Cypress Choral Music

(from the seven movement song set "Fire-Flowers")

Lyrics: Emily Pauline Johnson
Music: Don Macdonald
Format: Choral Octavo
Voicing: SATB with piano accompaniment

Don Macdonald (born 1966) is an award-winning composer of film and concert music and he has an eclectic musical background as a performer, producer, educator, and conductor.

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.

Don 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 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 (Canada), and the Luther College Nordic Choir (USA).

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