Cindy McTee facts for kids

Cindy McTee is an American composer and teacher. She was born on February 20, 1953.

Early Life and Learning

Cindy McTee was born in Tacoma, Washington. She loved music from a young age. She studied at several universities. These included Pacific Lutheran University and Yale University. She also studied at the Academy of Music in Kraków in Poland. Her teachers were famous composers like Krzysztof Penderecki.

Teaching Music

McTee taught at Pacific Lutheran University for three years. In 1984, she joined the University of North Texas College of Music. She became a Full Professor there in 1995. By 2000, she was a Regents Professor. This is a very high teaching honor. She also led the Composition Studies department for five years. In 2010, she retired from the University of North Texas. She is now a Regents Professor Emeritus. This means she keeps her title after retiring.

Awards and Honors

Cindy McTee has won many important awards for her music.

• She received two awards from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. These were in 1992 and 2002.
• She earned a fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 2001.
• She also won a Fulbright Fellowship in 1990.
• The National Endowment for the Arts gave her a composer fellowship in 1994.
• She won the Louisville Orchestra Composition Competition in 2001.
• In 2009, she won the Elaine Lebenbom Memorial Award. This was from the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.
• She also received a Music Alive Award from Meet the Composer in 2002.
• As a student, she won a BMI (Broadcast Music Incorporated) Student Composers Award in 1977.

Personal Life

Cindy McTee married the conductor Leonard Slatkin. They got married on November 20, 2011.

Where Her Music Is Played

Cindy McTee's music has been performed by many famous orchestras and bands around the world.

• American Composers Orchestra
• Buffalo Philharmonic
• Chicago Symphony Orchestra
• Cleveland Orchestra
• Dallas Symphony Orchestra
• Detroit Symphony Orchestra
• Houston Symphony Orchestra
• Los Angeles Philharmonic
• National Symphony Orchestra
• NHK Symphony Orchestra (in Japan)
• Orchestre National de Lyon (in France)
• Philharmonia Orchestra (in the UK)
• Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
• Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
• Seattle Symphony Orchestra
• Sydney Symphony Orchestra (in Australia)
• The United States Army Field Band
• United States Marine Band

Her Main Musical Works

Cindy McTee has written many pieces of music. Here are some of her major works:

• Double Play, for wind ensemble (2011)
• Double Play, for orchestra (2010)
• Tempus Fugit, for orchestra (2010)
• The Unquestioned Answer, for orchestra (2009)
• Bricolage, for flute and computer music (2008)
• Solstice, a concerto for trombone and orchestra (2007)
• Finish Line, for wind symphony (2006)
• Finish Line, for orchestra (2005)
• Einstein's Dream, for string orchestra, percussion, and computer music (2004)
• Ballet for Band (2004)
• Adagio, for string orchestra (2002)
• Symphony No. 1: Ballet for Orchestra (2002)
• Timepiece, for wind symphony (2001)
• Timepiece, for orchestra (2000)
• Soundings, for band (1995)
• California Counterpoint: The Twittering Machine, for wind ensemble (1993)
• Circuits, for wind ensemble (1990)
• Circuits, for orchestra (1990)
• Metal Music, for computer music (1989)