Anthony McGill | |
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 McGill performing at Lincoln Center in 2019 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | July 17, 1979 [1] Chicago, Illinois |
| Occupation(s) | principal clarinetist of the New York Philharmonic |
| Instrument(s) | clarinet |
| Website | anthonymcgill.com |
Anthony McGill (born July 17, 1979) is the principal clarinetist for the New York Philharmonic, after having served for a decade as principal clarinet of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra.
McGill is originally from Chicago, Illinois, growing up in the city's Chatham neighborhood. [2]
He attended the Interlochen Arts Academy, the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, and is an instructor at the Peabody Institute at Johns Hopkins University [3] and the Mannes College of Music. McGill is one of the few African American musicians to hold a principal position in a major orchestra. [4]
McGill was a recipient of the 2000 Avery Fisher Career Grant [5] and was the 2020 recipient of the Avery Fisher Prize, awarded to "solo instrumentalists who have demonstrated outstanding achievement and excellence in music". [6]
With Itzhak Perlman, Yo-Yo Ma, and Gabriela Montero, McGill recorded and performed John Williams's "Air and Simple Gifts", composed for the inauguration of President Barack Obama on January 20, 2009. [3] Although the music played was a recording made two days before because of concerns that the cold weather might damage the instruments, the quartet was actually playing at the same time as the recording. [7]
McGill's older brother, Demarre, is the principal flutist of the Seattle Symphony and previously held the same position with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, [8] the San Diego Symphony. [2] and The Florida Orchestra.
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