Ann McCutchan

Ann McCutchan is a writer, editor and writing teacher based in Laramie, Wyoming. She is the author of Marcel Moyse: Voice of the Flute (Amadeus Press), The Muse That Sings: Composers Speak About the Creative Process (Oxford University Press, 1999), and a wide range of published work in newspapers, magazines, literary journals and other media. Formerly a columnist with Gannett News Service, and former music critic for the Austin (TX) American-Statesman, she contributes regularly to national publications. McCutchan has received various awards for her work, including a Distinguished Achievement Award from the Educational Press Association of America and a Vogelstein Foundation grant. Haleakala is her second collaboration with composer Dan Welcher; in 1986 she wrote the poetic text for his Listen Up!, a narrated piece for woodwind quintet. Most recently she created the libretto for his oratorio, JFK,the Voice of Peace. She is currently Visiting Associate Professor of Writing and Music at the University of Wyoming.

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