Don Alder (Acoustic fingerstyle guitarist)
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| Background information | |
| Born | Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Genres | Fingerstyle guitar |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, composer |
| Instruments | Guitar, vocals, harp guitar |
| Years active | 1986–present |
| Associated acts | Extreme Guitar Duo, Keith Knight, Fingerstyle Collective |
| Website | www.donalder.com https://www.facebook.com/donalderfanpage |
Donald L. Alder, or Don Alder, (born in Vancouver, BC, Canada) is a Canadian fingerstyle guitarist.
He spent his early childhood years in Montreal, before his family moved to Williams Lake, British Columbia. He has played guitar since age 11. In March 1985, Alder put his music career on hold to accompany his friend Rick Hansen on his Man in Motion world tour. In January 1988, Mayor Woods of Williams Lake presented a certificate of merit to Don Alder for "Disabled Awareness - Man in Motion".
Don Alder's character appears in the feature film "Heart of a Dragon" (2008), a movie about the Man-In-Motion-Tour, with Andrew Lee Potts playing the character of "Don". Don Alder also worked on this movie as a technical advisor.
There's also a theatre play called "Rick: The Rick Hansen Story", which is also about the Man in Motion Tour and in which Don Alder is featured as well.
Don Alder was a member of the Canadian National Paralympic team in Atlanta for the 1996 Games and again in 2000 for the Games in Sydney, Australia. Alder did not participate as an athlete but as the equipment manager and wheelchair technician.
In 2007 Don Alder became International Fingerstyle Champion. In 2010 he was the Guitar Superstar contest winner. In 2011 he won the World Wide Guitar Idol contest. In 2013 he won Brand Laureate Award (Malaysia) for his contributions using his guitar and music to help and inspire others around the world. In 2015 he was awarded the "Domenic Troiano Guitar Award" in the category "multi-genre". Today, Alder continues to play to Canadian, American, European (), and Asian audiences.
So far, he has been performing at Muriel Anderson's All Star Guitar Night five times. He writes and performs all of his own music, and has released seven albums. His CD, Not a Planet earned him a nomination for Instrumental Solo Artist of the Year at the Canadian Folk Music Awards in 2009.
Greenfield Guitars designed a guitar for Don Alder, a G4 married with the Novax Fanned Fret™ fingerboard.
Don Alder is writing for Iguitar magazine.
Don Alder also performs together with Keith Knight as "Extreme Guitar Duo".
He was a featured guest on CBC's "North by Northwest" (nxnw) in 2011.
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