K. Christian McGuire's Page

Hometown/Institution:

St. Paul, MN - McNally Smith College of Music / Augsburg College

Role in the Classics Classroom (real or virtual):

all of the above

About Me:

K. . Christian McGuire (b. 1970) is an internationally recognized early music scholar for his work on the liturgical chant of Hildegard von Bingen. He is a Saint Paul based instructor, composer, author, carpenter, electric bassist and musicologist. He holds a Master of Arts in Musicology from the University of Minnesota (Symphonia Caritatis: The Cistercian Chants of Hildegard von Bingen) and a Bachelor of Arts (1992) in Philosophy with a minor in Latin and Ancient Greek from Luther College in Decorah, IA, having spent his junior year at the University of Nottingham, UK
His diverse research interests include: 12th Century liturgical practices, theory, and notation of Northern Germany and the Low Countries; Mozart Opera; History, Performance, and Orchestral Timbres of the Electric Bass; and Late 1960s/early 1970s Heavy Blues and Progressive Rock.

Christian has been an instructor of Music History at the McNally-Smith College Music in St. Paul, MN since 2005 and was on the team that co-developed the NASM approved Music History sequence for the baccalaureate programs there.

Christian is also a faculty member of Augsburg College in Minneapolis, MN where he teaches music history & music fundamentals and directs small group Jazz & Rock ensembles. He is also Augsburg's instructor of electric bass and is developing the repertoire for the instrument to support their fledgling specialization in electric bass major.

Since 2004, he has served the Minnesota High School Music Listening Contest board as musicologist, authoring the 2004-05, 2005-06 and 2007-08 study guides, as well as compiling and editing the guide for 2006-07.

An electric bassist for nearly 25 years with experience in every conceivable setting, Christian is currently writing a book / multi-media manual on the history, performance practice, technique and repertoire of the electric bass in non-popular music genres. The work promises to be the one stop source for composers and performers who wish to incorporate the many timbres of this remarkable instrument.

Websites:
http://www.grianeala.com
http://www.hildegard-society.org
http://www.musiclisteningcontest.org/h_kcmcguire2004.html
http://www.myspace.com/christianmcguire
http://www.activebass.com/members/christianmcguire/
http://www2.bitstream.net/~jaro/index.html

My Website:

http://www.grianeala.com

Favorite on-line spots for the Classics:

CANTUS http://publish.uwo.ca/~cantus/index.html
CURSUS http://www.cursus.uea.ac.uk/
St. Gall Ms. Online http://www.cesg.unifr.ch/en/

Favorite on-line spots for education:

Ariadne http://www.cornellcollege.edu/classical_studies/ariadne/index.shtml

Best/worst computer-related classroom happening:

Worst - Not getting the projector to read my laptop to show Manuscripts to students.