From PEMBERVILLE OPERA HOUSE
Jim McCutcheon, “The Guitarman,” will perform a “Live! In The House Concert Series” concert April 6, 7:30 p.m. in the historic Pemberville Opera House.
Tickets are available for $12 at Beeker’s General Store, at the door or by contacting Carol Bailey at 419-287-4848, carol@pembervilleoperahouse.org or www.pembervilleoperahouse.org.
McCutcheon has performed throughout Ohio and abroad for more than three decades. His career has spanned performance, music education, including blending science and the arts, and radio production.
McCutcheon has played the guitar since he was 11 years old.
He graduated from the University of Dayton with a degree in physics and a medical school acceptance and then went on the road with a band. When the tour concluded, he knew music would be the best career for him, and he returned to Dayton, studying music at Wright State University, where he received a Bchelor in Music in Guitar Performance and later a M.M. in Music Education.
As a member of the OAC Touring Roster, Jim has performed all over Ohio as “The Guitar Man” and has also performed in England and Russia. He has made four recordings for adults as well as three specifically for children. He has several publications of guitar compositions and instruction books to his credit, and has written a variety of magazine articles published in the U.S.A. and England.
In part due to his extensive work in schools developing programs relating science and
the arts, Jim was recently awarded the 2017 Governor’s Award for the Arts in Arts Education.
Jim reviews recordings for Soundboard, the journal of the Guitar Foundation of America. He
also serves as Guitar Adviser to the National Federation of Music Clubs. He won the 2019 Ohio Federation of Music Clubs Adult Composer Competition with a piece for guitar and string orchestra.
Jim can be heard weekends on Dayton Public Radio’s “The Intimate Guitar,” which he has
produced since 1986.
He currently is Artist-in-Residence at the University of Dayton, and adjunct faculty at Wright State University and Miami University. He owns and operates McCutcheon Music in south Dayton, which, with a staff of over 50 teachers, has twice won Dayton Magazine’s “Best Music Instruction.”
