John MacKay is an arranger, conductor, composer and orchestratr. currently residing in Western Pennsylvania. He has held conducting posts with the Carnegie Mellon Pre-College Trumpet Ensemble as Student Substitue Conductor, and has served as a student conductor for the Peters Township High School Wind Symphony and Concert Band.

 

John also created the posts of Assistant Wind Ensemble Conductor and Assistant Orchestra Conductor for the Carnegie Mellon Pre-College Wind Ensemble and Orchestra.

 

John is also a Euphoniumist, chairing Principal at several Pennsylvania Music Educator's Association (PMEA) Honors Festivals, including the All State Wind Ensemble in 2011. He has held the post of Principal Solo Euphonium with the River City Youth Brass Band (RCYBB), and has written for the ensemble before. In 2013 he was named Principal Euphoniumist of the North Suburban Symphonic Band, and performed a solo with them in March 2014.

 

In addition to his accolades on Euphonium, John is also a self trained Trumpet, Horn, Tuba and Trombone player. He currently assists the River City Youth Brass Band as Associate Principal Horn as a college assistant.

 

He has studied Euphonium with George Palton, Ross Cohen, and breifly, Barry Kilpatrick as well as conducting with Milt Barney, Robert Cameron, Walter Morales, Robert Dell and Drew Fennell. John plans to enter the field of Video Game composition, orchestration and conducting. John has also attended several conducting Symposiums with renowned artists such as Loras Schissel, H. Robert Reynolds, and Robert Page. John also has held copying jobs for area composers such as Michael Moricz and Drew Fennell and is currently completing a project for Pittsburgh Symphony Principal Oboe Cyndi DeAlmeida.

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John's gear can be found here or by navigating to the "Tools" page manually.