Humber faculty, saxophonist and composer, Kirk MacDonald, won a prestigious Canada Council for the Arts - Victor Martyn Lynch-Staunton Award.
The annual awards, worth $15,000 each, recognize outstanding artists in the seven disciplines funded by Canada Council: dance, integrated arts, media arts, music, theatre, visual arts, and writing and publishing.
“Winning this award was truly a pleasant surprise. Only one person in music is chosen each year, so it is a great honour to have your work acknowledged and supported,” says Kirk MacDonald, faculty, School of Creative and Performing Arts.
In addition to teaching at Humber, MacDonald is actively composing and writing, and recently released his newest album, Songbook Vol. I. Songbook Vol. II is set to be released early 2010.
The Kirk MacDonald Jazz Band, a 19-piece all-star ensemble will perform at Humber in early spring 2010.
For more information on Humber’s School of Creative and Performing Arts, visit http://creativeandperformingarts.humber.ca/content/music.html.
For more information on Humber’s Bachelor of Applied Music – Contemporary Music, visit http://www.humber.ca/program/22061.
