May 11, 2016
After getting a degree in English and Film Studies at the
University of Kent at Canterbury followed by post-grad
work in Film Theory and despite serious attempts to work in the
film industry, Donald ended up in the early music scene in
London.
He claims he was in the right place at the right time and joined
Tallis
Scholars in 1985 and by 1988 when he was a founding member of
The Orlando
Consort.
The Orlando
Consort rapidly achieved a reputation as one of Europe s most
expert and consistently challenging groups performing repertoire
from the years 1050 to 1550. The unique imagination and originality
of their programming together with their superb vocal skills has
marked the Consort out as the outstanding leaders of their
field.
More recently, Donald has been able to combine his work with the
ensemble by creating a vocal score to accompany the film called
Voices Appeared, to accompany Carl
Dreyer's film, The Passion of Joan of Arc.
The Orlando Consort has performed live with the Voices Appeared and The Passion of Joan of Arc for early music and film fans worldwide.