Composer
Biography
Currently studying at the well reknowned Australian Film Television Radio School (AFTRS), Me-Lee Hay is an Australian composer with a special interest in composing for music in film and dance.
Me-Lee was additional composer to Penelope, a foreign feature film (Australian and Croatian produced) , re-working and adding to the original score by Max Richter (Shutter Island). Penelope was premiered at the international One Take Film Festival in Croatia 2009 and was the closing film for the 2010 Australian Film Festival, curated by Peter Castaldi.
"Mozaika" is Me-Lee's experimental contempoary pop musical project. It has a distinctive sound of where classical meets electronica with strong dramatic elements. Her debut album release was in 2008 with Mozaika's first full length album of which she engineered and produced and is available through mainstream outlets such as iTunes. She toured UK and Europe in 2008 upon release of the album. She plays the piano, cello and sings and engineers and producers all her material for film/dance compositions.
Me-Lee won the Best Composer Award twice in a row (2008 and 2009) at Sydney Film Schools short film festival. She has been commissioned to write music for dance performances by Ela Ray-Markstein at Short Sweet Dance Festivals 2009 and 2010, which were performed at Seymour Centre and NIDA respectively.
Feature Film: Australian and Croatian produced
Director Ben Ferris
Original Music Composed by Max Richter (Shutter Island)
Adapted Music/Additional Composer by Me-Lee Hay
http://www.penelopa.com.au/en/
TED is a US based not-for-profit enterprise devoted to the propogation of Ideas Worth Spreading. TED started out in 1984 as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment & Design. Since then its scope has become ever broader.
TEDxSydney at CarriageWorks on Saturday 22 May 2010 had a selectrion of Australia's leading visionaries and storytellers showcasing their Ideas Worth Spreading LIVE to a group of thinkers ... as well as ONLINE to the world at large.
http://tedxsydney.com/
Dance Film: Director Karen Crespo
Original Music by Me-Lee Hay
The liminal state is characterized by ambiguity, openness, and indeterminacy. One's sense of identity dissolves to some extent, bringing about disorientation. ...
Screened at the ReelDance Festival for Dance on Screen Sydney, Carriageworks 2010
Me-Lee won Best Composer atSydney Film School's 2009 festival night for music of this film Wish by French director Phillipe Roch.
A mixture of swelling orchestral strings and ambient electronica, this scene shows the day dreaming of the protaginist living out her fantasy with a lover she can never have.
July 2009 was the focus month for a NSW CERAMICS FESTIVAL in regional NSW and Sydney. The Australian Ceramics Triennale organising committee invited art galleries and institutions to participate in this event by presenting exhibitions and collections during the month of July 2009.
A four day conference, operating under the umbrella of AUSTRALIAN CERAMICS TRIENNALE 09, represented academic and social aspects of the festival with keynote addresses, panel discussions, trade fair and exhibition opportunities. Workshops and demonstrations to explore the ceramic medium were held during the event.
This documentary were the hi-lite exhibitions/wrokshops of the month. This is an excerpt.
http://australianceramicstriennale.com
Quest for Entanglement: Instrumental dark/classical/electro style from Me-Lee's musical contemporary project "Mozaika"
Dream Sequence: a classical-electro romantically dramatic cue with heavy emphasis on strings. (From the short film "Wish")
Corporate Sting TedX: full orchestra "corporate" feel with electronic wisps to match the 3D sci-fi animation. Screened at TedX Convention 2010 (Carriageworks Sydney)
Blocks: from "The Australian Trienalle Ceramics Documentary 2010" Produced by The National Arts School. A quirky rhythmic piece
Shades of Desire: solo piano and cello. Wistful in nature. Soundtrack for the dance film of the same title
Liminal: Dance film. Dark in nature featuring cello and cello effects/articulations
Capsule: Dance Performance with video art at Seymour Centre 2009. featuring meandering rich dreamy piano
Me-Lee Hay
mobile: (+61) 412 359 371
me-lee_mozaika.mu
myspace for Mozaika:
www.myspace.com/mozaika
Imagine being physically immersed in a cauldron filled with Bjork electronica beats and textures, angelic vocals of Portishead and then throw in the visual feast of Graham Murphy contemporary style dance and Jackson Pollack style art. These are some of the inspirations from which Me-Lee, the brain child behind Mozaika, draws on to create not only music but a multi-sense experience for the auditory, visual and proporioceptive systems of the human mind.
Mozaika is Me-Lee's contemporary live music project thats aims to collaborate with not only musicians but with visual artists, film makers, photographers, dancers, sound scape artists in fact anyone who is willing to cross and interchange the boundaries of multi-media and genre.
Primarily the music is an original blend of Alternative, Electronica and Classical music sometime experimental, always original.
Line up includes a core of classical piano, synths, electronica loops and Me-Lee's vocals and she can be accompanied by acoustic and electronic stringed intruments, electronic drummer and even giant sized projections of film, photos and paintings.
Primary collaborators include violinist and artist Rachelle Wildmare, abstract photographer Rae Stanton, and dancer / film maker Karen Crespo.
Mozaika's first single album was completed in 2008 and Me-Lee played solo on tour in UK and Europe in September to promote the new album.
Feature Film
Penelope - director Ben Ferris (2009)
Corporate/Commercial
TedX Sydney Convention, Carriageworks (2010)
www.Reachout.com (2010)
Short Films
Brooklyn: Director Richard Armstrong (2010)
Crossing The Line: director Luk Varasin (2010)
Oh The Places Youll Go : director Ben Claremont (2009)
Wish : director Phillipe Roch (2009)
Dance Productions
Recess:00 - Performed _ NiDA (2010) Short and Sweet Dance Festival (Choreographer Ela Ray-Markstein)
Capsule - Performed _ Seymour Centre (2009) Short and Sweet Dance Festival (Choreographer: Ela Ray-Markstein)
Documentary
The Australian Trienalle Ceramics exhibition 2009 (produced 2010)
Not on Track director Nick Danger (2009)
Dance Films
Liminal (2010) director Karen Crespo
Shades of Desire (2008) director Karen Crespo
Music related
Artist: Mozaika
Album Release: self titled (Ingot Rock) 2008
UK/Europe tour 2008
www.mozaika.mu
Me-Lee's Mosaic - EP release (MGM) 2005
Me-Lee - EP release (Independent) 2000
Artist: Grande Bizarre Album: self titled (Phatmud Productions)
Style: hard rock
Role: Strings arrangements and Synth additions\
www.myspace.com/grandbizarre
2007
Artist: Vamp - corporate performance based classical pop group
Style: Classical Pop
Role: composer and cellist
Notable performances: Star City Casino, Malaysia Guiness Promotions
www.vampstrings.com.au
Artist: Claude Hay Album: Kiss The Sky (Independent)
Style: blues and roots
Role: Cellist and strings composer
www.claudehay.com.au
Latest News
Me-Lee's contemporary pop act "Mozaika" joins USA record lableIngot Rock.The self title album is planned for re-release internationally through them in Feb 2011
May 2010 Liminal get screened at the international ReelDance Festival for Dance on Screen (Carriageworks, Sydney) as part of the Out of the Hat Sessions
