McGuire, Kristen Shiner
Biography
Born: 1958
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Studies: Eastman School of Music; University of Illinois (Bachelor of Music)
Teachers: Keiko Abe, John Beck, Thomas Siwe, Jim Petercsak, Keith Copeland and Jamey Haddad.
Website: https://kristenshinermcguire.com/
Kristen Shiner McGuire (b. 1958), Professor in Performance Practice, is the Coordinator of Percussion Studies and former Program Director for Music Business at Nazareth University School of Music, where she has taught since 1984. Her awards include Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society induction in 2023, the 2021 Nazareth University Distinction in Teaching Award, the 2016 Monroe County School Music Association Richard Snook Award for outstanding contributions to music education and the 1998 Nazareth College Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award. The Nazareth University Percussion Ensemble has performed at state at National conventions and in schools across New York State. Kristen’s performing talents run the gamut from jazz singer and drummer, jazz vibraphonist, solo marimbist, orchestral percussionist and timpanist, to contemporary chamber musician. She has been the Principal Percussionist of the Greater Rochester Women’s Philharmonic for 25 years. Kristen has performed with Ben Folds, The Irish Tenors, Johnnie Mathis, Mickey Rooney, the Pan Gaia Steel Band, the New Japan Philharmonic, Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, and for the travelling Broadway musical, The Temptations: Ain’t Too Proud to Beg. Her recordings include those with fivebyfive, the Maelstrom Percussion Ensemble , Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, Dave McGrath, Linda Foster, Jon Seiger and The All Stars, the Rochester Gay Men’s Chorus, the Pop Tarts, and on her own album, Kristen Sings and Plays and Rings. Kristen has performed at the Ocho Rios Jazz Festival in Jamaica, the New Orleans Jazz Festival, the Suncoast Jazz Festival, the Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival, the Percussive Arts Society International Convention, and several venues in St. Thomas.
Books for Percussion
Mallet Percussion Workout
Jazz Solos for Mallets
Works for Percussion
Mallets Solo Works
Baroque for Marimba
Juniper - Marimba
Colors of Earth and Sea - Marimba
The Wish
Mixolydia
Timpani Solo Works
Chamber Ensemble Works
Blue Lagoon - 2 Players
Celestial Welcome - 8 Players
Caboo - 4 Players
Please Pass The Beats! - 5 Players
Re-Action - 4 Players
Two by Two - 2 Players
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