIA Publications, Santa Barbara Music Publishing, Walton Music, and self-published by Muse Worthy Music. For further information about commissioning and scores, please visit tillmeyn.com.

• Orbitalism for the TCU Saxophone Octet, 2025
• Skallakan for two-part treble choir and piano, Santa Barbara Music Publishing, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA, 2024
• The Lily and the Rose for SATB Chorus, Marimba, Vibraphone, and two Percussionists, Walton Music, Chicago, Il, 2024
• Loch Lomond for SATB Chorus, Marimba, Vibraphone, and two Percussionists, Walton Music, Chicago, Il, 2024
• My Heart’s in the Highlands for SATB Chorus, Marimba, Vibraphone, and two Percussionists, Walton Music, Chicago, Il, 2024
• Tempus Fluxus for piano solo, 2024
• Säsongsrunda (SATB Choir) for the TCU Concert Chorale directed by Christopher Aspaas, 2024
• Tango Diamante for Spectrum Chamber Music Society string quintet, 2024
• Virtual Phases for electronics, 2023
• Oculi in astra for the Singing Girls of Texas, Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts, 2023
• Double Trouble for two horns, 2023
• On a Lark for the Painted Sky Ensemble, 2023
• Easter Day for SATB chorus, brass, timpani, and organ, 2023
• Imágenes de Miró for mixed quintet, 2022
• Souvenirs de Paris for Juliette Herlin and Michael Bukhman, 2022
• Sinfonia Notturna for the TCU Wind Symphony, 2022
• Euphoria for the TCU Symphony Orchestra Strings, 2021
• Canzoni di Fiori for two clarinets and string quartet, Victoria Luperi and Ivan Petruziello, 2021
• Invitation to Love for SSATTB choir (arranged for TCU Concert Chorale), 2020
• Ascendant Grooves for two pianos, Nicola Melville (to perform at Interlochen), 2020
• Invitation to Love for TTTBBB choir (written for The King’s Singers), 2020
• Dauntless Fanfare for the TCU brass quintet, 2020
• Balderdash for solo flute, 2020
• Remix for orchestra, Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, 2019
• Running the Gamut for alto saxophone, vibraphone, piano, and percussion, 2019

• Virtual Phases film, with original music Virtual Phases accepted for screening at the Capital City Film Festival, Lansing, MI, 2025
• Texas finalist for Souvenirs de Paris for cello and piano, ISCM World Music Days, Faroe Islands, 2023
• Out of 650 applicants, my composition Invitation to Love was selected to be performed at the Penn State New Music Festival and Symposium by the Penn State Concert Chorale, 2023
• Nomination for the TCU Clark Society Endowed Faculty Award, 2023
• Chosen to create and present video interview as guest composer at the International Clarinet Association New Music Weekend 2021 (virtual event)
• The King’s Singers Special Jury Commendation for Invitation to Love, 2020
• Finalist for Nordic Spirits, Newly Published Music Competition, National Flute Association, 2019
• The Lily and the Rose chosen as one of the Oklahoma Music Educator’s Association pieces for the 2018 All-State concert.
• Finalist for Big Kahuna, Newly Published Music Competition, National Flute Association, 2017
• Flute New Music Consortium Composer Spotlight, featured composer, Nov. 2017
• Areon Flutes International Composition Competition finalist, 2016
• Cliburn concert series: Music at the Modern featured composer, 2015
• Finalist for Urban Ragas, Newly Published Music Competition, National Flute Assoc., 2013
• First Prize, NACUSA Texas 2011 Composition Contest
• Honorable Mention, Boston Choral Ensemble 2011 National Commissioning Project

• 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)
• American Choral Directors Association
• Texas Music Educators Association

• Board Member, Spectrum Chamber Music Society, 2020 – present
• Director, Organizer, and Judge of Spectrum Chamber Music Society Composition Award, 2021 – present
• Advisory Committee member, Chamber Music Society of Fort Worth, 2023 – present
• Board Member, Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra (on the Education Committee), 2015 – 2023
•  John V. Roach Honors College Admissions Essay Reader, 2020 – present
• Boller Award judge, John V. Roach Honors College, 2024 and 2025
• Associate Marshal for TCU Commencements, Fall 2022
• Senator, Faculty Senate, Texas Christian University, 2008 – 2011 and 2017 – 2023
• Academic Excellence Committee, Texas Christian University, 2008 – 2011 and 2017 – 2023
• John V. Roach Honors College Curriculum Committee, 2021 – present
• Library Renovation Committee, Texas Christian University, 2021 – 2023
• Liaison between the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra and the School of Music, guest composer relations, 2019 – present
• School of Music Library Liaison, Texas Christian University, 2008 – present
• Concert Co-organizer, Student Composer Recital, Texas Christian University, 2008 – present
• College of Fine Arts School of Music Director Search Committee, Fall 2023 – Summer 2024
• School of Music Faculty Advisory Committee, 2021 – 2024
• School of Music, Music Education Search Committee, Texas Christian University, 2022 – 2023
• School of Music Cello Search Committee, Texas Christian University, 2021 – 2022