BIOGRAPHY

Joseph Jay McIntyre, percussionist, composer, conductor, and teacher resides in the Washington D.C. area. He has appeared frequently as a percussionist and timpanist with the National Symphony Orchestra, the Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra, the National Gallery Orchestra, the Milbrook Symphony, and the Richmond Symphony. He is currently principal timpanist with the Maryland Symphony Orchestra. He has also toured extensively in the United states and Japan as a solo marimbist for Affiliate Artists. McIntyre has studied and performed traditional music of Japan, Korea, and Indonesia.

As a composer, his works, both secular and sacred, have been performed throughout the United States, Europe, and Japan. McIntyre's Missa Brevis for Chorus, Organ, and Percussion was premiered in 1997 by the Fairfax Choral Society. Subsequently, Missa Brevis, entirely rescored for full orchestra and chorus, received it's New York City premiere at Carnegie Hall in May, 2000 under the direction of Jonathan Willcocks. Regarding the Missa Brevis the Washington Post reported:

"He has managed to achieve balances that allow the musicians to cooperate rather than compete, and his vocal lines are as idiomatic as the percussion material."

His orchestral work, Salute!, commissioned by the Maryland Symphony Orchestra in dedication to former Music Director, Barry Tuckwell, was premiered under Mr. McIntyre's direction on March 21, 1998.

McIntyre's other orchestral works include Echoes of a Forgotten Dream, commissioned by the Maryland Classic Youth Orchestra, and his latest work, The Firth of Forth, which received it's premiere at the Strathmore Fine Arts Center in Rockville, Maryland in March, 2005 by the Maryland Classic Youth Orchestra. His published works include Rain Dance for Percussion Trio, written for One Earth Percussion Theatre, a percussion, multi media ensemble he founded along with Rich O'Meara and Mike Wingo.

His orchestral conducting credits include guest conducting the National Gallery Orchestra in January 2005, as well as the Millbrook Symphony and Maryland Symphony. Mr. McIntyre also conducts regularly for NHK (National Japanese Broadcasting) documentary soundtracks. He has also conducted his own choral works with the Fairfax Choral Society.

Mr. McIntyre is a graduate of the University of Maryland.