Brothers Anthony and Demarre McGill, born and raised on Chicago’s tough South Side, have gone on to
success in the world of classical music
Clarinetist Anthony McGill and flutist Demarre McGill will discuss their art and achievements at Bowling
Green State University as artists in residence for this year’s Dorothy and DuWayne Hansen Musical Arts
Series.
The McGill Brothers will present a free recital at 8 p.m. Monday in the Donnell Theatre at the Wolfe
Center for the Arts.
Recently named principal clarinet of the New York Philharmonic, Anthony McGill served as principal
clarinet of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, with whom he has also appeared as soloist. Also at
Carnegie Hall, he has appeared as a soloist with the American Symphony Orchestra and the New York String
Orchestra. As a chamber musician, he has performed throughout the United States, Europe and Asia,
including appearances at the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society and the University of Chicago Presents,
and festival appearances at Tanglewood, Marlboro, Mainly Mozart and Santa Fe. He has collaborated with
Emanuel Ax, Yefim Bronfman, Gil Shaham, Midori, Mitsuko Uchida and Lang Lang, and on Jan. 20, 2009,
performed with Itzhak Perlman, Yo-Yo Ma and Gabriela Montero at the inauguration of President Barack
Obama.
Winner of a 2003 Avery Fisher Career Grant, Demarre McGill has performed as soloist with the Chicago
Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, Pittsburgh Symphony, San Diego Symphony, Baltimore Symphony and
Milwaukee Symphony, among others. He is currently principal flutist of the Seattle Symphony, and has
held the same position with the San Diego Symphony, the Florida Orchestra and the Santa Fe Opera
Orchestra. An active chamber musician, he is a member of the Florida-based Ritz Chamber Players and has
been a member of Chamber Music Society Two, the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s program for
emerging young artists.
He is also the co-founder and artistic director of Art of Élan, a chamber music organization in San
Diego that aims to expose new audiences to classical music.
In addition to their recital appearance, both Anthony and Demarre McGill will give master classes and
host a special talk and question-and-answer session.
The Hansen Musical Arts Series Fund was established in 1996 to bring significant representatives of the
musical arts to share their talents with BGSU students and members of the Bowling Green community. Past
Hansen Series guests have included Marin Alsop, Branford Marsalis, Terence Blanchard, and Bill
McGlaughlin.
