Cindy McTee

Cindy McTee (born February 20, 1953) is an American composer and educator.

Early life and education

McTee was born in Tacoma, Washington. She studied at Pacific Lutheran University, the Academy of Music in Kraków, Yale University, and the University of Iowa. Her teachers included Krzysztof Penderecki, Bruce MacCombie, and Jacob Druckman.

Teaching experience

McTee taught at Pacific Lutheran University for three years before joining the faculty of the University of North Texas College of Music in 1984, where she received a promotion to Full Professor in 1995 and to Regents Professor in 2000. In 2009, she was designated a Fellow in UNT's Institute for the Advancement of the Arts.[1] She also participated in leadership roles at UNT, most notably as Chair of the Division of Composition Studies for a total of five years ending in 2000. In 2010, she retired from the University of North Texas as Regents Professor Emeritus.

Major awards

McTee has received two awards[2] from the American Academy of Arts and Letters (1992) (2002), a fellowship[3][4] from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (2001), a Fulbright Fellowship (1990), and a composer fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts (1994). She won the Louisville Orchestra Composition Competition (2001) and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra's third annual Elaine Lebenbom Memorial Award[5][6] (2009). She also received a Music Alive Award[7] from Meet the Composer (2002) and a BMI (Broadcast Music Incorporated) Student Composers Award (1977).

Personal life

McTee married the conductor Leonard Slatkin on 20 November 2011.[8]

Performances

Major works

References

  1. Denton Record Chronicle - Score Subject: Composer Knows Value of Time
  2. American Academy of Arts and Letters - Award Winners
  3. John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship Search
  4. List of Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 2001 List of Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 2001
  5. Elaine Lebenbom Annual Memorial Award Winners
  6. Dallas Observer - UNT Professor Earns Top Composition Honor
  7. Meet The Composer Music Alive Awards
  8. Mark Stryker (2011-11-18). "Leonard Slatkin's DSO deal extended through the 2015-16 season". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved 2011-11-21.
  9. League of American Orchestras Premieres List 2005-06
  10. Composers Performed by the American Composers Orchestra
  11. Review: New York Times
  12. League of American Orchestras Premieres List 2004-05
  13. League of American Orchestras Premieres List 2009-10
  14. League of American Orchestras Premieres List 2007-08
  15. Article: Houston Chronicle
  16. Interview with Christopher Tucker of the Lone Star Wind Orchestra
  17. Review: Los Angeles Times
  18. Review: New York Times
  19. League of American Orchestras Premieres List 2002-03
  20. Review: Seattle Times
  21. Review: Dallas Morning News
  22. Yale Concert Band List of Performances

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