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Kevin March is an award-winning composer whose works have been performed in Australia, Canada, the US, and Europe by The Consort of Melbourne, Victorian Opera, Opéra de Montréal, Pacific Opera Victoria, Edmonton Opera, One Ounce Opera, PLEXUS, the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Victoria, Ironwood Ensemble, Halcyon, The Arcko Ensemble, the ASTRA Chamber Music Society, Chronology Arts, Brave New Works, the New York City Opera, and by individual artists such as Louise Devenish, Judith Dodsworth, Donna Colman, Cody Green, Katie Yap, Nicole Car, Etienne Dupuis, Stefan Cassomenos, and Sarah Curro.

In 2024 his work Electric Cathedral, for 6 a capella voices and digital environments, created with a grant from Creative Australia, was premiered at the Melbourne Fringe Festival by The Consort of Melbourne. It was described as, "… a magnificent collaborative work- a breathtaking performance of a brilliant composition!" It was a finalist in the 2025 APRA Art Music Awards, nominated for a 2024 Melbourne Fringe Festival Award for Best Music, and The Consort was nominated for a 2024 Green Room Award in the category of Outstanding Sound Work: Contemporary & Experimental.

In 2023 Kevin was awarded the prestigious UKARIA Residency for his theatrical work The Unknown Swimmer. It premiered at the fortyfive downstairs Chamber Music Festival in 2024 to a sold out audience. Attendees described as "Mesmerizing and brilliant!" and "[a] wonderful lifting experience with … heart-stopping poignancy…" The Unknown Swimmer was a finalist for the 2025 Paul Lowin Prize.

His fifth opera Echo & Narcissus won the Green Room Award for New Australian Opera at the 39th Annual Green Room Awards. Commissioned by Victorian Opera, it premiered in March 2021. The Sydney Morning Herald called it "...delicate and enigmatic and often ravishingly beautiful."

In 2018 he was commissioned by Australian soprano Nicole Car and her husband, Canadian baritone Etienne Dupuis to compose the duet Noche Oscura for Nicole's 2018 Australian tour (broadcast on ABC Classic FM).

His previous opera, Les Feluettes (Lilies), commissioned by Opéra du Montréal, premiered to sold-out audiences, standing ovations, and rave reviews. The opera was subsequently nominated for a coveted Opus Award. Since its premiere, Les Feluettes has also been produced by Pacific Opera Victoria and Edmonton Opera. To date, Les Feluettes has been seen by approximately 20,000 opera goers and has received more than a dozen glowing reviews. The Edmonton production was nominated for two Sterling Awards.

His most recent song cycle, Songs of Remembrance and Resistance, was premiered at One Ounce Opera's 2nd Ounce of Fresh Squeezed Art Song in November 2017 and was nominated for Outstanding Original Composition in the 2018 Austin Critics Table Awards. It was revived by One Ounce Opera in 2025.

Kevin's works have been included in The Port Fairy Spring Music Festival, The Melbourne Fringe Festival, the Metropolis New Music Festival and the Sydney Biennale. Awards include a 2022 Green Room Award for Echo & Narcissus, first prize in the 3MBS National Composer Awards for his orchestral work The Flowering and the Dorian La Gallienne Prize for Ophélie.

His music was featured in the ABC National documentary Modern Muses: The Greeks and New Music. The documentary showcased excerpts from his song-cycle Mythweaver. Numerous performances of his works have been broadcast on ABC and 3MBS radio. Ouvre-moi la Porte, commissioned for Neal Perez de Costa and Daniel Yeadon, was broadcast on ABC Classic FM's Sunday Live.

Kevin's compositions are available from Wirripang Publishing and the Australian Music Centre.

Sea-Blue Bird, composed for Halcyon's 15th-anniversary concert series "Kingfisher," has been recorded by Halcyon and is available on their CD Kingfisher: Songs for Halcyon.

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Kevin March — current to February 2026