Daniel McCarthy

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Daniel McCarthy (b. 1955, Onekoma, Michigan) is a unique and fresh voice among the myriad of composers vying for attention in the contemporary music scene. His music defies categorization in terms of academic, experimental, traditional or other approaches to concert music except that it is infectiously appealing to listeners and performers alike.

Music is music to Daniel McCarthy no matter what the medium or style. It abounds with rhythmic excitement, harmonic and lyric richness, and drama based in his musical roots which extends from opera, jazz, rock, and funk. His music has been performed and recorded by The Brevard Music Center Orchestra, The Taiwan Symphony Orchestra, The World Youth Symphony Orchestra (Interlochen), The Amarillo Symphony Orchestra, The Quorum Ensemble, the Avalon, Arianna and Harrington String Quartets, The Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, and The University of North Texas Wind Symphony, and The University of Arizona Wind Ensemble. Numerous recordings are on Centaur, Gesparo, Albany, and d’Note Classics Records. McCarthy is a recipient of numerous awards for his music including the New Generations Orchestra Commissioning Award, The Sackler Award (finalist), The Ohio Arts Council Excellence Award (3), The Indiana Arts Commission Artist Award (2), The Indiana State University Distinguished Creative Professor Award and Arts Endowment Grant (5), The Ohio Adult Composers Award, OMEA Composer of the Year, and many more.

Dr. McCarthy is Chair of the Composition and Theory Section at the University of Akron School of Music where he is founder and Director of the American New Arts Festival in Akron, Ohio. Daniel was previously Theodore Dreiser Distinguished Creative Professor in Composition at Indiana State University where he directed the Contemporary Music Festival with the Louisville Orchestra. He is founder of the Midwest Composers' Forum and has served as President of the Cleveland Composers Guild. During the summer, he is Instructor of Composition at the Interlochen Arts Camp and has served as music director and conductor of the Interlochen Festival Orchestra and The Cleveland Chamber Symphony.

 

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