Daniel E. Gawthrop
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| Birth name | Daniel E. Gawthrop |
| Born | 21 October 1949 |
| Origin | Fort Wayne, Indiana |
| Genres | Contemporary classical |
| Occupation(s) | Composer |
| Instrument(s) | Piano, Organ |
Daniel E. Gawthrop (born 1949 in
Biography
Gawthrop attended Michigan State University, and Brigham Young University.[2]
He served for three years as Composer-in-Residence to the
In 1991, he established his own publishing company, Dunstan House.
In addition to his work as a composer, Gawthrop has been active as a broadcaster, clinician and adjudicator, organist, conductor, teacher and writer, including a period as music critic for The Washington Post. Gawthrop is a Life Member of the American Choral Directors Association, a member of the American Guild of Organists, and a member of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, the music fraternity, of which he was the Charles E. Lutton Man of Music Award recipient in 2018.[5]
The bulk of his organ works have been recorded on two commercially available CDs. The first, Exultate, was performed by Mary Mozelle on the
From 2015 to 2019 Gawthrop was the Composer-In-Residence of Renaissance Men, New England's professional male vocal chamber ensemble. The ensemble has commissioned multiple works and has recorded and performed the majority of Gawthrop's men's ensemble repertoire.
Gawthrop resides in southern Idaho with his wife. The couple has five adult children.
References
- ^ Pickering, David; Mozelle, Mary (July 2007). "The organ music of Daniel E. Gawthrop" (PDF). The American Organist. pp. 60–63. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 September 2011. Retrieved 15 March 2010.
- ^ Rogers, Brittany Kanford (Fall 2007). "The Encyclopedia of Musical Alumni (Abridged, Incomplete, and Growing at an Enormous Rate)". BYU "Y" Magazine. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
- ^ "Church member is orchestra's new composer-in-residence". Church News. 31 January 2024. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
- ^ "Archived copy from ACDA website". Archived from the original on 8 March 2016. Retrieved 27 March 2016..
- ^ "Daniel Gawthrop named the 25th Charles E. Lutton Man of Music – Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia". Retrieved 14 April 2024.
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