Kristen Shiner McGuire
Kristen Shiner McGuire (b.1958) is Director of Percussion Studies and Assistant Latin Jazz Ensemble Director at Nazareth College of Rochester, where she has taught since 1984, and where she received the 1998 Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award. Professor McGuire holds a Bachelor of Music degree with Highest Honors from the University of Illinois, and a Master 's degree in Percussion Performance together with a Performer's Certificate from the Eastman School of Music. She studied with renowned marimba virtuoso Keiko Abe at the Toho School of Music in Tokyo, Japan, and other teachers have included Keith Copeland and Jamey Haddad.