Musician Bio

Acting Assistant Principal Clarinet and Bass Clarinet Campbell MacDonald has held the position of Principal Clarinet in the Fort Wayne Philharmonic since 2004 and is a member of the acclaimed International Contemporary Ensemble in New York. Prior to his current appointments, he was a member of the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra, the Detroit Opera Orchestra, and spent six summers in Mexico City as Solo Clarinetist of La Orquésta Sinfónica de Minería. He performs regularly as a recitalist, concerto soloist, compositional collaborator, and recording artist.

Campbell’s performance credits of note include appearances at Berlin Festpiele, Wien Modern, Aspekte Festival (Salzburg), Festival Fringe (Edinburgh), the Huddersfield Festival, the Lincoln Center Festival, the Mostly Mozart Festival, the Ojai Music Festival, Da Camera Houston, and the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival. He has performed at Carnegie Hall, the Library of Congress, L.A. Opera’s REDCAT, EMPAC (Troy, NY), the Green Music Center (Sonoma, CA), and the Metropolitan Museum of New York. Campbell’s educational residencies and performances include visits to the Brevard Music Center, Columbia University, Stanford University, Boston Conservatory, the Hartt School, Williams College, Dartmouth College, and Harvard University. Additional international engagements include collaborations with Ensemble l’Itineraire in Paris and Marseille, France, and performances at the Time of Music Festival in Viitasaari, Finland. His recent summers have included appearances as Principal Clarinet of the Peninsula Music Festival Orchestra in Door County, Wisconsin and performances at LAC Lugano Arte e Cultura in Switzerland. He is featured on recordings produced by the Naxos, Koch, Nonesuch, Tzadik, Tundra, and New Focus labels.

Mr. MacDonald attended Oberlin College Conservatory of Music and continued his formal education at DePaul University in Chicago. In addition to his active performing schedule, Campbell advocates for improved musician wages and work conditions as President of Fort Wayne Musicians’ Association, American Federation of Musicians Local 58.