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NPR Music calls Colin McGrath an "itinerant folk orchestrator," saying “his folk songs are steeped in storytelling, with characters and images drawn from old Americana.” Fascinated by telling stories with lyrics and finding the right musical language to support them, his musical wanderings have led him to many countries, through many styles of music, to many different life experiences.
NPR Music calls Colin McGrath an "itinerant folk orchestrator," saying “his folk songs are steeped in storytelling, with characters and images drawn from old Americana.” Fascinated by telling stories with lyrics and finding the right musical language to support them, his musical wanderings have led him to many countries, through many styles of music, to many different life experiences.
Mr. McGrath has won numerous awards, including first place in The Belfast Nashville Songwriters Festival Competition, and The Wildflower Songwriting Competition in Richardson Texas. He has received commissions to write chamber music for The Central Park Brass Quintet, The Bloomingdale’s School of Music, and has written music for The New York Philharmonic’s Teaching Artist Ensemble.
Mr. McGrath has won numerous awards, including first place in The Belfast Nashville Songwriters Festival Competition, and The Wildflower Songwriting Competition in Richardson Texas. He has received commissions to write chamber music for The Central Park Brass Quintet, The Bloomingdale’s School of Music, and has written music for The New York Philharmonic’s Teaching Artist Ensemble.
As an educator, he has worked as a Teaching Artist for over ten years with organizations such as The Lincoln Center Institute, The Orchestra of St. Luke’s, The Brooklyn Philharmonic and The New York Philharmonic. Before coming to Scarsdale, he taught guitar and chorus at Harvest Collegiate High School in New York City for five years. Please visit colinmcgrath.com for more.
As an educator, he has worked as a Teaching Artist for over ten years with organizations such as The Lincoln Center Institute, The Orchestra of St. Luke’s, The Brooklyn Philharmonic and The New York Philharmonic. Before coming to Scarsdale, he taught guitar and chorus at Harvest Collegiate High School in New York City for five years. Please visit colinmcgrath.com for more.
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