Artist's Bio: LeeAnna Xanthos-McQueen

LeeAnna Xanthos-McQueen, Pianist, debuted at the age of 19 on National TV (PBS) performing Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No.2 with a Utah Symphony and traveled as an accompanist with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and has performed as soloist and accompanist over the United States, Canada, Mexico, Europe and Russia. She majored in piano performance at the Eastman School of Music and the University of Maryland, she did her graduate studies in accompanying and chamber music at Arizona State

University. She has maintained a private teaching studio for nearly 30 years and has served as a church choral conductor and organist for several congregations She is also an accomplished marimbist. Currently, she is the music director and organist at the Bethesda Presbyterian Church and teaches 45 students in Alexandria, Virginia.

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