Guildhall School presents Unsuk Chin and Anthony McGill with Honorary Fellowships
Guildhall School has presented Honorary Fellowships of Guildhall School to Unsuk Chin, one of the world’s most celebrated composers, and internationally acclaimed soloist and Principal Clarinet of the New York Philharmonic, Anthony McGill.
Anthony McGill, who is currently Milton Court Artist-in-Residence for the 2023/24 Season, accepted his Honorary Fellowship on stage at Milton Court Concert Hall last Friday evening. During the concert he joined forces with chamber ensemble Kaleidoscope Collective for Coleridge-Taylor’s Clarinet Quintet, before performing Mozart’s Gran Partita with Guildhall School musicians.
In reading Anthony McGill’s citation, Principal Professor Jonathan Vaughan highlighted his many successes as a soloist and orchestra musician, his work to “promote music by underrepresented historic composers as well as new work” and “extend music education to underserved communicates”, and his advocacy for “social justice” and “matters of race and equality in classical music”.
Conferment of Anthony McGill’s Honorary Fellowship followed acceptance by Unsuk Chin of her own Honorary Fellowship last month, at a performance by Guildhall Symphony Orchestra at Barbican Hall.
During the conferment, Vice Principal & Director of Music Armin Zanner read out a citation charting composer Chin’s career highlights to date, including the impressive array of conductors, soloists and orchestras that have championed and performed her music. The presentation of Unsuk Chin’s Honorary Fellowship follows a performance by Guildhall Symphony Orchestra of her work Frontispiece in late 2023.
