Roderick MacDonald (musician)

Not to be confused with Roderick Douglas Macdonald.

Roderick MacDonald was principal trumpet of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra from 1989 to 2005.^[1]

In 1989, MacDonald was hired for the Gewandhaus Orchestra, one of the world's oldest symphony orchestras, directly by Maestro Kurt Masur.^[2] MacDonald is also a founding member of the Leipzig Baroque Soloists.^{[3][citation needed]}

Prior to his appointment by Masur, MacDonald pursued his graduate studies in trumpet with Charles Schlueter at the New England Conservatory and also was a fellow at the Tanglewood Music Festival.

Roderick Macdonald has been the Music Director of the New England Symphony Orchestra in Leominster, Massachusetts since 2014^[4] and Associate Professor of Music at State University of New York, SUNY Fredonia since 2006.