Member of the Order of Canada

• Awarded on: November 16, 2021
• Invested on: February 22, 2024

Andrew Paul MacDonald, C.M.
Sherbrooke, Quebec
Andrew Paul MacDonald is a prolific composer and guitarist. For more than four decades, he has created hundreds of pieces for opera, symphony and chamber orchestras, and his work has been commissioned and performed by eminent musical institutions, conductors and soloists worldwide. A beloved professor and chair at Bishop’s University, he has promoted the work of emerging Canadian composers, and was a founding artistic director of the celebrated musical collective Ensemble Musica Nova. He has received many prestigious awards, including a JUNO for Best Classical Composition in 1995.