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Earl MacDonald was born on 26 July, 1970 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, is an Earl MacDonald is pianist, composer, arranger, conductor. Discover Earl MacDonald's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 53 years old?

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Occupation Composer, arranger, conductor, musician, university professor
Age 53 years old
Zodiac Sign Leo
Born 26 July 1970
Birthday 26 July
Birthplace Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Nationality Canada

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1970

Earl MacDonald (born July 26, 1970) is a Canadian pianist, composer, arranger, conductor, recording artist, and educator specializing in jazz.

Described as "a magical, musical alchemist of hip hybrids", MacDonald's compositional work frequently draws upon other musical styles, fusing them with jazz.

1985

As a teenager he earned money playing the organ for Winnipeg Jets hockey games (1985-1988).

1988

He attended Silver Heights Collegiate Institute, where his high school stage band was nationally recognized, winning "Most Outstanding" and Gold awards at the 1988 MusicFest Canada competition.

Also during high school, MacDonald began taking classical piano lessons with Darrel Loewen and Shirley Kwok at the Manitoba Conservatory for Music and Arts.

He studied music theory with Francis Sanderson.

1992

MacDonald earned a bachelor of music degree in 1992 from McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, where he majored in jazz performance.

His jazz piano teachers included Fred Henke, Luc Beaugrand and André White.

He studied arranging with Christopher Smith, composition with Jan Jarczyk, and improvisation with trumpeter Kevin Dean.

1993

MacDonald's graduate studies spanned 1993 to 1995 at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey.

He apprenticed with Kenny Barron who recorded MacDonald's composition, "Wanton Spirit" while he was still a graduate student.

The song was released as the title track of Barron's Grammy-nominated CD with Roy Haynes and Charlie Haden.

At Rutgers, MacDonald studied arranging with Michael Philip Mossman and played in ensembles under the direction of Ralph Bowen.

MacDonald has participated in the BMI Jazz Composers' Workshop under the direction of Jim McNeely, Michael Abene and Mike Holober.

1998

MacDonald joined Maynard Ferguson's touring band in 1998, following a one-year teaching appointment at Bowling Green State University.

He worked with Ferguson for two years, performing across North America, Europe and Asia.

One studio album was recorded during MacDonald's tenure with Ferguson: "Big City Rhythms", a collaboration with singer Michael Feinstein.

Video recordings of several concerts have been publicly released, including MacDonald's second performance with the band, which was released on DVD as "Maynard Ferguson - Live from the King Cat Theatre" (in Seattle, WA).

MacDonald's bandmates with Ferguson included:

1999

In 1999, upon the departure of bassist Paul Thompson, Ferguson appointed MacDonald musical director of Big Bop Nouveau.

As musical director, MacDonald rehearsed the ensemble, selected performance repertoire, made personnel recommendations and wrote musical arrangements.

In the lineage of Ferguson's pianists, MacDonald succeeded Ron Oswanski.

2000

The Winnipeg native has been employed as director of jazz studies at the University of Connecticut since the fall of 2000.

MacDonald was born and raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

His father, Keith MacDonald, is a bagpiper who authored "The Church Piper" book series.

MacDonald has one sibling, Janine Mackie, a journalist and freelance writer based in Surrey, British Columbia.

MacDonald began taking music lessons at age five, starting on electronic organ.

Following MacDonald's departure in 2000, Ferguson hired Bryn Roberts and later Will Bonness, both of whom were MacDonald's former students from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

At the post-secondary level MacDonald has taught at:

At UConn he teaches courses on improvisation and arranging, while also directing student ensembles and administering the jazz program.

2001

He also attended the Summer Jazz Workshop in Banff, Canada in 2001, and has audited conducting courses at UConn with Dr. Jeffrey Renshaw.

2002

MacDonald has released two albums of his compositions and arrangements for 17-piece jazz orchestra (big band): "UConn Jazz" (2002) and "Re:Visions - Works for Jazz Orchestra" (2010).

2005

He was tenured and promoted to Associate Professor in 2005.

MacDonald frequently participates as a clinician, guest conductor and teacher at summer camps.

In recent years he has taught at the Kincardine Summer Music Festival, Jazz In July at UMASS Amherst and Marshall University's "Jazz-MU-Tazz" camp in West Virginia.

2011

The latter received a Juno Award nomination for traditional jazz album of the year in 2011.

Reviewer, Dan Bilawsky asserted, "Re:Visions goes beyond where most big bands go and the music here establishes Earl MacDonald as a major force in the world of jazz composition."

MacDonald's big band arrangements are published through eJazz Lines.

2013

In 2013 MacDonald released an album with the unorthodox instrumentation of cello, saxophone, percussion and piano.

MacDonald said, "This band, the Creative Opportunity Workshop, was formed to serve as a personal playground for experimentation and fusions."