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| Name: |
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John McDonald |
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Associate Professor of Music
NME (New Music Ensemble at Tufts) Director
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| Departmental Affiliation: |
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Music Department
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| Degrees: |
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D.M.A. Yale School of Music; M.M.A. Yale School of Music; M.A. Yale School of Music; B.A. Yale University |
| Expertise: |
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Composer, Pianist, Conductor, Writer
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| Major Awards: |
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NEA Grant, Mellon Fellowship, First Prize, Leo M. Traynor Composition Competition |
| E-mail: |
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jmcdonal@tufts.edu
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| Other websites: |
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http://www.tufts.edu/as/music/faculty.html
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| Scholarship & Research: |
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Completed more than 800 works, including piano music, vocal works, chamber music, and orchestral pieces.
Commisions from and premiers by Alea III, Viola da Gamba Society of America, Boston Musica Viva, Wellesley College, American Composers Forum, Harvard Musical Association, Boston Composers String Quartet, Mongolian State Philharmonic Orchestra.
Co-director of Extension Works Consortium in Boston.
Recent euthusiasms include writing for piccolo in solo and chamber music contests, composingfor bass clarinet, and writing for pedagogical works for piano, percussion, flute, and string instruments.
Directs Tufts Composers Concert Series, Commissioning Program for NME (New Music Ensemble), Undergraduate and Graduate Composition Programs.
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