[Demarre McGill]
Biography
Winner of a 2003 Avery Fisher Career Grant, flutist Demarre McGill has performed concerti with the Chicago Symphony, PhiladelphiaOrchestra, Pittsburgh Symphony, San Diego Symphony, Baltimore Symphony and Milwaukee Symphony, among others. An active chamber musician, Mr. McGill is a member of the Jacksonville, Florida based Ritz Chamber Players and has been a member of Chamber Music Society Two, the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s program for emerging young artists. He has been featured on a PBS Live From Lincoln Center broadcast with the Chamber Music Society performing Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 as well as on an Angel Records CD playing Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 with pianist Awadagin Pratt and the St.Lawrence String Quartet. Mr. McGill has participated in the Music from AngelFire, Santa Fe, Kingston, Cape Cod, Music@Menlo, Bay Chamber Concerts, MainlyMozart, La Jolla and Marlboro music festivals. He has also performed on the Ravinia Festival’s “Rising Star” series, the A&E Network Series The Gifted Ones, and was special guest on the Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood television program.
Winner of a 2003 Avery Fisher Career Grant, flutist Demarre McGill has performed concerti with the Chicago Symphony, PhiladelphiaOrchestra, Pittsburgh Symphony, San Diego Symphony, Baltimore Symphony and Milwaukee Symphony, among others. An active chamber musician, Mr. McGill is a member of the Jacksonville, Florida based Ritz Chamber Players and has been a member of Chamber Music Society Two, the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s program for emerging young artists. He has been featured on a PBS Live From Lincoln Center broadcast with the Chamber Music Society performing Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 as well as on an Angel Records CD playing Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 with pianist Awadagin Pratt and the St.Lawrence String Quartet. Mr. McGill has participated in the Music from AngelFire, Santa Fe, Kingston, Cape Cod, Music@Menlo, Bay Chamber Concerts, MainlyMozart, La Jolla and Marlboro music festivals. He has also performed on the Ravinia Festival’s “Rising Star” series, the A&E Network Series The Gifted Ones, and was special guest on the Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood television program.
Currently
principal flutist of the San Diego Symphony, Mr. McGill has held the
same position with The Florida Orchestra and the Santa Fe Opera
Orchestra. He also served as acting principal flutist of the
PittsburghSymphony during the 2005-06 season.
In
addition to his performance schedule, Mr. McGill is the co-founder and
Artistic Director of Art of Élan, a chamber music organization in San
Diego that aims to expose new audiences to classical music.
Mr.
McGill received his Bachelor’s Degree in Flute Performance from The
Curtis Institute of Music where he studied with Julius Baker and Jeffrey
Khaner. He continued his studies with Mr. Baker at the Juilliard School,
where he received a Masters of Music degree.
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