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Cellist, teacher, composer.
McKinley est une violoncelliste qui étudie à l’école de musique de l’Université de McGill. Elle avait joué comme soliste pour la Filarmónica del Café en 2022 en Colombie et avec le Champlain Philharmonic Orchestra en 2017. Elle a aussi joué avec le Portsmouth Symphony Orchestra, le Middlebury College Orchestra, le McGill Symphony Orchestra, l’Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal et le New England Conservatory. McKinley avec aussi fait un tour de Chine avec son trio de piano en 2018.
Elle est membre fondateur du groupe Night Tree, qui avait été décerné l’ensemble d’honneur par le Conservatoire de Nouvelle Angleterre pour les années 2016-2017. Ensemble, ils sont partis en tournée parmi les États-Unis, ils étaient le premier acte pour le groupe Solas chez le music-hall de Portsmouth, ils ont joué chez Jordan Hall, le festival de Caramoor, le Musée de Beaux-Arts de Boston, la bibliothèque publique de Boston et le music-hall de Rockwood. Ils ont sorti leur premier album en 2017 et ils sont partis en tournée en Europe en 2018. McKinley avait étudié avec Yeesun Kim chez la Conservatoire de Nouvelle-Angleterre pour son baccalauréat. Elle est membre de la cohorte 2021-2022 du programme Global Leaders et elle avait reçu un Executive Graduate Certificate en Social Entrepreneurship, Cultural Agency, Teaching Artistry et Civic Leadership.
UPCOMMING EVENTS
September 29-October 1st, Youth Dance Weekend
October 4th, Breizh café Montréal, crêperie bretonne avec le trio Malvenn
October 13-15th, cello workshop in Maine USA
October 21st Balfolk Dance with Alex Kehler at Bishop’s University
McKinley James & Tim Cummings
October 27 – 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Shelburne, VT: Treewild house concert with McKinley James
Treewild Concerts 338 Thompson Road, Shelburne, VT, United States
October 28 – 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm Brunswick, ME: in concert with McKinley James at Two Echo
Two Echo 93 Echo Road, Brunswick, ME, United States
October 29 – 2:00 pm – 4:00 pmBrownington, VT: Brownington Cèilidh Club concert with McKinley James Brownington Cèilidh Club Brownington, VT, United States
November 2 – November 5 Westford, MA: with McKinley James at Fiddle Hell
Westford Regency Inn & Conference Center 219 Littleton Road, Westford, MA, United States
Leland Martin & Friends: Moonlighter Album Release Tour
December 14 – 8:00 pm Cambridge, MA: Club Passim, 47 Palmer St.
December 15 – 8:00 pm Middletown, CT: The Buttonwood Tree, 605 Main St.
December 16 – 8:00 pm Kittery, ME: Kittery Dance Hall, 7 Walker St.
McKinley James
McKinley James is a cellist living in Montreal. She soloed with the Filarmónica del Café in Colombia in 2022 and the Champlain Philharmonic Orchestra in 2017. She has played with the Portsmouth Symphony Orchestra, Middlebury College Orchestra, McGill Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, and the New England Conservatory Symphony. McKinley also toured in China with her piano trio in 2018.
She is a founding member of the band Night Tree, which was named the New England Conservatory’s Honors Ensemble for 2016-2017. Awards for this title included a sponsorship from NEC, a headlining performance at the historic Jordan Hall, and a year of working with Winifred Horan, fiddler and co-founder of Irish super-band, SOLAS. Together they toured throughout the US, opened for Solas in Portsmouth Music Hall, and played in Jordan Hall, Caramoor Festival, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Public Library, and Rockwood Music Hall. They released their debut album in 2017 and toured in Europe in 2018. She studied with Yeesun Kim at the New England Conservatory for her bachelor’s degree and graduated from McGill University with her master’s degree studying with Brian Manker. McKinley was member of the 2021-2022 Global Leaders Program cohort, receiving an Executive Graduate Certificate in Social Entrepreneurship, Cultural Agency, Teaching Artistry, and Civic Leadership.