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Terry McQuilkin
(541) 346-3792
tmcq@uoregon.edu
Terry McQuilkin, a native of Los Angeles, received his bachelor
of music, magna cum laude, and master of music degrees at the
University of Southern California, where his teachers included
Morton Lauridsen, James Hopkins, Anthony Vazzana, and William
Kraft. He received departmental honors upon receiving both the
Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees, and was elected
to the music honor society of Pi Kappa Lambda. He taught music
at several community colleges in Southern California, and for
five years taught instrumental music for the
Los Angeles Unified School District. He also directed area church
choirs and taught clarinet. Between 1980 and 1990 he regularly
contributed reviews and features to the music pages of the Los
Angeles Times, and has written program notes for concerts in
the Los Angeles area.
In 1990, McQuilkin moved to Eugene to begin advanced study at
the University of Oregon, where his teachers included Harold Owen
and Robert Kyr. While a graduate student he taught music theory,
musicianship, and music literature. He has also taught music at
Northwest Christian College and Umpqua Community College, and for
several years directed the choir at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church
in Eugene.
The composer's catalogue includes works for solo piano, chamber
ensemble, band, orchestra, and chorus. A number of his compositions
were written for educational use and he has received commissions
from school ensembles on both coasts. Partly through funding received
from Meet the Composer, he was commissioned in 1997 by Downingtown
Senior High School to write a multi-movement work for chorus and
symphony orchestra. The work was titled The Color of Memory.
In Oregon, McQuilkin has fulfilled commissions from Roosevelt Middle
School in Eugene, Forest Grove High School, and Roseburg High School.
Among his compositions are Three Chorale Intradas for brass
quintet, Partita Antiqua for wind quintet, Circles (for 16
clarinetists who surround the audience), and Perceval's Triumph
for band. He has also written a full-length viola concerto,
which received its premiere in the Los Angeles area in 1996. Several
of his works and arrangements have been published by Niel A. Kjos
Music, and Southern Music Company of San Antonio.
McQuilkin is also on the staff of the Music Services Department
of the University of Oregon Libraries.
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