Eddie McGuire

Glasgow-born Edward (Eddie) McGuire studied with James Iliff (RAM 1966-70) and with Ingvar Lidholm in Stockholm. He received a British Composers Award in 2003 and has been featured composer at festivals including Bath International Guitar Festival, Edinburgh International Harp Festival and International Viola Congress. The BBCSSO Proms performance of his Calgacus was selected for BBC Music Magazine's CD 'The Very Best of the BBC Orchestras' (1997). Commissions and broadcasts have included those from St Magnus Festival, Edinburgh International Festival, Glasgow Festival Strings, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Ulster Orchestra and BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Notable successes are his 3 act ballet Peter Pan (Scottish Ballet; Hong Kong Ballet), opera The Loving of Etain (with librettist Marianne Carey), Auriga (recorded by Alba Brass) and concertos for guitar, trombone, viola and bass. He writes for and plays with The Whistlebinkies folk group.

Both CD collections of his music (on Delphian Records) have achieved 'Editor's Choice' in Gramophone Magazine - Eddie McGuire: Music for Flute, Guitar and Piano (2006) and Entangled Fortunes (2015, performed by Red Note ensemble). Paisley Abbey Choir released ‘Celtic Prayer’ containing his Three Donne Lyrics on Priory Records (2020) and The Wallace Collection have issued their CD ‘On Song’ which features his Songs from the North sung by Julia Daramy-Williams (2021). His music is also on James Cowan's art videos on You Tube.