Joseph Jay McIntyre resides in the Washington D.C. area. As a composer, his works, both secular and sacred, have been performed throughout the United States, Europe, and Japan including world premieres at Carnegie Hall in New York and the Kennedy Center in Washington DC.

He appears frequently as a percussionist with the National Symphony Orchestra and is currently timpanist with the Maryland Symphony Orchestra.

McIntyre has also toured extensively in the United States and Japan as a solo marimbist. He has studied and performed traditional music of Japan, Korea, and Indonesia.