Frank McKinney composer

After graduating in 1976 with a Bachelor of Music Education from Florida State University, Frank McKinney taught middle and high school band in Florida and Georgia for thirty-six years. Though he retired from teaching in 2013, Frank remains involved in music education as a musician, clinician and composer. He performs with the Georgia Wind Symphony and the Young Harris College Community Band on saxophone, and is the pianist for the Brasstown Big Band, The Swing Set, and Hayesville First United Methodist Church. Frank is an adjudicator for the Florida Bandmaster Association and the Georgia Music Education Association, and a lifetime member of the National Association of Music Educators and Florida Music Educators Association. He and his wife Cara live in the north Georgia mountains near Blairsville, Georgia.