- Daniel Bukvich
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Daniel Bukvich (born 1954) is an American Composer and Percussionist. He has been a Professor of Percussion and Music theory at the Lionel Hampton School of Music at the University of Idaho since 1978.[1] Dan is heavily involved in the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival and "DancersDrummersDreamers®", both major events on campus.
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Early life
Dan was born in 1954 in Butte, Montana. He completed his undergraduate studies at Montana State University and earned a Master of Music in Composition from the University of Idaho.[2]
Teaching career
Dan began teaching at the University of Idaho in the late 1970s. His duties include running the percussion studio, teaching freshman Music Theory and Aural Skills, directing the Jazz Choir, Performing with the Palouse Jazz Project (a faculty Jazz ensemble), teaching the university's Jazz theory course, and many other duties. Dan is constantly in demand as a clinician and composer throughout the Western United States.
Compositions
Dan has composed pieces for Wind Ensemble, Orchestra, Jazz choir, Chorus, and Percussion Ensembles. His compositions include two Symphonies, a Clarinet Concerto, a Viola Concerto, a Xylophone Concerto, and a Marimba Sonata [3]
Composition or Arrangement Instrumentation (music) Year [4] A Child's Dream of a Star Wind Ensemble No year given Agincourt Hymn Wind Ensemble 1987 Ballroom Portraits Wind Ensemble 2005 Before Thy Throne I Now Appear Wind Ensemble 1995 Buffalo Jump Ritual Wind Ensemble 200 C Harmonic Requiem Chorus, Percussion accompaniment 2007 Casco Bay Wind Ensemble No year given Celebrate Celebration Wind Ensemble 1993 Changing Concepts Wind Ensemble No year given Channel One Suite Marching Band No year given Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestral Winds Orchestral Winds, Solo Clarinet 1992 Concerto for Viola and Orchestra Solo Viola and Orchestra 2003 Cowboys Wind Ensemble 1995 Deck the Halls A Capella 1998 Dinosaurs Wind Ensemble 1986 Divina Comedia Choir, Percussion 2009 Electricity Wind Ensemble 1997 Fanfare for 1990 Goodwill Games Wind Ensemble No year given Fanfare for a Great Circle Wind Ensemble No year given Fanfare in Song Form Wind Ensemble No year given Four Phrases from Psalm 91 Solo Soprano and Piano with Wind Ensemble, and Chorus 1997 From the Journals of Lewis and Clark Chorus and Orchestra 1999 General and Practical Theory of Automata Percussion Ensemble 2006 Gypsies Solo Flute No year given Hanukkah Children's Dance Solo Violin, Orchestra 2008 Hymn of St. Francis Wind Ensemble 1993 Jingle Bells A Capella 2001 Just A Closer Walk With Thee A Capella 1997 Listen to the Lambs Chorus No year given Loolah Chorus, Auxiliary Percussion No year given Maine Vigils Wind Ensemble No year given Mambo! Jazz Choir No year given March of the Children's Guard Wind Ensemble 1997 March Zulu Jazz Choir/Chorus No year given Meditations on the Writings of Vasily Kandinsky Wind Ensemble 1996 Missa Africa Jazz Choir/Chorus 2000 Missa De Montunos Jazz Choir, Percussion 2005 Missa Minimalis A Capella 1996 Music for Percussion and Band Wind Ensemble 1996 Night City - Music for the Imaginary Film Wind Ensemble 1983 Our Father A Capella 1996 Percussion Symphony Percussion Ensemble 2000 Pop Music A Capella 1995 Rhythm Wind Ensemble No year given Rock Music Jazz Choir/Chorus 1995 Samba! Jazz Choir/Chorus No year given Scenes from Childhood Solo Piano, Orchestral Winds 1983 Shenandoah A Capella 1996 Sing to the Lord a New Song SATB, Organ, Hand bells, Brass, and Percussion 1997 Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child SATB, Solo Violin, Strings 1996 Sonata for Marimba Solo Marimba, optional Orchestra 2001 Song of the Drum Jazz Choir/Chorus No year given Song of the River Jazz Choir/Chorus 1998 Song Suite for Band Wind Ensemble 1988 Surprise, Pattern, Illusion: Prehistoric Cave Ceremonies Solo Flute, Wind Ensemble Symphony No. 1 (In Memoriam, Dresden, 1945) Wind Ensemble 1978 The Bolero Factory Percussion Ensemble 2007 The Dream of Abraham Wind Ensemble 1993 The Glittering Hill Orchestra and Chorus 2001 The Twelve Days of Christmas A Capella 1997 The Virgin and Child with St. Anne Wind Ensemble No year given Three Phrases from Yugoslav Folk Songs Wind Ensemble 2000 Threnos Wind Ensemble No year given Time Travel Wind Ensemble 1995 Unusual Behavior in Ceremonies Involving Drums Wind Ensemble 1999 Voodoo Wind Ensemble 1984 When I'm Here with You Chorus 1985 Xylophone Concerto Wind Ensemble 1979 References
Categories:- University of Idaho faculty
- American composers
- Living people
- 1954 births
- American percussionists
- Montana State University alumni
- University of Idaho alumni
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