- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 online resource (4 video files (1 hr., 55 min., 15 sec.)) : sound, color.
- Summary
- Clarinetist Anthony McGill was born on July 17, 1979 in Chicago, Illinois where he attended St. Thomas the Apostle School and Whitney M. Young Magnet High School. He took clarinet lessons at Merit School of Music, was a member of the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra, and attended Interlochen Arts Camp. In 2000, McGill received his B.M. degree from Philadelphia's Curtis Institute of Music. Before graduating, he was appointed to associate principal clarinetist of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. In 2004, he was appointed principal clarinetist of the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. He performed John Williams' Air and Simple Gifts with Yo-Yo Ma, Itzhak Perlman and Gabriela Montera at President Barack Obama's inauguration in 2009. Following a decade with the Metropolitan Opera, McGill was appointed principal clarinetist of the New York Philharmonic. McGill's appointment was the first time an African American musician had been appointed a principal in the organization's history.
- Alternative Title
- History Makers video oral history with Anthony McGill
- Anthony McGill
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Internet videos.
- Interviews.
- Nonfiction films.
- Oral histories.
- Credits (note)
- Videographer, Scott Stearns.
- OCLC
- 1000519446
- Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with Anthony McGill.
- Publisher
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
- Country of Producing Entity
United States naf
- Playing Time
015515
- Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
- Type of Medium
computer
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
video file
- Performer
Harriette Cole, interviewer.
- Credits
Videographer, Scott Stearns.
- Event
Recorded New York, New York 2016 December 2.
- Source of description
Vendor-supplied metadata.
- Connect to:
- Indexed Term
Clarinetist.
- Added Author
McGill, Anthony, interviewee.
Cole, Harriette, interviewer.
Stearns, Scott, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.