John McEnary Memorial Music Scholarship

A native of Minneapolis, John McEnary graduated from the University of Minnesota with B.F.A. and M.F.A. degrees in music. He did additional graduate work at the University of California at San Diego where he was a recipient of a Regents Fellowship. He joined OCC’s faculty in 1978.

John taught a variety of music classes at Orange Coast College, including “Computers in Music” and the always-popular “History of Rock Music” class. He also conducted the college’s Guitar Ensemble for more than two decades. He served as chair of OCC’s Music Department for more than a decade.

An active performer of classical and jazz guitar, he was a specialist in acoustic, electrical and synthesized guitars. In addition to teaching and service as an administrator John wrote more than a dozen books and software programs on music and music education.

This scholarship is awarded to outstanding music students with preference given to guitar and computer music students.