Anne McGinty

Anne McGinty (* 29. June 1945 in Findley , the US state of Ohio ) is an American composer , conductor and publisher .

Life

She studied at Ohio State University , Columbus with Donald McGinnis and flute , music theory with Bernard Goldberg and composition with Joseph Willcox Jenkins at Duquesne University , in Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania . At Duquesne University she also obtained a Bachelor of Music with the grade summa cum laude and a Master of Music . She is a member of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) and the National Flute Association (NFA). After graduating, she gained orchestral experience as a solo flutist with the Tucson Symphony Orchestra , the Tucson Pops Orchestra and the TSO Woodwind Quintet in the US state of Arizona . Very often she appeared as a soloist and was active as a workshop leader for her instrument. She has also worked as a flute teacher, giving flute lessons and giving lectures on chamber music for the mentally handicapped as well as for the Royal American Regiment Fife and Drum Corps . She also excelled as a writer in magazines, so u. a. as a columnist in The School Musician , the NFA newsletter and other magazines. For a while she was responsible for editions of music for woodwind instruments in a renowned publishing house, where she published works for flute ensemble for the first time.

She is married to the composer John Edmondson , with whom she has been self-publishing Queenwood Publications for brass music in Scottsdale since 1987 . In 2002 this publisher was sold to the Neil A. Kjos Music Company .

As a composer, of course, she also feels very attached to her instrument. Often in her oeuvre there is a work with solo flute or even a piece for flute ensemble. She was the first female composer to write a work for the United States Army Band in 2000 called Hall Of Heroes . She also wrote a work for the United States Military Academy in West Point called To Keep Thine Honor Bright .

Works

Works for wind orchestra

1979 Variations and Theme for flute and wind orchestra 1981 Encomium 1982 Three Greec Dances 1983 divertissement 1983 Hyberion Overture 1983 Passacaglia 1984 A Jubilant Tribute 1984/1985 A European Christmas 1984 Music for a Celebration 1984 Prometheus Overture 1984 Triumphal Overture 1985 Choral and Canon 1985 Clarinet Concertante 1985 Discovery Overture 1985 Monticello Overture 1985 Norwegian Folk Fantasy

1986 A Scottish Salute 1986 Amberwood Overture 1986 American Folk Festival 1986 Christmas collage 1986 Crown Point Celebration 1986 Sounding Success 1986 Syntonos 1986 testimony 1986 The Challenger 2005 Pinnacle Overture 2005 Riversong

Undated works

A symphonic celebration Actium Alden Bridge Overture All the Pretty Little Horses Allegheny Overture American Folk Trilogy American Rhapsody Amphion An Echo of the Infinite And the Heart replies Arlington Overture Armstrong's March A description of Colonel John Armstrong 's march in 1756 Asheville Overture Athenian Festival Atlantica Bandtasia Bumblebee Blues Castle Hill Overture Centennium Chant Fantastique Charter point Chatterbox Chorale Prelude Choros Circles of Stones Clouds Cyclorama Dances in the Wind Dark of the Moon Diamond Ridge March Diversions (An Overture) Echoes Emerald Point Overture English folk fantasy Falling branch Fanfare and Fugue Foxwood Overture genesis Green Mountain Rhapsody Greensleeves imagination Hieroglyphs (Scenes from the Nile) Hoosier Pride (Concert March)

Imperial Overture Kachina: Chant and Spirit Dance Kaleidos Kiva: Rituals and Ceremonies Legend of the Eagle Mohawk Trail Motivational neon On the Crest of the Wave Once to every man and nation Pell's Point Phoenix Overture Prelude & Dance Prelude to a Festival Queenwood Overture Rainbow Bridge Rhapsody for Solo-Clarinet and Concert Band Red Rock Canyon Sea Song Trilogy Shiperd's Dream in memoriam John Jay Shipherd Somerset Overture Song of the Flute Songs of Israel Spectrum Spirals Stonecrest Overture Suite Modale Allegro ritmico Flowing Allegro con brio Synchronism No. 1 The Red Balloon The Sun-God Ceremony Tientikos Tis a poison Triton West Wind Overture Windsor Overture