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This article is about the clarinetist. For the snooker player, see Anthony McGill (snooker player).

From left to right: Itzhak Perlman, Gabriela Montero, Yo-Yo Ma, and McGill performing Air and Simple Gifts at the 2009 inauguration of Barack Obama

Anthony McGill is the principal clarinetist for the Metropolitan Opera. McGill is originally from Chicago, Illinois, growing up in the city's Chatham neighborhood.^[1] He attended the Interlochen Arts Academy, the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and is an instructor at the Peabody Institute at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland^[2] and the Mannes College of Music in New York City. McGill is one of the few African American musicians to hold a principal position in a major orchestra.^[3]

Along with Itzhak Perlman (violin), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), and Gabriela Montero (piano), he recorded and performed "Air and Simple Gifts," composed by John Williams, for the inauguration of United States President Barack Obama on January 20, 2009.^[2]

McGill's older brother, Demarre, is the principal flautist with the San Diego Symphony^[1] and recently won the principal flute audition with the Seattle Symphony.

McGill is currently represented by Andrea Hoffman.

References

^ ^a ^b George, Jason (2009-01-20). "Clarinetist delivers the day's other breakthrough performance". Chicago Tribune. http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/lifestyle/chi-0120-clarinet-mcgilljan20,0,4008347.story/. Retrieved 2009-01-20. ^{[dead link]}
^ ^a ^b Peabody instructor part of Obama inauguration, Baltimore Sun, January 8, 2009
^ Tommasini, Anthony (2009-01-20). "A New Williams Work for a Momentous Occasion". The New York Times. http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/20/a-new-williams-work-for-a-momentous-occasion/. Retrieved 2009-01-20.

External links

official website
Anthony McGill biography at the Peabody Institute

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