[2] In 2012, to celebrate the town of Lexington's 300th anniversary, the orchestra premiered a work they commissioned from composer Sky Macklay called Dissolving Bands.
Other recent soloists include Irina Muresanu,[4] Janna Baty,[5] Gail Williams, Gale Fuller, Stefan Jackiw,[6] and Jobey Wilson, Roger Tapping (formerly of the Takács Quartet), and Stephanie Chase.
Local performances have taken place at the Lexington Historical Society's Munroe and Buckman Taverns, Depot Square Gallery, SAGE at Temple Isaiah, the Arts Walk and Shopper's Night, and Fiske Elementary School.
McPhee is an artistic advisor for Young Audiences of Massachusetts[15] and his work with Boston's WCRB-FM on Kids' Classical Hour resulted in a 1998 Gabriel Award.
He has studied with Leonard Brain, David Diamond, Thomas Stacy, Rudolf Kempe, Sixten Ehrling, and participated in master classes with Sir Georg Solti and James Levine at Juilliard.