Ann McNamee
Ann McNamee | |
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Ann McNamee performing with her band Ann Atomic at Lilith Fair, Comcast Center, Great Woods, Mansfield, MA on July 30, 2010. | |
| Background information | |
| Born | Ann Kosakowski May 21, 1953 Southbridge, Massachusetts, United States |
| Genres | Indie rock, indie pop, alternative rock |
| Occupations | Singer-songwriter, professor emerita (swarthmore college) |
| Instruments | Voice, piano, keyboards, hand percussion, bass |
| Website | annmcnamee |
| Scientific career | |
| Thesis | Karol Szymanowski's mazurkas: cyclic structure and harmonic language (1980) |
| Doctoral advisor | Allen Forte |
Ann Kosakowski McNamee (born May 21, 1953) is a music theorist, singer-songwriter and musical theater composer/lyricist based in San Francisco, California and a retired Professor Emerita of music at Swarthmore College notable for her contribution to music theory; her song writing; and her musical performances with the bands the Flying Other Brothers and Moonalice known for their cutting-edge technology, particularly in the area of social media, as well as their performances at festivals such as Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, Nateva, Summer Camp Music Festival, Oregon Country Fair, Gathering of the Vibes; and with her band Ann Atomic during the 2010 revival of Lilith Fair. She composed the majority of the songs on the Moonalice album that was part of T Bone Burnett’s nomination for Producer of the Year at the 2009 Grammys.