# Martin MacDonald

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Not to be confused with [Martin McDonald](/source/Martin_McDonald).

**Martin MacDonald** (born ca 1977)[1] is a Canadian conductor and the music director of the Cathedral Bluffs Symphony Orchestra since January 2022.[2]

## Early life

He was born on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, MacDonald is the youngest of 12 children, and started to play cello when he was six years old.[3][1] He participated in the family's [Celtic music](/source/Celtic_music) band.[1] He studied cello at [Memorial University of Newfoundland](/source/Memorial_University_of_Newfoundland) and earned a master's degree in conducting at [McGill University](/source/McGill_University).[1]

## Career

When he graduated he was hired at [National Academy Orchestra of Canada](/source/National_Academy_Orchestra_of_Canada) and in 2008 he took a job as Associate Conductor for [Symphony Nova Scotia](/source/Symphony_Nova_Scotia).[1]

He has guest conducted for the [Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra](/source/Hamilton_Philharmonic_Orchestra), [Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra](/source/Thunder_Bay_Symphony_Orchestra), [Orchestra London Canada](/source/Orchestra_London_Canada), [Windsor Symphony Orchestra](/source/Windsor_Symphony_Orchestra), [National Arts Centre Orchestra](/source/National_Arts_Centre_Orchestra),[4] and the [Oakville Symphony Orchestra](/source/Oakville_Symphony_Orchestra).[5]

## Awards

In 2010, MacDonald was awarded the Jean-Marie Beaudet Award in Orchestral Conducting awarded by the Canada Council for the Arts[6] and in 2013 he won the Heinz Unger Award awarded by the Ontario Arts Council.[4]

## References

1. ["Martin MacDonald's classical studies"](https://www.thecoast.ca/halifax/martin-macdonalds-classical-studies/Content?oid=963045). *The Coast Halifax*. June 12, 2008.

1. ["Martin MacDonald, Music Director"](https://cathedralbluffs.com/about-us/). Cathedral Bluffs Symphony Orchestra. Retrieved 13 April 2025.

1. ["Conductor vying for Sudbury Symphony job comes from a family of car dealers"](http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/sudbury-symphony-orchestra-conductor-martin-macdonald-1.3535373). *CBC News*. April 14, 2016.

1. Terauds, John (9 December 2013). ["Nova Scotia-born conductor Martin MacDonald wins Ontario Heinz Unger Award"](http://www.musicaltoronto.org/2013/12/09/nova-scotia-born-conductor-martin-macdonald-wins-ontario-heinz-unger-award/#). *Musical Toronto*

1. ["Conductor Showcase"](https://oakvillesymphony.com/concerts/past-seasons/2021-2022-season/). Oakville Symphony. Retrieved 13 April 2025.

1. ["Jean-Marie Beaudet Award in Orchestra Conducting Cumulative list of Prizes and Winners"](http://www.canadacouncil.ca/prizes/jean-marie_beaudet/mn127238370802968750.htm). Canada Arts Council. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20130108142923/http://www.canadacouncil.ca/prizes/jean-marie_beaudet/mn127238370802968750.htm) 8 January 2013 at the Wayback Machine.

## External links

- [Profile at Symphony Nova Scotia](https://symphonynovascotia.ca/about/who-we-are/our-musicians/martin-macdonald/)

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