Anthony McGill

Anthony McGill is an American clarinetist. He is the principal clarinetist for the Metropolitan Opera.

 Early life and education 
McGill grew up in Chicago, Illinois. He went to the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He teaches at the Peabody Institute at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland.

 Career 
Together with Itzhak Perlman (violin), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), and Gabriela Montero (piano), he recorded and performed "Air and Simple Gifts" by John Williams, for Barack Obama's inauguration ceremony on January 20, 2009.https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/17/AR2008121702419.html

References

Other websites
 Anthony McGill biography  at the Peabody Institute


Category:American clarinetists
Category:Musicians from Chicago
Category:Living people
Category:1979 births
Category:20th-century American musicians
Category:21st-century American musicians
Category:African-American musicians
Category:Johns Hopkins University faculty