Background
McKay, JoAnn was born on February 16, 1939 in Cincinnati. Daughter of Frederic Lawrence Ott and Gladys Leona Phillips.
McKay, JoAnn was born on February 16, 1939 in Cincinnati. Daughter of Frederic Lawrence Ott and Gladys Leona Phillips.
Bachelor of Music in Performance, Cincinnati College Conservatory Music, 1960. Postgraduate, Union Theological Seminary, New York City, 1960—1961. Master of Arts in Music, San Francisco State College, 1965.
Organist St. Martin's Episcopalian Church, Pompano Beach, Florida, 1953—1956, Faith Methodist Church, Champaign, Illinois, 1998—1999. Organist, choir director, recitalist Bethlehem Methodist Church, Cincinnati, 1958—1960, First Congressional Church, Medford, Massachusetts, 1961—1962, St. Peter's Episcopalian Church, Oakland, California, 1962—1965. Organist, recitalist First Methodist Church, Urbana, 1967—1974, Wesley Methodist Church, Urbana, 1975—1989, 2001—2004.
Retired, 2004
Performer Tuesday Morning Musicale, Champaign, 1970—2003.
Volunteer with prisoners, charitable organizations. Member of American Guild Organists (registrar 1963-1965, sub-dean 1975-1976, winner Young Organists competition, San Francisco 1965).
Married John Patrick McKay, April 21, 1961. Children: John Philip, Thomas Jeffrey.