Background
McGuire, Kathleen Alison was born on May 22, 1965 in Melbourne, Australia. Daughter of Frank Leonard McGuire and Jeanette Mary Tilson.
McGuire, Kathleen Alison was born on May 22, 1965 in Melbourne, Australia. Daughter of Frank Leonard McGuire and Jeanette Mary Tilson.
Bachelor of Music, University Melbourne, 1987. Graduate diploma arts in music, Victorian College Arts, University Melbourne, 1990. Graduate diploma in education, Monash University, Melbourne, 1992.
Master of Music with Distinction, University Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom, 1995. Doctor in Museum Arts, University Colorado, 2000.
Music educator Sacre Coeur Girls' School, Melbourne, Australia, 1983—1986. Educator Our Lady of Mercy College, 1986. Music director Mentone Old Time Theatre Society, Melbourne, Australia, 1985—1988.
Educator Killester College, Australia, 1987. Music educator Sacred Heart Regional Girls' College, Australia, 1988. Educator Mentone Girls' Secondary College, Australia, 1988—1989.
Music teacher McKinnon Secondary College, Australia, 1988—1990, Mentone Girls' Grammar School, Melbourne, Australia, 1990—1994. Director of music Sandringham East Primary School, Australia, 1988—1989. Conductor Musical Theatre Society, University Surrey, Guildford, England, 1994—1995.
Assistant conductor Symphony Orchestra, University Surrey, England, 1994—1995. Conductor Wind Symphony, University of Surrey, 1994—1995. Educator Parkdale Secondary College, Melbourne, Australia, 1995.
Music director St. Aidan's Episcopal Church, Boulder, Colorado, 1996—2000. Assistant conductor University of Colorado at Boulder Symphony Orchestra, 1996—2000. Associate conductor Lakewood Symphony Orchestra, Denver, 1996—2000.
Artistic director/conductor The Rainbow Chorus, Fort Collins, 1997—2000. Assistant conductor Lyric Theatre, University Colorado, Boulder, 1997—2000. Associate conductor New Music Ensemble, University of Colorado, 1998—2000.
Lead graduate teacher University of Colorado at Boulder, 1999—2000. Associate conductor Boulder Youth Symphony, 1999—2000. Artistic director, conductor San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus, since 2000.
Conductor Opera By the Bay, Marin, 2001, Community Women's Orchestra, San Francisco, since 2005. Music teacher Convent of the Sacred Heart High School, 2004—2007. Music director Melbourne University Choral Society, Melbourne, Australia, Mordialloc Light Opera Company, Melbourne, Australia, Nova Theatre, Melbourne, Australia, Whitehorse Museum Theatre, Melbourne, Australia.
Conductor, founder Victorian Women's Orchestra, Australia. Conductor Kew Philharmonic Orchestra, Australia, Steamboat Springs Community Orchestra. Music director Festival Theatre Company, Melbourne, Australia, Renaissance Opera Company, Melbourne, Australia, Viola Operatic Society, Melbourne, Australia, Melbourne Opera Company, Melbourne, Australia, Melbourne Dancers Company, Melbourne, Australia, CLOC Musical Theatre, Melbourne, Australia, Gilbert and Sullivan Society, Melbourne, Australia, Melbourne University Gilbert and Sullivan Society, Melbourne, Australia.
Assistant conductor St. Aidan's Anglican Church, Australia. Music director Altona City Theatre, Australia, Lyric Opera, Melbourne, Australia. Instrumentalist Marie Wilson Band, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1992—1994.
Guest conductor for lighting Guildford Philharmonic, Guildford, Surrey, England, 1995. Guest conductor Rocky Mountain Center Museum Arts, Boulder, Colorado, 1996, Boulder Philharmonic, Boulder, 1996. Conductor & founder Colorado Quilt Chorus, Denver, 1997.
Guest conductor Golden Gate Opera, San Francisco, 2001, Women's Philharmonic, San Francisco, 2001—2002, Sacramento Ballet & Empyrean Ensemble, Sacramento, 2002, Gay Games & Cultural Festival, Sydney, 2002, Chicago, 06, Goat Hall Productions, San Francisco, 2002, Community Women's Orchestra, San Francisco, 2005, Victorian Music Theatre Guild Awards, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Royal Women's Hospital Fundraiser, Melbourne, Fairfield Hospital Fundraiser, Melbourne, Annual Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Requiem Services, Melbourne. Assistant conductor Byrd-Cage Singers, Melbourne. Cantor Toorak Uniting Church Choir, Melbourne.
Conductor Malvern City Council - annual fundraiser, Melbourne. Instrumentalist Frankston City Band, Melbourne, Mordialloc City Band, Melbourne, Moomba Youth Band, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Assistant conductor Intervarsity Choral Festival, Melbourne.
Instrumentalist Yamaha Youth Music Festival, Melbourne.
Member Bay Area Community Women, San Francisco. Grand marshal San Francisco Pride, 2006. Musician City of Refuge United Church Christ, San Francisco, since 2004.
Board member Gay and Lesbian Association Choruses, Washington, 2002—2003. Ex-officio board member Golden Gate Performing Arts, Inc., San Francisco, since 2000. Member of American Society of Composers, College Music Society, American Choral Directors Association, Gay and Lesbian Association Choruses, Inc., American Symphony Orchestra League, Conductors Guild, Phi Kappa Lambda.