Ezra Donner
Ezra Donner is an American composer, pianist, conductor, and teacher. He is the composer of over 100 works, with performances at Carnegie Hall and throughout the world.
Ezra has received awards from The American Prize, the Respighi Prize, and the 2nd Annual G. Gershwin International Music Competition. He was a composer fellow at Brevard Music Center, John Duffy Institute for New Opera, and San Miguel de Allende Chamber Music Festival. His choral music is published by See-a-Dot Music, and he has released two commercial recordings.
Ezra has led productions with Chicago Summer Opera, Horizon Performing Arts, and The University of Michigan Gilbert and Sullivan Society. He has also served as a church and synagogue musician and collaborative pianist at various institutions.
Ezra has taught music at Indiana University and Washtenaw Community College, and currently maintains a private piano studio of over 30 students. He holds degrees from the University of Michigan and Indiana University.
The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)
Gentle Christmas Piano – Cozy Instrumental Holiday Classics
The Beatles - One Hour of Classic Hits on Solo Piano
Christmas Music - 25 Minutes of Holiday Favorites on Solo Piano
Chopin: Polonaise in A-flat Major op. 53 ("Heroic")
Assassins - How I Saved Roosevelt (excerpt)
🎹 Halfway Home (2025) – Blues Shuffle in F Major
🎭✨ Assassins - The Ballad of John Wilkes Booth (open)
A Requiem (2010) for Mixed Choir and Piano
Pensive (2025) - Piano Improvisation by Ezra Donner
Show Me Forgiveness
Is It So Small a Thing (From the Hymn of Empedocles)
Anyada Buena
Emet l'Yisrael
Shir Hanoded (Song of the Wanderer)
Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor
May the Memory
And You Shall Love - High Holidays 2018
Miguel – Beethoven Sonata Op. 13 “Pathétique” III. Rondo | Spring 2025 Recital
Miguel – Chopin Etude in C-sharp Minor, Op. 25 No. 7 | Spring 2025 Recital
Street Beat for Reed Quintet (2013) by Ezra Donner
🎹 2024 Halloween Recital – Henry performs “Spanish Caballero”
Rumpelstiltskin Rag (2025) for Piano
🎃 2024 Halloween Studio Recital – Susie performs “Für Elise” by Beethoven
The Enchanted Forest (2024) - Piano Composition by Ezra Donner
Waltz for Izabela (2025) for Piano
Symphonic Idyll for Orchestra (2006) - excerpts
Gilbert & Sullivan's "Iolanthe (or, The Peer and the Peri)"