Composer anne mcginty biography
Composer anne mcginty biography
Anne mcginty.
Anne McGinty composer / arranger
date of birth: 29.06.1945
Anne McGinty is the most prolific woman composer in the field of concert band literature. Her many compositions and arrangements (over 150 titles), all of which have been published, extend from the elementary through the college level.
She and her husband, John Edmondson, are co-owners of Queenwood Publications and are responsible for the creation, production, promotion and international sales and distribution of Queenwood's catalog of concert band music.
Composer anne mcginty biography wikipedia
She began her higher education at The Ohio State University, where Donald McGinnis was her mentor, band director and flute teacher. She left OSU to pursue a career in flute performance, and played principal flute with the Tucson (Arizona) Symphony Orchestra, Tucson Pops Orchestra, and in the TSO Woodwind Quintet, which toured Arizona under the auspices of a government grant.
When she returned to college, she received her Bachelor of Music, summa cum laude, and a Mast