AUSTIN - A professional clarinetist for 30 years, Ann McCutchan is no stranger to Austin's music community. She is the former classical music critic of the Austin American-Statesman and former member of the Austin Lyric Opera orchestra and various chamber groups in the Central Texas area from 1983 to 2000. In 1989, she co-founded the Austin Mostly Music Marathon, an annual fundraising event for AIDS Services of Austin.

McCutchan is the author of Marcel Moyse: Voice of the Flute, The Muse That Sings: Composers Speak About the Creative Process, and a wide range of published work in newspapers, magazines and literary journals. A visiting associate professor of writing and music at the University of Wyoming, McCutchan is the recipient of a distinguished achievement award from the Education Press Association of America.

This event, which is free and open to the public, is part of the Visiting Writers Series sponsored by The School of Humanities. For more information contact Cynthia Hoff at 416-5809.

• Who: Ann McCutchan
• When: Thursday, Feb. 21, 8 p.m.
• Where: Jones Auditorium, Ragsdale Center
  

St. Edward's University is an independent Catholic liberal arts university of 4,100 students in Austin. It was founded by the Congregation of Holy Cross.

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Note: (electronic image of McCutchan available upon request.)