Donald Quan

Quan’s film music company Q Music Inc. has provided music services to hundreds of television, film, radio and multi-media productions including the popular television shows Relic Hunter (starring Tia Carrere for Fireworks Entertainment), Mutant X (Tribune Entertainment), Tracker (starring Adrian Paul for Lions Gate), Starhunter, and The War Next Door, the notable Aboriginal TV drama Moccasin Flats as well as feature films Expecting, and Eve. Other notable projects include scoring the four-part documentary China Rises for CBC, one of the first HD-TV projects for the network. Quan is also responsible for the well recognized world music-tinged theme for CBC Radio's Metro Morning.

Solitudes – Zen of Sleep Somerset 2007 Donald Quan - Composer, Performer

Solitudes – Zen Relaxation Somerset 2006 Donald Quan - Composer, Performer

People at the Banff Centre - Donald Quan. Banff Centre. Accessed 2011-04-05.

17 Minutes of Sleep Toronto Rehab Foundation 2010 Donald Quan - Composer, Performer

Quan collapsed on Saturday, August 8, 2009 playing keyboards with Derek Miller in Kitchener, Ontario for the Kitchener Bluesfest when he collapsed onstage. He was later said to be in stable condition.

Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards Nomination: Best Score in an Aboriginal film/television program (2008)

Since 2007 Donald Quan's music shop of musical instrument curiosities MUSIDEUM has become known as a premiere concert venue for all genres of music from all over the world.

Aboriginal music has always been a passion of Donald Quan and he has contributed greatly to the Canadian Aboriginal music scene. He has collaborated with theatrical company Red Sky Performance, Santee Smith, Kahawii Dance Theatre, created theme music for APTN and has composed numerous film scores for Big Soul Productions including the series By The Rapids and Moccasin Flats, for which he was nominated for a Gemini award for "Best score in a dramatic series". He has worked intimately with Aboriginal recording artists for 10 years as musical director for the annual Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards. He has been a full-time member of the Derek Miller Band and has recently taught a course on film music composition on Manatoulin island as part of the Weengushk organization. As acknowledgement for his contributions, Quan was honoured in 2007 with the Music Industry Award at the 9th annual Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards.

SOCAN International Television Series Award (2007/2006/2004): Relic Hunter

Gemini Award Nomination 2006: Best Original Music Score for a Dramatic Series: Moccasin Flats Season III – The Other Side

Gemini Award Nomination 2006: Best Original Music Score for a Documentary Program or Series: The In between World of M.G. Vassanji

Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards: Music Industry Award (2006)

Hallmark - Feng Shui Somerset 2006 Donald Quan - Composer, Performer

Ron Korb/ Donald Quan - Seasons Humble Dragon 2005 Donald Quan - Composer, Performer, Producer (with Ron Korb)

Solitudes - Asian Spa Somerset 2004 Donald Quan - Composer, Performer

Gemini Award Nomination 2003: Best Original Music Score for a Dramatic Series: Mutant X

Gemini Award Nomination 2002: Best Original Music Score for a Dramatic Series: Relic Hunter

Ron Korb - Celtic Heartland Humble Dragon 2000 Donald Quan - Producer

Loreena McKennitt - Live In Paris And Toronto Quinlan Road 1999 Donald Quan - Multi-Instrumentalist

Loreena McKennitt - Book of Secrets Quinlan/Warner 1997 (Recorded at Peter Gabriel's Real World Studios) Donald Quan - Multi-Instrumentalist/Assistant to Producer

Loreena McKennitt - A Winter Garden Quinlan/Warner 1996 Donald Quan - Multi-Instrumentalist

Myakudo Taiko (Traditional Japanese Music) Independent 1992 Donald Quan - Producer

Donald Quan - Invocata Oasis 1990 Donald Quan Composer, Performer

In 1988 Quan joined the Canadian rock group Eye Eye as a keyboardist and violist. He also performed as a multi-instrumentalist with the performance artist Meryn Cadell, the Celtic-rock band Enter the Haggis, alt-rock band Cliché Verre and Juno nominated Afro-Canadian pop ensemble Kaleefah.

Donald Quan (born 1962) is a Canadian composer of film and world music, best known for writing the scores to television shows Relic Hunter and Mutant X.