Professional Recordings
McKay's music is currently recorded professionally by NAXOS on four albums, including two symphonic CDs conducted by John McLaughlin Williams. More symphonic works are now out in 2008, including his hour-length American Dance Symphony, "Epoch", which celebrates four American Poets (Poe, Lanier, Whitman, and Sandburg) and their place in history. "Epoch" was recently recorded by the University of Kentucky Symphony Orchestra conducted by John Nardolillo. William Bolcom, McKay's former student at the University of Washington, has recorded several early McKay jazz-influenced works and art songs on the piano. Brian Reagin has recorded McKay's Violin Concerto for an album that also includes "Suite on 16th Century Hymn Tunes," which demonstrates McKay's mastery of string music and love of melodic themes. The McKay prize-winning "Suite for Harp and Flute" was released on "Medieval Dances for Flute and Harp", on Cantilena Records, performed by Laurel Zucker, flute, and Susan Jolles, harp. This work has been performed widely in concert, including at the World Harp Conference venue. Leonard Slatkin has performed live and recorded McKay's "To A Liberator" with the Nashville Symphony for the Lincoln Bi-centennial on NAXOS Records (February 2009).
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