Guitarist and composer Kevin McCormick has studied and performed in Europe, Asia, and the United States. He holds a Diploma in Guitar Performance from the Indiana University School of Music where he studied classical guitar under the tutelage of Ernesto Bitetti, composition with Don Freund, and jazz with David Baker. He earned a degree in English from the University of Notre Dame with a concentration in poetry. Additional guitar studies were with Sergio Notaro at Centro Romano della Chitarra in Rome, Italy. His compositions range from solo and chamber guitar pieces to experimental rock and jazz works to a complete mass. From 1991 to 1995 he lived in Nagoya, Japan composing, performing, and studying the Japanese koto. Since 1994 he has taught guitar privately and at schools and universities. In 1999 he opened Mirabilis Studio for Guitar in Kerrville, Texas where he resides. He is currently Instructor of Guitar at Schreiner University.
McCormick’s recordings include original song cycles With the Coming of Evening (1993) and Squall (1999), and a collection of traditional guitar works Solo Guitar (2004) all on Mirabilis Records. His newest recording, Americas (2007), includes Latin American and original guitar works.
He has performed throughout the United States as a solo artist, as an accompanist, and with his own group, the Kevin McCormick Ensemble. He has been a guest lecturer at the Univeristy of Texas at Austin and has worked with Ava Pine, the Children’s Chorus of San Antonio, the Hill Country Youth Orchestra, the Canto! choir, the Master Singers and other fine soloists & ensembles. His awards include recognition from the Guitar Foundation of America and the Academy of American Poets.
Compositions include the award-winning “Desert Passage” for solo guitar and “Annunciation” for young voices and guitar commissioned for the 25th Anniversary of the Children's Chorus of San Antonio.
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