Cindy McTee (b. 1953 in Tacoma, Wash.), holds degrees from Pacific Lutheran University (B.M. 1975), Yale School of Music (M.M. 1978), and University of Iowa (Ph.D. 1981). She also completed one year of study in Poland with Krzysztof Penderecki at the Academy of Music in Cracow (1974-75).
Ms. McTee taught at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Wash., from 1981-84, and subsequently joined the faculty of the University of North Texas, where she is Regents Professor of Music Composition.
Ms. McTee has received numerous awards for her music, most significantly a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Goddard Lieberson Fellowship (1992) and an Award in Music (2002) from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, a Fulbright Fellowship, and a Composers Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. She was also winner of the 2001 Louisville Orchestra Composition Competition, and in 2002 was selected to participate with the National Symphony Orchestra in "Music Alive", a residency program sponsored by Meet The Composer and the American Symphony Orchestra League.
McTee's compositions, which according to critic Charles Ward reflect a charging,
churning celebration of the musical and cultural energy of modern-day America,
have received performances by leading orchestras, bands, and chamber ensembles
in the United States, Japan, South America, and Europe.
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