Cathy McManamon IF

Cathy McManamon has written music for 50 years (though thankfully she won't share any of the REALLY early ones) and sidetracked through church music and classroom music education before getting back to writing and performing her own music. Mostly recognized with her Ovation guitar, she also plays drums & other percussion, wind instruments, and has dabbled with keyboard, pedal organ (her first instrument), bowed psaltery, harp, chimes, and boomwhackers. She has been playing solo and in collaboration with other musicians since she left teaching in 2003, including the groups Tragic Hair Shadow (an Indigo Girls cover duo), Merry Meet (a faery-based vocal group), Pegasus winner Random Fractions (with Jason Neerenberg and Daniel Gunderson), who left the trio in 2019), and she recently retired from playing drums with repeat Pegasus nominee hard rock/filk band Toyboat. Cathy occasionally works with Canticles Productions as a studio musician and arranger, runs a regular drum circle in Chicago, and has appeared on quite a few friend's albums playing guitar, percussion, wind instruments, and doing harmony vocals. She has released 11 albums of solo and collaborative/band work, including several instrumental albums ranging from winter holiday compositions to themed soundscapes to soundtrack-worthy, Arthurian & Avalon novel-inspired pieces. Cathy headed the music track at Windycon for five years and at two Capricons, and continues to offer workshops on music and other topics at multiple sci-fi and music conventions. She also LOVES being on the road, which is where she finds much inspiration for her songwriting.

cathymcmusic.com
www.facebook.com/cathymcmusic
www.cathymcmanamon.bandcamp.com
www.patreon.com/CathyMcManamon