About the artist

August Murphy-King is a young composer living in his native Toronto. Murphy-King's works have been presented by the TorQ Percussion Quartet, pianist Yuval Fichman, the Madawaska String Quartet, as well as The Thin Edge New Music Collective. Current work includes a new piece for a reading session by the Ensemble Contemporain de Montreal, a piece for the Spectrum Collective, as well as two scenes for a staging of Antigone as part of the University of Toronto’s Student Opera Project.

In addition to his bustling composition and performance schedule, August is an active educator. He has worked extensively with the ACNMP's Composing in the Classroom project, assisting acclaimed composers such as Andrew Staniland, Brian Current, the Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra, and the Esprit Orchestra.