Don Macdonald

Don’s composition credits include music for theatre and dance, published choral works, and forays into everything from rock and jazz to world and folk music. A multiple Canadian Film Awards nominee and 3 time Leo Award winner, he has over 50 film music credits and has worked with many of the major studios including 20th Century Fox and Lions Gate Films. His orchestral score to the cult classic zombie film “Fido” won him the award for Best Soundtrack” at the Gerardmer Film Festival in France.

A multi-instrumentalist, Don has performed professionally on saxophone, violin, and voice. He has been active as a choral singer since a very young age and as a result, many of his works use voice in some way. Highlights include the 2-hour opera KHAOS, Tabula Rasa, (winner of the Da Capo Chamber Choir New Works Competition), and Fire-Flowers (a seven-movement suite of choral works commissioned by the University of Western Ontario Women’s Choir). His choral works have been performed and recorded by many fine ensembles all over the world including Rajaton (Finland), the Vancouver Chamber Choir(Can), the Luther College Nordic Choir (USA), , Cantus (USA), and Elektra Women’s Choir (CAN). His published choral works are available from ECS, G.Schirmer, and Cypress. In 2021 he became the “Composer in Residence” (a 3-year appointment) for Chor Leoni Men’s Choir.

Don lives in Nelson, BC Canada and teaches at the Selkirk College Contemporary Music and Technology Program.

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