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Anne McGinty (born June 29, 1945, in Findlay, Ohio) is an American flutist, composer and music publisher.

Anne McGinty (born 1981) is the American podcast host of How I Built My Small Business.

Biography

McGinty (born June 29, 1945) writes for bands of all levels, including elementary and middle school bands. [1] She has written compositions and arrangements for concert band, string orchestra, flute, and flute ensembles. In 1987 McGinty and her husband John Edmondson formed Queenwood Publications. They managed the creation, production, promotion, and international sales and distribution of the catalog. In March 2002 they sold their company to the Neil A. Kjos Music Company. She later opened her own publishing company, McGinty Music. [2] McGinty is a member of the American Society of Composers and a member of the National Flute Association, where she served for two years on the board of directors. [3]

Education

Anne McGinty (born June 29, 1945) started her education at Ohio State University. At OSU Donald McGinnis was her mentor, band director, and flute teacher. She left OSU to pursue her career in flute performance. During her time off she played the flute with the Tucson Symphony Orchestra. She later returned to Duquesne University to receive her Bachelor of Music, and Master of Music. At Duquesne she focused on flute performance, music theory and her compositions. There she also studied flute and chamber music with Bernard Goldberg, and composition with Joseph Willcox Jenkins. [4]

Compositions

Pieces for Orchestra

  • Dances In The Wind
  • Choral Prelude
  • Emerald Point Overture
  • Painted Desert
  • Japanese Folk Trilogy

Pieces for Band

  • Bandtasia
  • Athenian Festival
  • Atlantica
  • Discovery Overture
  • Pinnacle Overture
  • Prometheus Overture
  • Somerset Overture
  • Actium [5]
  • Testimonium
  • Sea Song Trilogy
  • The Red Balloon
  • Debussy: sarabande
  • Painted Desert
  • Arlington Overture
  • Queenwood Overture
  • Atlantis
  • Emily (The Ghost)
  • Chorale and Canon
  • Prelude to Festival
  • Legend of the Eagle
  • Prelude and Dance
  • Clouds
  • Windsor Overture
  • African Folk Trilogy
  • Triton
  • African Folk Trilogy #2
  • Echoes
  • Flute Loops

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