The Boyd McDonald Project

The Boyd McDonald Project explores the huge contributions to the Canadian music scene made by the inspiring and unstoppable Boyd McDonald as a concert soloist, chamber musician, composer and teacher/mentor.  

A virtuoso pianist and prolific composer now in his 90th year,  Boyd  continues to give regular concerts and performs with the dexterity and energy of a musician half his age.  He’s also in the process of writing an opera.

Since 2019, under the banner Minus 20 Music, Nigel Baines has made over 40 audio visual recordings of Boyd McDonald’s music and created an important music archive of his compositions, featuring performances by Boyd himself and by the many acclaimed musicians who adore him, including Guy Few and Christine Vanderkooy.

Current projects underway include a documentary about Boyd McDonald entitled From the City of Bridges to the City of Lights, as well as  concerts in Ontario and Saskatchewan. Podcasts and an album of Boyd’s music recorded during the covid outbreak are also in the works.

Minus 20 Music collaborates with musicians from across Canada  on documentary projects, music videos, cultural events, concerts and music festivals.  

For over 10 years, Minus 20 Music  has been providing artists with affordable video production, portrait photography, design and copywriting services.  Income generated from his audio-visual and design work help support the production costs of Minus 20 Music’s  documentary work.