My flute teacher there was the late David Nicholson and I continued flute as a second study at the RAM with Derek Honner. I attended the Junior Department of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama from the age of 15. I was born in Glasgow in 1948, where I now work. My career as a composer was well grounded and inspired by my years at the Royal Academy of Music in London from 1966 to 1970 (studying with James Iliff and privileged to write Nine Decades for his 90th birthday in 2013) and the State Academy of Music, Stockholm in 1971 with Ingvar Lidholm (I greeted him again in 2011 at his 90th birthday concert in Stockholm). Both his CD collections (Delphian Records) achieved 'Editor's Choice' in Gramophone Magazine - Eddie McGuire: Music for Flute, Guitar and Piano (2006) and Entangled Fortunes (2015). He writes for and plays with The Whistlebinkies folk group. Commissions and broadcasts have included those from St Magnus Festival, Edinburgh International Festival, Lorient Festival, Glasgow Festival Strings, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Ulster Orchestra, Scottish Ballet and BBC National Orchestra of Wales.
The BBCSSO London Proms performance of Calgacus was selected for BBC Music Magazine's CD 'The Very Best of the BBC Orchestras' (1997).
He received a British Composers Award in 2003 and has been featured composer at many festivals including Bath International Guitar Festival, International Viola Congress and Scottish International Flute Summer School. Glasgow-born Edward (Eddie) McGuire studied with James Iliff (RAM) and Ingvar Lidholm (Sweden).
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