I’m in the last stages of mixing my first jazz album of original material titled “Shifting Sands”. Shifting Sands fuses jazz and bluegrass with world music modalities and, due to COVID, the album was recorded Read more…
The wonderful women’s vocal ensemble Papagena has just released their latest album Hush and the first track on the album is my composition Moonset. Wow! This group’s musicianship is incredible. What a wonderfully nuanced performance Read more…
Click on the link below to download this year’s newsletter with links to new compositions and recordings. Don Macdonald Choral Music 2019.pdf
I recently received two commissions for new choral works. Elektra Women’s Choir has commissioned me along with 9 other Canadian composers to set the amazing “Lost Words: A Spell Book” to music and the Malaspina Read more…
I just finished writing string quartet arrangements of three of the most well-known pieces in the Tango repertoire: Trenzas, Danzarin, and Romance de Barrio. I transformed each piece substantially from the original by changing the Read more…
My choral work; “When the Earth Stands Still”, has many many wonderful performances featured on youtube. Two of the best are done by The University of Johannesburg Choir and the Luther College Nordic Choir of Read more…