Much of his Jazz influenced music was composed in his younger days in Seattle. Literally hundreds of these works were published and performed worldwide during his lifetime. His range of musical expression encompasses Symphonies, Chamber Works, Songs, Band Pieces, Woodwind Ensembles, Harp compositions, Organ music, Cantatas, Musical Plays, Modern Dance, and Jazzy Piano pieces. George Frederick McKay's music emerges from the Far West of North America carrying a vigorous blend of influences, including Civil War Era folksongs sung to him by his grandparents old Fiddlers' Tunes handed down in the family Northwest Native American Songs and Dances, and Avant-Garde satire from the Seattle urban scene.
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