Douglas McNabney
Super Nova Quartet
viola
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Born and educated in Toronto, violist Douglas McNabney is one of
Canada’s distinguished chamber musicians. Presently Professor of
Chamber Music at McGill University, he has a wide and varied performing
experience as soloist, chamber, and orchestral musician.
During his tenure as Principal Viola of l’Orchestre symphonique de
Québec from 1983 to 1986, he was a frequent soloist with the orchestra
and recorded Berlioz’s Harold in Italy for CBC Enterprises. Other
concerto appearances include performances and recordings with the RTE
Radio Symphony (Dublin), the Canadian Chamber Orchestra (Banff), and
the St. John Symphony.
Mr. McNabney has appeared as guest artist with leading chamber music
groups and societies across Canada and the U.S.A. including the Orford
Quartet, the Allegri Quartet, the St. Lawrence Quartet, the Smithsonian
Chamber Players, the Lafayette Quartet, Millennium, Amici, the Gryphon
Trio, the Penderecki Quartet, Santa Fe Pro Musica, the Quatuor Artur
Leblanc, New Music Concerts, Amadeus Ensemble, the Winnipeg Chamber
Music Society, le Festival international de Lanaudière, Music at
Speedside, the Ottawa Chamber Music Festival, Festival Canada, the
Scotia Festival, Festival of the Sound, and many others.
As member of the Galliard Ensemble, he toured and concertized
extensively throughout Canada, Europe, and the United States, recording
for, among others, BRT (Brussels), Radio Bremen, RTE (Dublin), Finnish
Broadcasting (Helsinki), Sudwestdeutscher Rundfunk (Karlsruhe),
Norwegian Radio (Oslo), Radio Sweden (Stockholm), and the CBC.
Douglas McNabney was the Artistic Director of the Domaine Forget Music
and Dance Academy from 2001-2004. He also pursues a busy schedule of
appearances as soloist and guest artist in festivals and with chamber
music societies and ensembles across Canada and Europe.
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