In 2016 Donovan premiered his project Schubertnow: The Journey Outward, a re-visitation of Franz Schubert’s seminal song cycle Winterreise. Donovan is also co-founder, co-artistic director of Long Reach Opera Workshop, a Toronto-based opera training program for singer-actors. Donovan’s PhD in musicology, which was nominated for the York University Thesis Award, is an inquiry into the deep-ecological significance of the poetic settings of Franz Schubert. He is also an active adjudicator and consultant for music schools and festivals.
He has given master classes at York University, Brandon University, the Glenn Gould School, Chadron State College (Nebraska) and Concordia University. He has been a soloist with the Quebec Symphony, the Winnipeg Symphony and Symphony Nova-Scotia as well as with many concert and new music presenters, including Numus (Waterloo), Queen of Puddings (Toronto), BradyWorks (Montreal), Array Music (Toronto), New Music Concerts (Toronto) and the Nouvel Ensemble Modern in Montreal.ĭonovan is also in demand as an educator-he is currently on faculty at Acadia University and has also been on the voice faculties of Dalhousie University, Wilfrid-Laurier University, York University and Randolph Academy. He has appeared in leading roles with the Bern State Opera, Stuttgart State Opera, Munich State Opera Studio Ensemble, Opera Vancouver and the Edmonton Opera. As Fischer-Dieskau’s hand-picked private student at the Hochschule der Künste in Berlin, Donovan was immersed in the historic continuum of Romantic art song interpretation.ĭonovan has enjoyed a successful career as a performer of opera, oratorio, art song, chamber music, and new music in Canada, Germany, Switzerland, France and the U.S. Donovan was also a student of renowned Baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, who is acknowledged as the 20 th century’s greatest master of lieder. He then went on to pursue vocal studies at McGill University, followed by graduate studies in Opera at the Hochschule für Musik in Munich, Germany, with legendary mezzo-soprano Brigitte Fassbaender. As a teenager, he composed original music for the avant-garde bands with which he performed. As a boy, he studied piano and pursued extensive studies in classical and jazz saxophone at the Conservatoire du Québec. He brings over a decade of experience in government to this role, including in his previous position as Special Assistant to the President in the Obama White House.Michael Donovan’s experience as a musician encompasses a wide range of musical styles and forms of expression. His interests encompass the intersection of scientific inquiry and public policy in areas of administration, business, communication, and technology. He manages various projects and initiatives and brings external perspectives to maximize scientific impact. His efforts aim to build and maintain strategic partnerships that both produce scientific value and contribute to the creation of policy-relevant, practical insights. In recent years, he has contributed to collaborative research efforts related to health equity, substance use and addiction, child maltreatment, rural health, juvenile justice, integrated data systems and data policy, research process innovation and improvement, the societal effects of COVID-19, and science communication and translation. He facilitates collaborative projects between the research community and external partners, including federal, state, and local government agencies, philanthropic organizations, and think tanks.
Michael Donovan is the Associate Director of the Evidence-to-Impact Collaborative leading strategic engagement and outreach efforts with the policy, philanthropic, and business communities.
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