He was one of four national authors for the Warner Brothers Music Expression Textbook for Secondary Choirs. Mr. McGill, along with author Dr. Morris Stevens, wrote 90 Days to Sightreading Success and Another 90 Days to Sightreading Success available through AMC Publications. Their middle school sightreading methods book 18 Lessons to Sightreading Success is available through Hal Leonard, Corp. Hal Leonard also publishes his choral methods book Beyond Singing, co-authored with Elizabeth Volk. His choral arrangements are available through Shawnee Press, Inc. Mr. McGill and Dr. Stevens are currently working on a choral sight reading project to be published spring 2016. Additionally, Mr. McGill is editor of the Stan McGill Choral Series through Hal Leonard Publications.

Mr. McGill has had extensive leadership service with ACDA and his articles have been published in the Southwestern Musician, Common Times, Choral Journal and Texas Sings! He has directed numerous honor choirs including all state choirs in Alaska, Arkansas, Connecticut, Kentucky, New Mexico, Oklahoma and South Carolina as well as ACDA Honor Choirs including the 2008 SWACDA 8-10 Boys Honor Choir in Kansas City, MO. His own choirs have performed nine times for TMEA, SWACDA and National ACDA Conventions. A native of Sikeston, Missouri, Mr. McGill graduated from William Jewell College and received his master’s degree from Arizona State University.