| Since its formation in 1992 by the renowned composer
William Thomas McKinley (b. 1938), MMC Recordings has produced and
released hundreds of orchestral works by the leading lights of contemporary
classical music in addition to its rising stars. "It is a difficult
proposition for any composer to get his or her music recorded,"
says McKinley, "and often times even harder to get it heard.
We've been able to help composers connect with the listening public
and vice versa and have built a wonderfully diverse catalog of truly
outstanding modern music."
The label's primary collaborators include luminaries such as clarinetist
Richard Stoltzman (a long-time friend and supporter of McKinley
and his music), conductors Gerard Schwarz, Gil Rose, George Manahan,
Vit Micka, and Kirk Trevor as well as the London Symphony Orchestra,
Seattle Symphony, Warsaw Philharmonic, Boston Modern Orchestra,
and Moravian Philharmonic, among others.
"A recording project of this magnitude fills a void indeed,"
says Schwarz, "and thus deserves greater and greater visibility,
diversity, and significant collaborations." With industry leaders
being forced to cut budgets and slash recording projects, there
is little room for programming the works of living artists, but
MMC remains committed to the cultivation and preservation of modern
classical music.
"MMC has given an enormous boost in helping to remedy the
paucity of recordings of living American composers," says Stoltzman.
"I'm very proud to help play a vital role in the creation of
new works, their performance and recordings, their commercial viability,
and their cultural-historical preservation." For more information
please visit MMC online at www.mmcrecordings.com, www.mmcproject.com,
and www.mmcarchive.org.
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