Winner of the prestigious Heinz Unger Award for Orchestral Conducting from the Ontario Arts Council, Martin MacDonald is one of Canada's most dynamic and outstanding young conductors. Martin has just been named Music Director of the Cathedral Bluffs Symphony Orchestra based in the Greater Toronto Area. Including recent posts as Associate Conductor of Symphony Nova Scotia and as a Cover Conductor and Guest Conductor for the National Ballet of Canada, Martin has conducted extensively across Canada having worked with with nearly every major orchestra from coast to coast.