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Multi-talented and gifted pianist, producer, songwriter, programmer and film scorer, Myron McKinley is the current music director and keyboardist of the legendary R&B Jazz Funk group "Earth, Wind & Fire" that holds a record of winning 7 Grammy Awards including the "Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award" in 2016. Upon graduating from USC, McKinley quickly began performing with award winning artists such as Chaka Khan, Mary J. Blige, Faith Evans, CeCe Winans, Harry Connick Jr., Jodeci, Yolanda Adams, Chicago, Puff Daddy, Dr. Dre, Brandy, Stevie Wonder, Whitney Houston, Stanley Clarke, Gerald Albright, Karen Clark-Shears, Chante Moore, Tupac Shakur, Doc Powell, Vesta, Backstreet Boys, Regina Bell, Tyrese, Hanson, James Ingram, Brian McKnight, Patti LaBelle, Monica, Dru Hill, Keith Sweat, Morris Day, Jermaine Dupri, Da Brat, Gerald Levert, Ashford & Simpson, Deborah Cox, Tamia, Emotions, Gloria Gaynor, Christina Aguilera, En Vogue and Earth Wind & Fire to just name a few. Myron also heads th

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1968

Composer Roger Aldridge of Olney, MD, has a selection of original tunes, extended pieces, and ensemble scores available at the American Music Center. Visit www.amc.net/rogermaldridge.

1970

Marc Elbaum of Meredith, NH, has a song featured in Ernest Thompson's Academy Award-winning film Time and Charges. The song "When Love Is Good" was written and produced by Elbaum, David Henderson, and Thompson. Shawnn Monteiro performed it. For more info, visit www.whitebridgefarmproductions.com.

1971

Chuck Mymit of Rego Park, NY, was awarded the Presidential Award for Outstanding Musical Achievement and Educational Service at Five Towns College this year.

1975

Dr. Ken Carper of Naples, FL, presented a trumpet recital in March 2011. Carper performed during a benefit concert for a church in the Holguin district of eastern Cuba that Carper has visited on several musical church-related trips. Carper closed the concert with the New Horizons Band, which he also directs.

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