Shirley Krug McKamie

Submitted by jd0307 on Fri, 05/13/2022 - 12:48pm
Graduation Year: 
'77

Shirley Krug McKamie (’77), Kirksville, Missouri, was recently named to the emeriti music faculty of Truman State University following a 25-year career of teaching piano and upper-level research courses in the philosophy of music. As a UNT piano major, she studied with artist-in-residence Stefan Bardas, and in his performance class she met David McKamie (’77, ’79 M.A.), her husband of 45 years. Their son, Alex McKamie, teaches violin at Texas Woman’s University and is currently completing his D.M.A. in violin at UNT, where he studies with Felix Olschofka, professor of violin.