Significant Students
McKay's students at the University of Washington included future winners of the Pulitzer Prize, Academy Award, Guggenheim Grant and Grammy Award. These students included William Bolcom, Goddard Lieberson, John Cage, Earl Robinson, Ken Benshoof, and Gerald Kechley. McKay himself was awarded a Guggenheim Grant to study in Europe in the 1920s, but turned it down to stay in touch with his American musical roots and care for his growing young family. His early teaching assignments took him to North Carolina, South Dakota, and Missouri before he finally settled in Seattle; and he composed music celebrating all these atmospheric locations. Music related to the Dakotas by McKay is still in publication.
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