John McGinn began his position as music director and pianist with The Shakespeare Concerts in its inaugural season of 2003. He has enjoyed widespread acclaim as a performer of new music, appearing with such groups as American Camerata, the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players, the Orchestra of St. Luke's, and the Kennedy Center Orchestra. Recording credits include John Adams' Nixon in China, The Death of Klinghoffer, and Fearful Symmetries, and both The Shakespeare Concerts CDs. His piano reductions of works by John Adams and Christopher Rouse, and his original compositions have brought him numerous honors including two BMI awards, a fellowship from the Harvard Music Department, and designation as a Fellow in Composition at the Tanglewood Music Center. A professor at Clark University, McGinn holds an undergraduate degree from Harvard and a doctorate in composition from Stanford.