Edward McGuire (composer)

This article is about the composer. For others, see Edward McGuire (disambiguation).

Edward ("Eddie") McGuire (born 1948 in Glasgow) is a Scottish composer whose work ranges from compositions for solo instruments and voice to large-scale orchestral and operatic works. McGuire studied composition with James Iliff at the Royal Academy of Music in London from 1966 to 1970 and then with Ingvar Lidholm in Stockholm in 1971.

Career

As a student at the Royal Academy of Music McGuire won the Hecht Prize (1968) and the National Young Composers Competition (held in Liverpool University in 1969).[1] A competition organised by the Society for the Promotion of New Music to find a modern test piece for the 1978 Carl Flesch International Violin Competition was won by McGuire with a solo violin piece, Rant.[2] This piece was recently performed for a 65th birthday concert for Maguire organised by the BBC Scottish Symphony Club[3] which was followed by another concert at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.[4] Another early success was when String Quartet was selected for the 40th anniversary Barbican Gala of the SPNM in 1983. McGuire's opera Cullercoats Tom,[5] with a libretto by Michael Wilcox was premiered by Northern Sinfonia and Northern Stage in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1993. McGuire received a British Composers' Award in 2003.[6] In 2004 he received a Creative Scotland Award[7] which allowed him to create the work Defying Fate. He was commissioned to produce the finale for the 2006 St Magnus Festival, Ring of Strings.[8][9] Calgacus, first recorded in 1997 by BBCSSO at the London Proms was performed again by the same orchestra for 2014 Celtic Connections.[10]

McGuire plays the flute in the folk group the Whistlebinkies.[11] In January 2006 he travelled to Hong Kong with the group to play a concert ("Scotland the Brave") with the Hong Kong Chamber Orchestra.

A CD of his music, Eddie McGuire: Music for Flute, Guitar and Piano,[12] on the Delphian Record label was 'Editor's Choice' in Gramophone magazine in 2006. More recently Delphian Records recorded Entangled Fortunes[13] with the Red Note Ensemble and once again featured in Gramophone's 'Editor's Choice'[14]

Selected compositions

Selected Recordings

External links

References

  1. ↑ "Edward McGuire". Cadenza Music. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
  2. ↑ Carder, Richard. "McGuire's Minstrelsy" (PDF). Basbwe. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
  3. ↑ "Eddie McGuire - Solos and Duos". The Sampler. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
  4. ↑ "Fiddling of Anither Kind". A Scottish Musical Miscellany. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
  5. ↑ Griffiths, Bill. "Northern Sinfonia: a Magic of its own". Google books. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  6. ↑ "British Composer Awards shortlist 2003". British Composer Awards. Retrieved 6 March 2003.
  7. ↑ "Creative Scotland Awards judging panel announced". Scottish Arts Council. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  8. ↑ Bruce, Keith. "Review: St Magnus Festival, Orkney". The Herald. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  9. ↑ Peebles, Alastair. "ST MAGNUS FESTIVAL 2006". Northings. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
  10. ↑ "Scotland's Music Live at City Halls". BBC. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
  11. ↑ "‘Binks at Celtic Connections with the Musician’s Union". the Whistlebinkies. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
  12. ↑ "Eddie McGuire: Music for flute, guitar and piano". Delphian Records. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
  13. ↑ Molleson, Kate. "Eddie McGuire: Entangled Fortunes review – heartfelt and tuneful". the Guardian. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  14. ↑ "Gramophone Editor’s Choice August 2015". mmmusic. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
  15. ↑ "mr McFalls Chamber - Search". McFalls Chamber. Retrieved 15 March 2016.


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