BiographyMulti-instrumentalist Dr. Margaret McGillivray has been hailed as a musical "force of nature" and dynamic educator. Originally from the wide open skies of the Canadian Prairies, Margaret spent most of her formative years in Newmarket, Ontario. She completed her degree in piano performance from the Royal Conservatory of Music before finishing high school. Going on to McGill University in Montreal for further study, this time in Horn Performance, she followed up with a Master’s in Horn Performance and Literature from Northwestern University. Her principal teachers have included some of the finest horn players in the world: John Zirbel, Gail Williams, Marty Hackleman, David Krehbiel, Bill Barnewitz and Daniel Katzen.
Dr. McGillivray has played and taught in Canada, England, Germany, France, Sweden, Japan and the US. She has given several premieres, including the US premieres of Keith Bissell's Sonata for Horn and the Southwest premieres of Jacques Hetu's Cor-Jupitre and Elizabeth Raum's Romance. Alongside championing the work of underrepresented composers, she is also passionate about bringing the works of Canadian composers to a wider international audience. |
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Margaret holds the degree of Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Arizona where her research into the connection between singing and horn playing culminated in the capstone project, "The Singing Horn Player" as well as three new transcriptions of vocal arias for horn. She has developed workshops on this subject and a vocal approach informs her teaching methods with beginners and advanced musicians alike. An active performer, Dr. McGillivray has played with many ensembles in the Southwest, including the Phoenix Symphony, Tucson Symphony, Arizona Opera Orchestra, New Mexico Philharmonic and the Santa Fe Symphony. Since arriving in the Mid-Atlantic, Margaret has appeared with such orchestras as the National and Baltimore Symphonies, New Orchestra of Washington, Black Pearl Chamber Orchestra, Concert Artists of Baltimore, Baltimore Chamber Orchestra, and the Lancaster and Richmond Symphonies. She is also on faculty at Towson University and the Duke Ellington School of the Arts. When not writing, teaching practicing for some musical shenanigans or running children to swim practice, she spends time hiking, cooking and laughing with her husband, and loving on one hairy english setter named Lefse. |
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Recent Engagements
October 30 - November 5, 6, 11, 2022
Belcantati Opera
Bellini: I Montecchi e i Capuletti
Katerina Souverova, music director
Bethesda, MD
October14-15, 2022
Lancaster Symphony Orchestra
Michael Butterman, music director
Midkiff: Mandolin Concerto; Dvorák: Symphony No. 9
First Presbyterian Church, Lancaster, PA
September 24-25, 2022
Baltimore Symphony
Strauss: Ein Alpinesinfonie
Thomas Søndergård, conductor
Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, Baltimore, MD
Stramore Music Center, Bethesda, MD
September 18, 2022
Baltimore Chamber Orchestra
Markand Thakar, music director
Prokofiev: symphony No. 1; Bizet: Symphony No. 1
Kraushaar Auditorium, Goucher College, Towson, MD
June 10 & 11, 2022
Lancaster Symphony Orchestra
The Creation - Haydn
William Wright, conductor
First Presbyterian Church, Lancaster, PA
June 2-5, 2022
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Rags, Blues & All That Jazz
Byron Stripling, conductor & trumpet
Strathmore Music Hall, Bethesda, MD
Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, Baltimore, MD
June 1, 2022
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Symphony in the City
Jonathan Rush, conductor
Patterson Park, Baltimore MD
May 15, 2022
Bach in Baltimore
T. Herbert Dimmock, music director
Symphony No. 7 - Beethoven
Church of the Redeemer, Baltimore, MD
May 6 & 7, 2022
Lancaster Symphony Orchestra
Chelsea Gallo, music director finalist
Symphony No. 2 - Brahms
First Presbyterian Church, Lancaster, PA
May 1, 2022
Baltimore Chamber Orchestra
Markand Thakar, music director
Leshnoff, Schubert and Beethoven
Alexander Shtarkman, piano
Kraushaar Auditorium, Goucher College, Towson, MD
April 22, 23, 24, 2022
Mid-Atlantic Symphony Orchestra
Julien Benichou, music director
Weber, Mozart and Brahms' Symphony No. 2
YaoGuang Zhai, clarinet
Eastern Shore Concert Locations, MD
April 16 & 17, 2022
Easter Vigil and Sunday Service
Terry Eberhardt, music director
St Louis Church, Clarksville, MD
April 8 & 9, 2022
Lancaster Symphony Orchestra
Michael Butterman, music director finalist
Symphony No. 2, "The Ukrainian" - Tchaikowsky
First Presbyterian Church, Lancaster, PA
March 20, 2022
Baltimore Chamber Orchestra
Markand Thakar, music director
Beethoven Violin Concerto and Piano Concerto No. 4
Audrey Wright, violin
Boris Slutsky, piano
Kraushaar Auditorium, Goucher College, Towson, MD
February 20, 2022
Baltimore Chamber Orchestra
Markand Thakar, music director
Post, Karidoyanes, Kodály, Beethoven
Benjamin Pasternack, piano
Kraushaar Auditorium, Goucher College, Towson, MD
Belcantati Opera
Bellini: I Montecchi e i Capuletti
Katerina Souverova, music director
Bethesda, MD
October14-15, 2022
Lancaster Symphony Orchestra
Michael Butterman, music director
Midkiff: Mandolin Concerto; Dvorák: Symphony No. 9
First Presbyterian Church, Lancaster, PA
September 24-25, 2022
Baltimore Symphony
Strauss: Ein Alpinesinfonie
Thomas Søndergård, conductor
Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, Baltimore, MD
Stramore Music Center, Bethesda, MD
September 18, 2022
Baltimore Chamber Orchestra
Markand Thakar, music director
Prokofiev: symphony No. 1; Bizet: Symphony No. 1
Kraushaar Auditorium, Goucher College, Towson, MD
June 10 & 11, 2022
Lancaster Symphony Orchestra
The Creation - Haydn
William Wright, conductor
First Presbyterian Church, Lancaster, PA
June 2-5, 2022
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Rags, Blues & All That Jazz
Byron Stripling, conductor & trumpet
Strathmore Music Hall, Bethesda, MD
Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, Baltimore, MD
June 1, 2022
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Symphony in the City
Jonathan Rush, conductor
Patterson Park, Baltimore MD
May 15, 2022
Bach in Baltimore
T. Herbert Dimmock, music director
Symphony No. 7 - Beethoven
Church of the Redeemer, Baltimore, MD
May 6 & 7, 2022
Lancaster Symphony Orchestra
Chelsea Gallo, music director finalist
Symphony No. 2 - Brahms
First Presbyterian Church, Lancaster, PA
May 1, 2022
Baltimore Chamber Orchestra
Markand Thakar, music director
Leshnoff, Schubert and Beethoven
Alexander Shtarkman, piano
Kraushaar Auditorium, Goucher College, Towson, MD
April 22, 23, 24, 2022
Mid-Atlantic Symphony Orchestra
Julien Benichou, music director
Weber, Mozart and Brahms' Symphony No. 2
YaoGuang Zhai, clarinet
Eastern Shore Concert Locations, MD
April 16 & 17, 2022
Easter Vigil and Sunday Service
Terry Eberhardt, music director
St Louis Church, Clarksville, MD
April 8 & 9, 2022
Lancaster Symphony Orchestra
Michael Butterman, music director finalist
Symphony No. 2, "The Ukrainian" - Tchaikowsky
First Presbyterian Church, Lancaster, PA
March 20, 2022
Baltimore Chamber Orchestra
Markand Thakar, music director
Beethoven Violin Concerto and Piano Concerto No. 4
Audrey Wright, violin
Boris Slutsky, piano
Kraushaar Auditorium, Goucher College, Towson, MD
February 20, 2022
Baltimore Chamber Orchestra
Markand Thakar, music director
Post, Karidoyanes, Kodály, Beethoven
Benjamin Pasternack, piano
Kraushaar Auditorium, Goucher College, Towson, MD