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Marshall McGuire studied at the Victorian College of the Arts, Paris Conservatoire and Royal College of Music London. He has commissioned over 30 new works for harp and was recognised in 1997 by receiving the Sounds Australian Award for the Most Distinguished Contribution to the Presentation of Australian Music.

He has performed as soloist with the Australian Chamber Orchestra, English String Orchestra, Les Talens Lyriques, Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and the Australia Ensemble and has appeared at numerous international festivals.

From 1988 -1992, he was Principal Harpist with the Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra, and since 1998 has been a member of the ELISION ensemble. In 2003 Marshall McGuire was appointed Artistic Director of Sonic Art Ensemble, and was awarded an inaugural Creative Fellowship from the State Library of Victoria to research the works of Peggy Glanville-Hicks; in 2004 he received a Churchill Fellowship to study baroque harp and contemporary music ensembles in the USA.

He is the founding President of the New Music Network, Co-Artistic Director of Ludovico’s Band, and Director of the Australian Youth Orchestra’s National Music Camp in 2008. He was recently appointed Executive Manager, Artistic Planning with the West Australian Symphony Orchestra.