Ian McNally

COMPOSER

ORCHESTRATOR

PRODUCER

COMPOSER

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ORCHESTRATOR

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PRODUCER

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COMPOSER ✦ ORCHESTRATOR ✦ PRODUCER ✦

My Work Highlights

Narrative Works

From melody driven themes to evolving pads, all pieces composed/recorded/mixed/mastered by me

SONGWRITING

For fun, for friends, for enrichment

Film

Easily accessible film score work
(with a smattering of sound design)

EDUCATION

Original scores and sound design for horizontal and vertical content

a bit about Ian

Ian McNally is a composer, orchestrator, performer, and producer based in Queens. Studying under David Fulmer and Shafer Mahoney, he has had pieces performed by The Talea Ensemble, Mazumal, Jay Campbell, and members of the International Contemporary Ensemble.

Most recently he has scored WE (Mark O’Donnell Theater), Unearthly Visitants (Triskelion Arts), The Machine Stops (Mark O’Donnell Theater), and Emilie (The Flea). His work centers around the atmospheres of places as told through the multitude of sounds an instrument offers.

Aside from his composing work, Ian has produced a number of Brooklyn and Queens based bands and performs around the city with bands Demeter and Moon Hound.

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Education

Master of Arts (M.A.), Music Composition, CUNY Hunter College, New York, NY 2017-2020

Composition with Shafer Mahoney and David Fulmer

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Music, CUNY Hunter College, New York, NY 2011-2016

  • Composition with Suzanne Farrin

  • Violin with Ruben Blundell and Patti Kilroy

  • Recipient of Agnes Duffy Prize for Excellence in Music

Select Compositions

THEATER

  • WE by Yevgeny Zamyatin — October 2024

  • Kevin Ray Works at Mark O’Donnell Theater

  • Emelie by Lauren Gunderson — April 2023

  • Duende Productions at The Flea

  • The Machine Stops by E.M. Forster — January 2023

  • Kevin Ray Works at Mark O’Donnell Theater

  • Unearthly Visitants by Edith Wharton — October 2021

  • Kevin Ray Works at Triskelion

SOLO/DUO

  • Ghost Isle (2021) 3’ - cello

  • Abandoned Home (2019) 5’ - violin

  • Three Birds Flew West (2018) 5’ - soprano saxophone

  • Gentle Rage (2018) 5’ - cello & mezzo-soprano

  • Softcore Banshee Becomes the Sky (2016) 4’ - ondes martenot


SMALL ENSEMBLE

  • Air, The Contents (2020) 8’ - pierrot ensemble

  • Fray, Scape (2019) 5’ - 2 sopranos, baritone, piano, electronics

  • The Colony (2017) 8’ - string quartet

Engineering & Editing

Huntsville Road Recording & Engineering 2018-Present

  • Demeter - The Body Moves Pt.1 & 2 (2023/24)

  • Moon Hound - Stop & Rearrange (2024)

  • Moon Hound - Wait for Nothing (2022)

  • My Son the Doctor - Dad Time (2021)

  • Moon Hound - Crescent (2021)

  • Demeter - The Year of Goodbye (2020)

  • My Son the Doctor - Taste Those Dreams EP (2020)

  • John Riser - The Child (2019)

  • Sullenflower - Short Hair (2019)

Software Proficiency

  • Sibelius - Music Notation Software

  • Pro Tools - Digital Audio Workstation

  • Microsoft Office Suite

  • Adobe Acrobat

Selected Performances

VIOLIN

  • Makes Sense (2022) Modern Diet — Paper Moon Records, Queens

  • Last Year (2020) Demeter — Huntsville Road Studios, Queens

  • Potion (2019) Sullenflower — Huntsville Road Studios, Queens

  • Lawrence (2015) Cicero & the Orations — Pancake Factory, Brooklyn

  • First (2014) Bill Heigen — Hunter College, Manhattan

VOICE

  • Bethany (2021) My Son the Doctor — Manchester, PA

  • Eustachia for 20 Voices (2016) Jacob Kirkegaard — Fridman Gallery, Manhattan

INSTRUCTION

  • Private Instructor — 2013-2023

  • Taught violin, guitar, music comprehension, aural skills, and composition, ages 8-26

  • Guitar Center, Queens — 2015-2018

  • Taught violin, guitar, bass, ukulele, piano, voice, and drums, ages 5-43

  • Bach2Rock, Mamaroneck — 2016-2017

  • Taught violin, guitar, bass, and songwriting, ages 6-15

  • Music Theory Tutor, Hunter College — 2013-2020

  • Provided music theory and aural skills academic augmentation, ages 18-25

IT ALL BEGINS WITH AN IDEA

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IT ALL BEGINS WITH AN IDEA ✦

I’d love to Hear from you!

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