Conductor, arranger, arts director
San Francisco Bay Area
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- Member of the General Assembly at Federation of Gay Games
- Conductor at Community Women's Orchestra
- Artistic Director and Conductor at Golden Gate Performing Arts
- Artistic Director & Conductor at San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus
- member at GALA Choruses Inc.
- Education
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- University of Colorado at Boulder
- University of Surrey
- Monash University
- Victorian College of the Arts
- University of Melbourne
- Mentone Girls' Grammar School
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Kathleen McGuire, D.M.A.’s Summary
Conductor specializing in larger forces, including orchestras, 200+ voice choirs, and opera. Also a published arranger and composer. Conducting experience includes almost 30 years, working in Australia, UK, and USA with professional, community, high school, and college organizations. Career highlights include conducting at Carnegie Hall, Kennedy Center, Sydney Opera House, and Soldier Field.
Kathleen McGuire, D.M.A.’s Specialties:
Strong diplomat able to bring together large, disparate groups of people who possess divergent views. Community leader and social justice advocate with a record of longevity. Additional skills include: producer (CD, DVD); public speaker (live audiences; radio and television); writer (media releases; monthly columns; grant applications); instrumentalist (bass & classical guitar; trumpet; clarinet; percussion); vocalist (soprano & alto)
Kathleen McGuire, D.M.A.’s Experience
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Member of the General Assembly
Federation of Gay Games
(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
2008 — Present (1 year )
I serve as a member of Cultural Committee as a representative of GALA Choruses. Previously, I directed the festival chorus at the Sydney Opera House at Gay Games, 2002, and the festival chorus at the opening ceremonies in Chicago at Gay Games, 2006.
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Conductor
Community Women's Orchestra
(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Entertainment industry)
August 2005 — Present (4 years 4 months)
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Artistic Director and Conductor
Golden Gate Performing Arts
(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Entertainment industry)
August 2000 — Present (9 years 4 months)
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Artistic Director & Conductor
San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus
(Entertainment industry)
2000 — Present (9 years )
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member
GALA Choruses Inc.
(Entertainment industry)
1997 — Present (12 years )
Served as a board member in 2003, and currently serve on the Association Services Committee. I also represent GALA Choruses as a member of the General Assembly on the Federation of Gay Games, serving on its Cultural Committee.
Kathleen McGuire, D.M.A.’s Education
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University of Colorado at Boulder
1996 — 2000
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University of Surrey
M.Mus. , Music - conducting , 1994 — 1996
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Monash University
Grad.Dip.Ed. , music education , 1991 — 1992
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Victorian College of the Arts
Grad.Dip.A. , Music - conducting , 1989 — 1990
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University of Melbourne
B.Mus. , music - composition , 1983 — 1987
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Mentone Girls' Grammar School
H.S.C. , 1977 — 1982
Additional Information
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Kathleen McGuire, D.M.A.’s Interests:
cooking, mountain biking, road biking, sailing, Scrabble, Scrabulous, snow skiing, Sudoku, surfing, travel
Kathleen McGuire, D.M.A.’s Groups:
ACDA, Chorus America, Community Women's Orchestra, Conductors Guild, GALA Choruses, Mentone Girls' Grammar School, San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus, Rotary International, San Francisco LGBT Pride, The Rainbow Chorus
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San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus
Kathleen McGuire, D.M.A.’s Honors:
Listed in: Who's Who in America, Who's Who of American Women, Who's Who in the World
San Francisco Bay Times, Influencial Person of 2006
Grand Marshal, San Francisco LGBT Pride Parade, 2006
Producer of Out Music award winning CD recordings, 2004 & 2005
Pi Kappa Lambda, National Music Honors, elected 2000
multiple academic awards and honors, University of Colorado at Boulder, 1996 - 2000
Rotary International Ambassadorial Fellow, 1994 -1995
Best Musical Director, Victorian Musical Theatre Guild Awards, 1991
multiple academic awards and honors, University of Melbourne 1983 - 1986
Dux of the School, Mentone Girls' Grammar School, 1982
