Donal Fox


Donal Fox is an American composer, pianist and improviser in the jazz and classical genres. He was the first African-American composer-in-residence with the St. Louis Symphony.. In 1993 he was a visiting artist at Harvard University. From 2009–2011, he was Martin Luther King Jr. Visiting Scholar at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Donal Fox is a Steinway Artist.
Fox's works have been performed at Carnegie Hall. The concerto "Peace Out" for Improvised Piano and Orchestra was premiered at Zankel Hall in 2009, where Fox was the piano soloist. "Peace Out" was commissioned and performed by the American Composers Orchestra. His piece, "Hear De Labs A-Cryin," was performed at Stern Auditorium in 2011 by the Albany Symphony Orchestra.

Awards and honors

He received a 1997 Guggenheim Fellowship in music composition and a 1998 Fellowship from the Bogliasco Foundation.
In 2008, Fox was awarded the American Academy of Arts and Letters Academy Award in Music.

Relatives

Donal Fox is the son of Herbert L. Fox and Lodiana E. Fox, and is the eldest of 6 siblings, including sisters Ena Fox and Sara Fox-Ray, and brothers Thaddeus Fox, Brian J. Fox, and Daniel Fox. Donal is the grandson of artist Daniel Fox, creator of the Monopoly Man.
Fox lives in Boston, Massachusetts.