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Wednesday, March 21, 2018

McNally Smith College of Music

McNally Smith College of Music
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McNally Smith College of Music was a music college located in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States.

Formerly known as Musictech College, McNally Smith College took its new name in honor of its two founders, Jack McNally and Doug Smith, on its 20th anniversary celebrated in 2005.

In the fall of 2009 the school opened the "first nationally accredited diploma program for hip-hop".

On December 14, 2017, it was announced that the college would close on December 20 for financial reasons.


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Notable faculty

  • Dessa, singer, songwriter, poet, published author and female hip-hop artist
  • Freddy Fresh, underground dance music artist
  • Jeremy Messersmith, singer/songwriter
  • Randy Sabien, jazz violinist, founder and chair of the Jazz Strings department of Berklee College of Music (1978-1981) and chair of the Strings department at McNally Smith in 2009.
  • Gao Hong, Chinese music instructor

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Notable alumni

  • Justin Bonhiver is a member of Quietdrive formerly on Sony's Epic label.
  • Zack Carroll, a 2005 guitar performance graduate, plays guitar and sings in the band This World Fair.
  • Ari Herstand, is a singer and songwriter who graduated from McNally Smith in August 2005.
  • Brian Nagan, a 2005 graduate, is the front man in the band Four Letter Lie.

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References


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External links

  • Official website

Source of the article : Wikipedia