Jimmy McGirr
Jimmy McGirr has been an active musician since age 9, and an active teacher of music since age 26. He holds a MA in music from Brooklyn College and was on the faculty there as a graduate student. He is currently very active performing on bass, and sometimes trumpet, in the pit orchestras of musical theater productions, and very much enjoys helping young people on their musical journeys as a member of the MAMM faculty.
Instructs In: Trumpet, Bass
Education: BA and MA in music from Brooklyn College, CUNY
Bands I’m In: Playing in music theater productions in Southern and Mid-Coast Maine and original country music band, Cattle Call
Coolest Musical Experience: Performing a sold-out concert with Cattle Call at the Boothbay Opera House
Favorite Band When I was 13: It’s hard to name just one - the Beatles, Paul Revere and the Raiders, the Byrds, the Kinks, and the Rolling Stones
Favorite MAMM Moment: Hearing my young trumpet students make their first clear, full bodied, beautifully intoned notes