Maggie McClellan is the Founder-Director of the Phinney Chorus. In addition to her work as a choral conductor, she is a composer, and she has been teaching music to children since 1989. Maggie has degrees in music education, music composition and dance, and she studied conducting and methodology at the Kodály Institute in Kesckemet, Hungary during the 1980s. She is good at bringing people together and believes that building community generates infectious goodwill. Born in Boston, roots in the south, family all over the place, Maggie has called Seattle her home since 1998. (You can purchase her CD of music for children, Here Comes a Bluebird at CDbaby.com)