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Donald McInnes (1939-2024) was a violist with significant performing and teaching careers.

McInnes's first viola teacher was Stefan Krayk. He attended Music Academy of the West 1954-1956, where he often listened to Lotte Lehmann sing. Innes studied at the University of Southern California (when?). Innes was familiar with William Primrose and frequently sought his advice in his early solo career. Jascha Heifetz guided his professional development as a soloist, counseling him to maintain good relationships with the conductor and principle violist of orchestras he performed with.

McInnes played 14 seasons with Camerata Pacifica, a chamber ensemble, in Santa Barbara, California. He also performed with the New York Philharmonic, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and the Orchestre National de France. He performed as principal violist in the Pittsburg Symphony, the Seattle symphony, and the Santa Barbara symphony.

He started working as principal violist at the Seattle Symphony for their 63rd season in 1966.

McInnes was a participating artist in the Marlboro Music School and Festival in 1970 and 1971 and participated in their informal concerts.

McInnes performed many premieres of new works for viola, including works commissioned with his performance in mind. These included works by William Schuman, Vincent Persichetti, William Bergsma, Robert Suderberg, Paul Tufts, and Thomas Pasatieri.

In 1970, McInnes performed Henri Casadesus's viola concerto, and Paul Hindemith's "Music for Mourning" with the Port Angeles Symphony. In 1972, he performed Elegy for Solo Viola at a mini festival in honor of Igor Stravinsky at the University of Washington. He performed Bartok's viola concerto with the Boise Philharmonic in 1975.

In 1971, McInnes received a grant from the Ford Foundation for musicians under age 35, through which he commissioned William Schuman to write "Concerto on Old English Rounds for Viola." McInnes premiered the work in 1974 with Michael Tilson Thomas conducting the Boston Symphony. McInnes also performed the work with Leonard Bernstein conducting the New York Philharmonic. In a review of the New York performance, Harold C. Shonberg described McInnes as a "sensitive musician" "with a gorgeous, mellow sound".

McInnes's collaboration with Bernstein continued and he recorded Harold en Italie by Hector Berlioz with him in 1976. In Classical Music: The Essential Listening Companion, Goodfellow described McInnes's recording as "less prepossessing" than William Lincer's performance of the same piece. In 2001, Ivan March reviewed the CD re-issue in his The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs. He described McInnes as playing with "superbly rich and even tone."

McInnes premiered Perschetti's Parable XVI at the International Viola Congress on June 29, 1975.

McInnes performed solo recitals during his career. Donal Henahan reviewed one of his 1979 recitals in The New York Times. Henahan called the recital "splendid." He praised McInnes's "technical finesse" and wrote that the performance of "Fantastic Variations on a Theme From 'Tristan'" "blossom[ed] dramatically." In contrast, Henahan was not as moved by McInnes's performance of works by Marais, Ravel, and Paganini.

McInnes performed in many symphony recordings for film soundtracks for twenty-five years when he lived in Los Angeles. These films included The Little Mermaid, Titanic, and Red October. He also played in Barbara Streisand's orchestra on tour as her principal violist from 1985 to 2000.

McInnes retired from performing in 2009.

McInnes taught at the University of Southern California (USC) for 53 years. He also taught at the Music Academy of the West, Idyllwild Arts Academy, the University of Michigan, the University of Cincinnati – College-Conservatory of Music, and the University of Washington. He taught as a guest professor at the Royal Conservatory in Barcelona, Spain, the Shanghai Conservatory and the Central Conservatory in Beijing. McInnes's teaching style includes scale studies and etudes, as well as studies in orchestral repertoire. McInnes became a faculty member at the University of Washington in 1966.

After his employment as a visiting professor, McInnes became a professor of viola at University of Cincinnati – College-Conservatory of Music in September 1980.

He was visiting faculty at the BANFF Center sometime in or before 1982. He attended the Canadian chapter of the International Viola Research Society in 1981.

McInnes taught outside of the university setting as well. In 1981, he taught masterclasses at the AFM's Congress of Strings, an intensive music camp aimed at preparing young students to work in orchestras. In earlier years, he was a faculty member at Congress of Strings. He also taught a masterclass at the University of Toronto in February 1990.

A book on qualitative research in music education, authors described McInnes as a "renowned viola teacher" who both taught and performed.

McInnes has made arrangements of popular classical music pieces for viola, publishing them through Ovation Press.

His students who have gone on to be professional violists include Katheryn Steely, Valerie Kuinka., and Cynthia Phelps.

McInnes and his husband had three children together.

• As violist in the solo string quartet in Gould, Morton; Katins, Milton (1969). Venice: Audiograph for Double Orchestra and Brass Choirs; Vivaldi Gallery: For Divided Orchestra and String Quartet. RCA.
• As the solo violist performing "Fantastic Variations for viola and piano, on a theme from Tristan" on William Bergsma / String Quartet No. 4 / Illegible Canons for Clarinet and Percussion / Fantastic Variations on a Theme from Tristan. Musical Heritage Society. 1977.
• Schuman, William; McInnes, Donald (1978). William Schuman: Concerto on Old English Rounds for viola, women's chorus and orchestra. LP. Columbia Masterworks.
  • Later compiled on an EMI Classics 2-disc set with Symphonie fantastique and 5 Overtures.
• As second violist on the LaSalle Quartet's recording of Schoenburg's Verklärte Nacht Streichtrio.
• 1999 - McInnes recording of Herold En Italie. it's a compilation, with disc 2 being a re-release of the 1977 recording (I think)
• As violist in the quartet performing works by Robert Suderburg, Charles Martin Loeffler, and Paul Hindemith (2000). 20th Century Bravura Chamber Music. Kleos Classics.
• As principal violist on Newman, Thomas (2005). Jarhead: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack. Decca Records.

• McInnes's "Representative List of Viola Repertoire"