Andy MacDonald.  Composition.  Singing.  Piano-MD.
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Performing Experience.

Stage experience includes:

  • Kiss Me, Kate - Perth City Operatic Group (P.C.O.G.) (Fred Graham / Petruchio)
  • RENT - Perth Theatre Art School (Perth TASREP) (Tom Collins)
  • Me and My Girl - P.C.O.G. (Gerald)
  • Streets: the Musical - Streets @ The Edinburgh Fringe (Alec, Ensemble)
  • Streets: the Musical - Streets @ The Gardyne (Alec, Ensemble)
  • Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - P.A.O.S. (Judge Turpin) 
  • Iolanthe - Aberdeen University Gilbert & Sullivan Society (A.U. G&S Soc.) (Strephon)
  • Carousel – P.C.O.G. (Billy Bigelow)
  • Guys and Dolls – P.A.O.S. (Nicely-Nicely Johnston)
  • Opera Scenes at Schivas Castle: Barber of Seville & Marriage of Figaro (Figaro / Count Almaviva respectively)
  • The Marriage of Figaro – Aberdeen University Opera Company (Count Almaviva)
  • Ruddigore – A.U. G&S Soc. (Sir Despard Murgatroyd)
  • The Gondoliers – P.C.O.G. (Marco)
  • Dido and Anaeas – A.U. Opera Co. (Ensemble)
  • Titanic the Musical – P.A.O.S. (Pitman, J.H. Rogers, Ensemble)
  • Princess Ida – A.U. G&S Soc. (Florian)
  • The Merry Widow – P.A.O.S. (Crew, Flunkie)
  • The Gondoliers – (A.U. G&S Soc.) (Duke of Plaza Toro)
  • Yeomen of the Guard – P.C.O.G. (Yeoman, Ensemble)
  • My Fair Lady – P.A.O.S. (Jamie, Ensemble)
  • Orpheus and the Underworld – P.A.O.S. (Ensemble)
  • South Pacific – P.C.O.G. (Lt. Cable)
  • Oklahoma! – P.A.O.S. (Ensemble)

Choral experience includes:

  • The Gondoliers in Concert (Marco)
  • Pirates of Penzance in Concert (Major-General Stanley)
  • Brahms Ein deutsches Requiem (Baritone solo)
  • Moore The Darkest Hour (Baritone solo)
  • Fauré Requiem (Baritone Solo)
  • Orff Carmina Burana (Chorus)
  • Dvoràk Te Deum (Chorus)
  • Handel Zadok the Priest (Chorus)
  • Fauré Cantique de Jean Racine (Chorus)
  • Mozart Requiem (Chorus)
  • Brahms Ein Deutches Requiem (Chorus)
  • Mendelssohn Lauda Sion (Chorus)
  • Poulenc Gloria (Chorus)
  • Bernstein Chichester Psalms (Chorus)

With Aberdeen University Choral Society, Strathaven Choral Society, Legato Voices, East Kilbride G&S Society and Aboyne Choral Society.
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As Strephon in Iolanthe. Photo by Sam Paul
Currently I am working with my wonderfully talented partner Heather Robertson to as a house lounge act at the City Mills Hotel in Perth. We perform every second Friday (with the odd exception) and are known as "Collins & Johnson".

I have also performed with male vocal group "Figarogues" which I co-founded alongside Ian Grieve, Mark Beveridge and Kevin Philip. As well as performing, I acted as arranger for the group, occasionally creating original backing tracks.

As a singer, I have also performed in many other concerts and charity events performing favourite pieces of musical theatre and operetta. Due to the nature of my studies at University, I have developed a somewhat substantial solo repertoire, including German & English art song (such as Schubert’s 'Der Erlkönig', Schumman’s 'Dichterliebe', and Vaughn-Williams’ 'Songs of Travel'), as well as many operatic & oratorio favourites (Rossini’s 'Largo al factotum' [from Il Barbiere di Siviglia], Verdi’s 'Eri tu' [from Un Ballo in Maschera], Handel’s 'The Trumpet Shall Sound' [from Messiah]). I enjoys a challenge, and among the highlights of my vocal career is a one-off ‘staged opera scenes’ concert in which I performed alongside Donald Maxwell, Linda Ormiston and Ian Paton. Another highlight was as the Count in a complete performance in Italian (with English recitative) of Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro: my first operatic role.

During the course of my theatre experience, I have also taken on administrative roles, acting as President of P.A.O.S. for the 2011/12 run of Sweeney Todd, Vice President of AU G&S for their production of Princess Ida and other committee posts for these two societies.
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"No Day But Today" As Tom Collins with the cast of TASREP's production of Rent
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