Carrie Magin, D.M.A.

About Carrie

Internationally-performed composer Carrie Magin traverses a wide emotional range with her fresh and universal voice. Her recent work, How to See an Angel, was featured on Fotina Naumenko’s Bespoke Songs album, which received a 2025 GRAMMY® Nomination. She has been commissioned by the Trombones of the Saint Louis Symphony, the University of Cincinnati’s CCM Chorale, and WQXR New York Public Radio, among others. Her work has also been performed by Boston Opera Collaborative, Buffalo Chamber Players, and Vocalis Chamber Choir. Honors include a Fulbright Teaching Assistantship and five Arts Education Grants from the New York State Council on the Arts. Carrie Magin is currently Associate Professor and Area Coordinator of Composition and Theory at Houghton University (upstate NY). In 2023, she was named the Mabel Barnum Davidson Distinguished Professor of Fine Arts and has been twice nominated for the Excellence in Teaching Award. She also teaches composition at Interlochen Arts Camp.