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• Senior Lecturer in Education (Music), National School of Education, Faculty of Education and Arts, Australian Catholic University

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Dr Kathleen McGuire is an Australian-American music educator, composer and conductor with four decades' experience. She is committed to social justice advocacy, which is reflected by research and artistic contributions. Career highlights: a decade as Artistic Director of the San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus; conducting at Carnegie Hall, The Kennedy Center; Sydney Opera House; collaborating on major, recognised commissions to co-create the cantata Street Requiem - performed in multiple countries to focus on the plight of homelessness and violence against innocents; also No Excuses!, a choral suite for women inspired by true stories from victims of domestic violence. Qualifications: BMus, GradDipA (Melb), GradDipEd (Monash), MMus (Surrey), DMA, GPTCert, FFD (Boulder), ASCAP, MAGA, Society of PKL.

Experience

• 2019–present Senior Lecturer, Australian Catholic University
• 2017–present Composer, Wirripang (Music Publisher)
• 2016–present Partner, McGuire Music Works
• 2017–2023 Music Director, The Tudor Choristers
• 2013–2020 Music Teacher, Brunswick Secondary College
• 2017–2018 Music Director, The Star Chorale
• 2013–2016 Senior Conductor, The School of Hard Knocks Ltd
• 2015–2016 Choir Master, Victorian Bar Community Choir
• 2013–2015 Residential Director of Music, Queen's College - The University of Melbourne
• 2013–2015 Music Director, Melbourne Gay & Lesbian Chorus
• 2011–2013 Minister of Music and Arts, Congregational Church of San Mateo
• 2010–2013 Artistic Director & Founder, Singers of the Street
• 2005–2013 Principal Conductor, Community Women's Orchestra
• 2006–2011 Music Instructor, Laney College, Peralta College District (Oakland, California)
• 2000–2010 Artistic Director & Conductor, San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus
• 2003–2007 Music Teacher, Choir of the Sacred Heart (San Francisco)
• 2004–2005 Guest Conductor, The Women's Philharmonic (San Francisco, California)
• 1998–2000 Guest Conductor, Boulder Philharmonic
• 1997–2000 Artistic Director, The Rainbow Chorus (Fort Collins, Colorado)
• 1998–2000 Assistant Conductor, Lakewood Symphony (Colorado)
• 1997–2000 Assistant Conductor, Lyric Opera (Boulder, Colorado)
• 1996–2000 Music Director, St Aidan's Episcopal Church (Boulder, Colorado)

Education

• Monash University, Postgraduate Diploma in Education
• Conservatorium of Music, University of Melbourne, Bachelor of Music
• Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne, Postgraduate Diploma of Arts (Music)
• University of Colorado at Boulder, USA, Doctor or Musical Arts
• University of Surrey (Guildford, UK), Master of Music with Distinction

Publications

• 2025 McGuire, K. (Editor). Concertstück pour Violoncelle by Juliette Folville (1905). [Orchestral score and parts]., Women's Philharmonic Advocacy. [In Press]
• 2024 McGuire, K. (Editor) Street Requiem for those who died on the street by McGuire, K., Payne, A., & Welch, J. [music score: multi-movement work for soloists, SATB choir and chamber orchestra]., UpBeat Arts Ltd.
• 2024 McGuire, K. (Editor). Street Requiem for those who died on the street. McGuire, K., Payne, A., & Welch, J. (composers). [music score: multi-movement work for soloists, SATB choir and chamber orchestra]., UpBeat Arts Ltd.
• 2024 McGuire, K. & Payne, A. (composers). Libera Me - What will you say. [scores and parts for voices and instruments], Publication pending.
• 2023 McGuire, K. (Author). Finding a reason: a composer's pathway forged through social justice advocacy. (Chapter)., In L. Kouvaras, M. Grenfell, & N. Williams (Eds.), The Composer, Herself: Contemporary Snapshots of the Creative Process. Palgrave-Macmillan.
• 2021 McGuire, K. & Harris, J. (Authors). Developing pre-service music teachers' capacities to prepare and lead ensembles in an online environment, through authentic immersion in a cross-campus performance., in EDULEARN21 Proceedings DOI: doi/10.21125/edulearn.2021. ISBN: 978-84-09-31267-2
• 2021 McGuire, K. (Author). Ageing voices: considering the singers' perspective., Sing Out – Magazine of the Australian National Choral Association, 38(1), 20–21.
• 2021 McGuire, K. (Author). The singer's perspective: discovering new ways of learning through online choir engagement., EDULEARN21 Proceedings, pp. 4624-4633.
• 2021 McGuire, K. Surviving COVID-19: Positive outcomes from online choir engagement., Sing Out Magazine – Australian National Choral Association, 38(3).
• 2021 McGuire, K. (Author). Jump-starting notation: An acceleration strategy for novice musicians, grounded in Orff pedagogy., Musette - Newsletter of the Victorian Orff Schulwerk Association, 49(2), 12–16. ISSN:1835-4033.
• 2021 McGuire, K. and & Harris, J. (Authors). Developing Pre-Service Music Teachers' Intercultural Understanding through a Culturally Diverse Campus Performance., In ASME IIIXX National Conference Proceedings
• 2020 McGuire, K. (Composer). Missa de Spiritu Sancto [music score: multi-movement work for choir and orchestra; full score & parts; piano vocal score; for SAB choir & chamber orchestra]., Wirripang.
• 2020 McGuire, K. (Composer). Singing Out and Loud. (Octavo for accompanied SATB choir)., Wirripang.
• 2020 McGuire, K. (Composer). (Composer). Joy is here to stay. [music score: choral octavo for mixed voices and piano]., Wirripang.
• 2019 McGuire, K. (Arranger). (Arranger). Dhungala Choral Connection Songbook. [Instrumental accompaniment]., Cheetham, D., Hitchcock, J. (composers). With Lalich, T. (arrangers). Short Black Opera.
• 2018 McGuire, K. (Author). Ben Leske Remembered., In Sing Out (Vol 2, 2018). Australian National Choral Association.
• 2017 McGuire, K. (Composer). Auld Lang Syne [for guitar, tin whistle, men's choir], Wirripang.
• 2017 McGuire, K. (Composer). Immortality [music score for mixed voices and piano]., Liiv, J. (Librettist). (1864-1913). Talvet, J. & Hix, H.L. (Eng. trans.) (2013). Wirripang.
• 2017 McGuire, K. (Composer). Magnificat – Song of Mary [music score for women's voices & piano]., Wirripang.
• 2017 McGuire, K. (Composer). Ordinary Mass in English [music score for mixed voices]., Wirripang.
• 2017 McGuire, K. (Composer). Prelude and Phantasy [music score for classical guitar]., Wirripang.
• 2016 Green, C. & McGuire, K. (Composers). No Excuses! Choral suite for women's voices. [scores and instrumental parts]., In Press.
• 2016 McGuire, K. (Arranger). Harriet Tubman [music score for women's voices]., Robinson, W.H. (Composer). (1977). Shawnee Press.
• 2015 McGuire, K. (Author). A quarter century of queer choruses. [Chapter]., In D. Hardy (ed), Bold: stories from older lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender & intersex people. Melbourne, Vic: The Rag and Bone Man Press. 160-163.
• 2014 McGuire, K. (Arranger). When Irish eyes are smiling. [music score]., In Various Voices Dublin 2014 Irish Songbook. Irish Music Rights Organisation, 73-80.
• 2008 Coffee, S., Coleman, D., Coyle, P., Hill, S., Holt, G., McGuire, K., Roma, C., & Zwozdesky, W. (Eds.) Songs of Courage – celebrating 25 years of life-changing music. [music score]., GALA Choruses Inc.

Research Areas

• Higher Education (130103)
• Music Performance (190407)
• Music Composition (190406)
• Educational Psychology (170103)
• Curriculum And Pedagogy (1302)
• Creative Arts, Media And Communication Curriculum And Pedagogy (130201)
• Performing Arts And Creative Writing (1904)

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