Tony McDonald is an orchestral conductor, composer/arranger, and former Associate Professor of Music at Hillsdale and Centre Colleges.  A freelance musician in Columbus, Ohio, he is a member of the Westerville Symphony, The Cyndi Black Big Band, a former member of the Scioto Valley Brass and Percussion Company, former musical director of Song Spinners, and has served as choir director at the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Columbus.  He holds his doctoral degree in orchestral conducting from Stanford University, has taught classes and directed musicals for the Davis Discovery Center, has served several years as an arts administrator, including as Performing Arts Director of The King Arts Complex, and is editor of The Catalog of Music Written in Honor of Martin Luther King, Jr.  Dr. Tony's compositions and arrangements have included works for brass ensemble, flute, flute choir, chorus, jazz and ragtime band and orchestra.