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Anne McGinty is the most prolific woman composer in the field of concert band literature. Her many compositions and arrangements (over 150 titles), , extend from the elementary through the college level. More than 30 of these compositions were commissioned from bands in the United States. Ms. McGinty was also the first woman commissioned to write an original work for the United States Army Band. That composition, entitled "Hall Of Heroes," was premiered in March, 2000, with the composer conducting. She was also commissioned to write an original composition for the Bicentennial of the United States Military Academy at West Point. Entitled "To Keep Thine Honor Bright," .
She studied at The Ohio State University. 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, When she returned to college, she received her Bachelor of Music, summa cum laude, and Master of Music from Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania..She is a life member of the National Flute Association and served on its Board of Directors Quarterly."
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Commissioned composer for:
4th International Women's
Brass Conference
Normal, Illinois
2003
Motivations
was premiered by
the Athena Brass Band |
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As the flute editor at Hansen Publications in Miami Beach, Florida, she arranged
and produced the first flute choir series. She is a member of the American Society of
Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) and has received annual composition awards since
1986. She received the Golden Rose Award from the Women Band Directors National Association
and the Outstanding Service to Music Award from Tau Beta Sigma, a national honorary band
sorority.
Ms. McGinty and John Edmondson formed Queenwood Publications in
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1987 and were
responsible for the creation, production, promotion, and international sales and
distribution of Queenwood's catalog of concert band, jazz band and string orchestra music.
They sold their company to the Neil A. Kjos Music Company in March, 2002, and are writing
exclusively for them under the Queenwood/Kjos company name. Ms. McGinty is also active as a
guest conductor, clinician and speaker throughout the United States and Canada. her two
cats, Starz and Stripes.
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