Donald M. Kendrick (born 1947, Calgary, Alberta) is Music Director at Sacred Heart Church in Sacramento, California, where he conducts the Schola Cantorum and Vox Nova (Men's Chorus), and Founder and Artistic Director of the Sacramento Choral Society and Orchestra (a more-than-150-voice volunteer/auditioned symphony chorus and professional orchestra).
In 2007 he was named Outstanding Teacher of the Year by the Capitol Section of the California Music Educators Association (CMEA).
He led the choral section of the summer arts school at Fort San, Saskatchewan, was organist and choirmaster at Christ's Church Anglican Cathedral in Hamilton, Ontario where he conducted the Bach-Elgar Choir,[2] and established the Hamilton Children's Choir.
Kendrick debuted in Carnegie Hall with the Verdi Requiem in 1995[5] and has frequently been featured on Canadian Broadcasting Corporation radio as a recitalist and conductor.
[6] He has been active as a guest conductor and adjudicator for choral festivals throughout Canada and the United States.