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A "fresh, inventive, urbane, and keen-witted young composer" (Boston Globe) and "a splendid pianist" "with a born pianist's command of colors, textures, dynamics", John McDonald has earned international acclaim as a musician.
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John McDonald was presented with the 2009 Lillian and Joseph Leibner Award for Distinguished Teaching and Advising from Tufts University on May 13, 2009.
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Pianist Andrew Rangell has just completed a recording of McDonald’s Meditation Before A Sonata: Dew Cloth, Dream Drapery, a piece which can function as a preamble to either of the monumental Charles Ives sonatas (Bridge Records; May 2009 release).
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His compositions have been performed on four continents, and his work is frequently featured in the U.S.A. by such ensembles as Alea III, Arden Quartet, Boston Composers String Quartet, DaVinci Quartet, Hartt Contemporary Players, Kalistos Chamber Orchestra, Marimolin, Brave New Works, and by pianists Veronica Jochum and Andrew Rangell. In 2007 he received the MTNA-Shepherd Distinguished Composer of the Year by the Music Teachers National Association.
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Sunday, February 8, 2009, 3:00 pm
Goethe-Institut Boston, 170 Beacon Street, Boston, MA.
"Schubert's Singing Saxophone: A New Winter Journey", by John Mcdonald, featuring Philipp Staeudlin, Saxophone, & John McDonald, piano.
Goethe-Institut Boston
Saxophonist Philipp Staeudlin performs the role of Schubert's muse Johann Michael Vogl in a wordless rendition of Schubert's monumental song cycle "Winterreise." Composer and pianist John McDonald offers his award-winning work "Staeudlin As Vogl: Preamble To A Winter Journey" to set the stage for this unusual collaborative performance. Join Staeudlin and McDonald to experience the resiliency of Schubert's masterwork in this uniquely poignant afternoon of vocal music played through the saxophone.
$10 (requested donation). For more info, call +1 617 262 6050, or email info@boston.goethe.org
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