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Don Thompson
Don (Donald Winston) Thompson. Pianist, bassist, vibraphonist, drummer, composer, arranger, recording engineer, b Powell River, north of Vancouver, 18 Jan 1940. After childhood piano lessons he took up the string bass and the vibraphone in his teens. He is essentially self-taught on all instruments.
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Don Thompson
(William) Don or 'D.T.' Thompson. Saxophonist, composer, arranger, b Drumheller, Alberta, 19 Sep 1932, d Vancouver 21 Mar 2004. He played saxophone and clarinet at 12 and began promoting his own jazz concerts, 'Jammin' the Blues,' in Edmonton at 17.
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Don Wright
Don (Donald John Alexander) Wright. Choir conductor, arranger, composer, educator, b Strathroy, near London, Ont, 6 Sep 1908, d Toronto 27 June 2006; BA classics (Western Ont) 1933, honorary D Mus (Western) 1986, honorary L Mus (Western Ont Conservatory) 1987, honorary D Mus (Victoria) 2001.
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Donald Anstey Steven
A member of the McGill faculty from 1975 to 1992, Steven then moved on to head the Conservatory of Music at the State University of New York at Purchase.
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Donald Bell
Donald (Munro) Bell. Bass-baritone, b South Burnaby, BC, 19 Jun 1934. In 1948, while still a pupil of Nancy Paisley Benn in Vancouver, he sang with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra.
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Donald Brittain
In his lively, humorous, original and often biting style he portrayed such personalities as Leonard COHEN, Lord THOMSON of Fleet, Ferguson JENKINS, Malcolm LOWRY and the DIONNE QUINTUPLETS.
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Donald Brown
Donald (George) Brown. Lyric baritone, teacher, b Nelson, BC (5 April 1925 – 7 October 2017); ARCT 1949, LRCT 1951. After early studies with Mrs P. Ferguson in Nelson, he studied in Toronto with George Lambert, Emmy Heim, and for three months with Pauline Donalda.
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Donald Deschênes
Donald Deschênes. Folklorist, b St-Octave-de-l'Avenir, Gaspésie, Que, 23 Jun 1952; BA (Laval) 1976, M MUS ethnomusicology (Laval) 1988. In addition to musicological research, he has performed folk music and his own compositions beginning in 1975.
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Donald George and Murray Edward Davis
Donald George Davis, actor (b at Newmarket, Ont 26 Feb 1928; d at Toronto 23 Jan 1998) and Murray Edward, actor, director and theatre educator (b at Newmarket, Ont 16 Feb 1924; d at Toronto 22 Jan 1997). Raised in Newmarket, the sons of E.J.
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Donald Hadfield
Donald (James Fletcher) Hadfield. Organist-choirmaster, b Winnipeg 23 Oct 1931, d there 18 Jan 2005; ARCM 1950, BA (St John's College) 1957, B PED (Manitoba) 1958. He studied organ 1946-53 with Douglas Bodle and Hugh Bancroft .
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Donald Heins
Heins, (Francis) Donald (Donaldson). Violinist, violist, conductor, organist, composer, teacher, b Hereford, England, 19 Feb 1878, d Toronto 1 Jan 1949.
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Donald K. Donald
Donald K. Donald (b Tarlton). Producer, impresario, b Montreal 12 May 1943. He studied at Rosemere High School near Montreal, and at Sir George Williams U (Concordia University). As a teenager he organized dances in schools and youth clubs.
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Donald L. Coles
Donald L. Coles, "Don," poet, novelist (born in Woodstock, Ontario, on 12 April 1927; died on 29 November 2017). Don Coles studied history at the University of Toronto, where he completed a BA and MA, and literature at Cambridge University, where he earned a second MA.
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Donald Lautrec
Donald Lautrec (b Bourgeois). Singer, actor, songwriter, TV host, producer, b Jonquière, Que, 13 Jul 1940. He began his career in 1957 as an acrobat, and his singing debut took place in 1963. He made two LPs for Apex, the first - Personne au monde included songs by Cécile Coulombe and Marc Gélinas.
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