Donald McInnes
Biography
Donald McInnes, professor, strings, holds the position formerly held by his teacher, William Primrose. Professor McInnes is renowned for his performances with major orchestras, in recitals, chamber music and master classes, and as a resident member of the Camerata Pacifica Chamber Music Ensemble. He has appeared with the New York Philharmonic, Boston Symphony, Orchestre Nationale de France, Pittsburgh Symphony, Zurich Chamber Orchestra, CBC Radio Orchestra and Toronto Symphony, among many others. His career includes close associations with such artists as Leonard Bernstein, Yehudi Menuhin, Janos Starker, Martin Katz, Menahem Pressler, Yo-Yo Ma and Brooks Smith. Professor McInnes is an active recording artist who can be heard on Columbia, RCA, Deutsche Grammaphone and Angel (EMI) recordings. He has introduced many new works for viola including those commissioned for him by such composers as William Schuman, Vincent Persichetti, Paul Tufts and Robert Suderburg. He regularly appears at leading summer music festivals in North America and abroad such as Banff, Marlboro, Gstaad, Ambler, International String Workshop and the Music Academy of the West. His students have received the first prize at the Lionel Tertis International Viola Competition, the Friday Morning Musical Club National Competition at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., and the CBC National Competition in Vancouver, BC.
