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Daniel McCarthy
Daniel McCarthy (1955, Onekama, Michigan) is an American composer, author, conductor, teacher, and martial artist. His influences range from Gustav Mahler, Igor Stravinsky, and Béla Bartók, to Frank Zappa, Stan Kenton, and Tower of Power. He is is a composer of music in all genres, but is primarilly known for his work in mallet percussion, bassoon, saxophone, tuba, and euphonium. His best known works are Rimbasly: Concerto No. 1 for Marimba, Warhammer (for marimba and electronic sounds), The Call of Boromir (horn and marimba), Razdraz (saxophone and marimba), and his chamber symphonies, No. 1 for Marimba and Winds, No. 2 for Bassoon and Winds, No. 3 for Clarinet and Orchestra, and No. 4: "Towers of Power," for Saxophone and Winds. There are over 100 of his titles published with C. Alan Publications, Greensboro, N.C. He is co-author of the book, "Theory for Today's Musician", 2nd Edition with Ralph Turek, published by Rutledge Publishing, New York, N.Y.

McCarthy held appointments as Professor and Chair of The Composition and Theory Section at The University of Akron School of Music and the Indiana State University School of Music where he received the Theodore Dreiser Distinguished Creative/Research Award. He taught composition at his high school alma mater, The Interlochen Center for the Arts, and held appointments as Visiting Scholar at The University of Michigan, Freie Universität Berlin, and Ohio University. He also served in several administrative capacities as Co-director of The Indiana State University Contemporary Music Festival with The Louisville Orchestra in residence, Chair for Society of Composer's Region V, Founder and Director of The Interlochen Composer's Institute, President of The Cleveland Composer's Guild, Founder and Drector of The American New Arts Festival, and Music Director/Conductor of The Interlochen Festival Orchestra. Also a conductor, he held seasonal positions as conductor of The Cleveland Chamber Symphony, [http://www.uakron.edu/music/ensembles/orchestra/ The University of Akron Symphony Orchestra, and Terre Haute Symphony Youth Orchestra. His music is published exclusively by [http://c-alanpublications.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc? C. Alan Publications].

McCarthy's early music (1985-1999) was a mixture of ElectroAcoustic (electronic music with live soloists or chamber ensemble) and acoustic chamber music usually featuring an instrumental soloist. He frequently wrote for soloists who played instruments previously neglected by composers such as the marimba, tuba, euphonium, viola, saxophone, and bassoon. Much of the music he wrote during this period was influenced by J.R.R. Tolkien's, The Lord of the Rings. His musical language was eclectic, ranging from non-serial atonality to tertian and modal harmonies, frequently contrapuntal, and had a high degree of metric/rhythmic animation. This musical language reflected his previous occupation as a commercial musician in jazz, funk, and rock genres. However, he had an abiding love for the music of Gustav Mahler and Igor Stravinsky which manifested itself in dark, somber musical moods.

His writing style began to change coinciding with his appointment as Chair of Composition and Theory at the University of Akron School of Music (2000-2014). He became increasingly interested in his relationships with performers, writing music tailored to their virtuosic abilities and musical personalities (Barrick Stees, The Cleveland Orchestra, the Avalon, Harrington, and Arianna String Quartets, U.S. Marine Corps. Tuba/Euphonium Quartet, Timothy McAllister, Northwestern University, Joseph Lulloff, Michigan State University, Michael Burritt, The Eastman School of Music, among others). His compositional style generated music that was uniquely American and unique to himself as a boy who grew up in rural northern Michigan. This resulted in music that reflected McCarthy's adolescent persona such as "Turn the Page" for electric guitar and orchestra (based on a guitar solo played by Jimmy page from the rock group Led Zeppelin), and "Chamber Symphony No. 4 for Saxophone and Winds" inspired by the music of the funk group Tower of Power. This period of creativity fostered McCarthy's general philosophy of anti-elitism in arts and culture and an aversion to academe; hence, the atypical combination of his occupation of composer and martial artist.

Early years
Daniel McCarthy was born in Onekoma, Michigan, on November 20, 1955. Although his mother was a homemaker, she was well-trained as a singer (soprano) having studied opera at The Cleveland Institute of Music in 1948. His father was a physician, with a degree in surgical Podiatry and Ph.D. in Cytology and practiced in his home/office in Manistee, Michigan at the time of Daniel's birth. His three brothers are all musicians with careers in the arts, David (b. 1957), Timothy (b. 1954), and Thomas (b. 1952). His father became an internationally reknown lecturer and scholar in Podiatric Dermatology, teaching at the Illinois and Pennsylvania College of Podiatric Medicine. He (Daniel's father) later pioneered Podiatric extern programs for the Verteran's Health Administration.

Daniel's interest in music was highly influenced by his two older brothers, Timothy, who was active in school music programs as a composer and player of the cornet, and Thomas who was involved in his school musical theatre programs. When the family moved to Bay City, Michigan in 1963, Daniel began to study the trumpet, piano, violin, and organ. While in Junior High School, he also followed in his oldest brother's foot-steps in musical theatre, playing lead roles in "Babes in Toyland," "Finian's Rainbow," and "L'll Abner."

McCarthy's serious music study began when he won a scholarship competition to attend The National Music Camp at Interlochen, Michigan in 1969. A year later, he began his high school years at The Interlochen Arts Academy studying the trumpet and piano. He was a performer in the Interlochen Arts Academy Band, Orchestra, Studio Orchestra (jazz) and Choir during the years 1970 through 1974 and was heavily influenced by his trumpet teacher, John R. Lindenau, and Band/orchestra conductor, Byron Hanson. It was at Interlochen that Daniel was introduced to contemporary music and music composition. He also formed his own rock and roll bands during his four years at Interlochen, playing bass and electric guitar.

College years
McCarthy experienced a nomadic college life beginning in the summer of 1974 through the spring of 1978. He attended four colleges/universities; Eastern Michigan University, Hiram College (Ohio), Northern Illinois University, and Kent State University. He continued to study trumpet and piano but developed an interest in jazz and writing for jazz ensemble. Several successful performances of his jazz ensemble music at Northern Illinois University and Kent State University sparked his desire to study composition. He was also the leader of a successful local funk band for which he wrote many arrangements for his horn section.

He graduated from Kent State University with a degree in Music Theory in 1978 but did not continue his studies until 1982. For four years after his graduation from Kent State, Daniel pursued a career as a studio and club performer on the trumpet. During that time, he recorded numerous television and radio "jingles" and toured with several rock and dance bands. He was frequently employed to write and play horn section arrangements for recording sessions under the Belkin/Meduri Organization record label in Cleveland, Ohio, before and during the years of his masters degree studies from 1980 to 1984.

He returned to college in 1982 at The University of Akron School of Music where he began studies for the Masters Degree in Composition. During this time, however, he continued to perform and record as a professional trumpet player. After his graduation, he was married to Marcia Szente, a librarian at Kent State University. It was not until the autumn of 1985 that Daniel decided to turn his life over to music composition exclusively by enrolling at Kent State University as a doctoral student in the Music Composition Ph.D. program. In the summer of 1988, McCarthy graduated with a Ph.D. in music composition and theory, with minors in electronic music and historical musicology. From the end of his Masters Degree studies through the completion of his doctorate, Daniel and Marcia had three children, Daniel William II (1984, now a DMA violist), Alannah Szente (1985), and Siobhan (1988).

Teaching and Service: Ohio, Indiana, and back to Ohio
McCarthy's first professorial appointment was in the fall of 1988 as Assistant Professor at Lakeland Community College, in Mentor, Ohio. His appointment was the director result of his musical diversity in theory, composition, electronic music, music history, trumpet performance, and jazz. During his three years at Lakeland, he taught music theory, history, appreciation, trumpet, and directed the community jazz ensemble. He changed the name of the Lakeland Community Jazz Band to "The Lakeland Jazz Orchestra" and recorded an album of new music by northeast Ohio composer with the newly named jazz orchestra. He also began to win prizes for his music including three "Ohio Adult Composer" awards from the Ohio Federation of Music Clubs, an "Excellence in Composition" award from The Ohio Arts Council, and The International Association of Jazz Educator's Composition Prize.

He accepted a new position as Associate Professor of Music at Indiana State University in 1991 where he became Co-director of The Indiana State University Contemporary Music Festival with the Louisville Orchestra in residence. He founded and directed The Midwest Composer's Forum while at ISU and began to publish his music with MMB Music (St. Louis), Ludwig Music (Cleveland), C. Alan Publications (Greensboro, N.C.) and others. He continued to win prizes for his music and received 5 arts endowment grants from Indiana State University and 2 Excellence in Composition Awards from The Indiana Arts Commission. In 1998, Indiana State University awarded him The Distinguished University Research/Creativity Award for his record of publication, recording, and national and international performances of his music. He also accepted an adjunct position at DePauw University School of Music as Visiting Associate Professor of Music Composition. Additionally, he was appointed to the Interlochen Arts Camp, at Interlochen, Michigan as a teacher of music composition, theory, and computer music. During his tenure at ISU, he served as Chair of The Society of Composer's, Inc. Region V. In 1997, McCarthy was host to The SCI Region V Conference at ISU, while continuing to sponsor the Midwest Composer's Forum as part of his duties as Co-director of The Indiana State University Contemporary Music Festival.

He left Indiana State University in the fall of 2000 to accept a position as Professor and Chair of Music Composition and Theory at his Alma Mater, The University of Akron School of Music. There he established The American New Arts Festival, Akron New Music Festival, Akron New Music Ensemble, and was appointed President of The Cleveland Composer's Guild. In 2002, McCarthy hosted the National Conference of The Society of Composer's Inc., as part of the American New Arts Festival. While at Akron, new recordings of his music appeared on Albany, Centaur, d'Note Classics, and Klavier Records and he completed over 100 compositions for his publisher, C. Alan Publications.

McCarthy made frequent appearances as guest composer throughout The United States and Germany including The Interlochen Arts Academy, Illinois State University, Heidelberg University (Ohio), The University of Arizona, The Eastman School of Music, The University of North and South Carolina, Grinnell College, East Central Oklahoma University, Oberlin College Conservatory of Music, Central Michigan University, Michigan State University, Western Kentucky University, and Freie Universität Berlin, among others. He was also appointed a Visiting Scholar at The University of Michigan School of Music and Ohio University School of Music.

List of Works
ORCHESTRA

American Dance Music (brass quintet/perc, with orchestra)

An American Girl (orchestra)

Architectures for Orchestra

At the Edge (youth orchestra)

Bounce to This (alto saxophone and orchestra)

Chamber Suite for Viola (viola and chamber orchestra)

Chamber Symphony No. 3 for Clarinet and Orchestra

Child Spirit: Christmas Cantata

Five Songs from the Summit (youth orchestra)

Gothica: Concerto for Bassoon and Orchestra

Harmonizer (orchestra)

Light Up The Sky (orchestra-festival piece)

Loon-Wolf (tuba solo with orchestra)

Rimbasly: Concerto No. I for Marimba and Orchestra, version II

Towers (orchestra)

Trumpet Concerto

Turn the Page (orchestra with cd or guitar solo)

Two Artist Profiles (string orchestra)

UnderWood: Concerto No. 2 for Marimba and Orchestra

War Is Kind (SATB with orchestra)

SYMPHONIC BAND/WIND ENSEMBLE

Chamber Symphony No. 1 for Marimba and Winds

Chamber Symphony No. 2 for Bassoon and Winds

Chamber Symphony No. 4 for Saxophone and Winds: “Towers of Power”

Close to the Edge

Coments in Winter Sky (symphonic band)

Fun, Fire, and Fury (symphonic band)

Grand Ledges: Vistas In Michigan (symphonic band)

In Love’s Autumn (wind ensemble)

KraftHammer

Led Page, The

Liquid Mood

Loon-Wolf (tuba solo with wind ensemble)

Polarization (symphonic band)

Prisms (symphonic band)

Rimbasly: Concerto No. I for Marimba and Wind Ensemble, version III

Sound the Call

War Is Kind (SATB and symphonic band)

CHAMBER with MARIMBA/PERCUSSION

Balance of Power (percussion duo)

Bundles of Sticks (bassoon and percussion)

Call of Borimir, The (horn and marimba)

Dance Music (percussion ensemble, 10)

Dance on Wahbekaness (marimba solo)

HammerStrength (percussion ensemble, 10)

Infinity (trumpet and percussion duo)

Knock Yourself Out! (tuba and euphonium ensemble w/percussion)

KraftWerk (tuba and percussion)

Ms. Thang (alto saxophone and marimba)

On The Edge (trombone and percussion)

Razdraz (alto saxophone and marimba)

RimbaDance (marimba and percussion duo)

Rimbasly, (marimba and cd) version I

Rimbasly: Concerto No. I for Marimba and Percussion, version IV

Rimbasly: Concerto No. I for Marimba and Piano, version V

River Is The Way (percussion ensemble, 10)

Song of Middle Earth (solo multi-percussion with percussion ensemble)

Swords of Power (percussion duo)

Visions and Apparitions (flute and percussion duo)

Wild and Peaceful (alto saxophone, string trio, vibraphone)

Xyprexia (solo marimba with percussion ensemble)

CHAMBER MUSIC

About Leaving (soprano and piano)

All the West Was Moving, work 1 (bassoon and string quartet)

All the West Was Moving, work 2 (piano quartet)

BeatMusik (bass duo)

BeatOn (cello duo)

Black Belt, White Cadillac (woodwind quintet and alto saxophone)

Blithe Spirit (solo tuba, clarinet, horn, bassoon, cello)

Breathe (soprano saxophone and piano)

Children of the Corn (brass ensemble and timpani)

Descentions (organ)

Event Horizon (brass quintet)

Flight (solo clarinet)

HipHocket: Six Rhythmic Etudes for Saxophone Quartet

Mirror of Galadriel (piano)

Song of Summer (SSAA Treble choir w/piano, English horn, bass, drums)

String Quartet No. 3: Visions in Funk

String Quartet No. 4: Visions of the Anointed

String Quartet No. 5: Stomp!

String Quartet No. 6: Fire, Dance, and Wahbekanetta

Tales of the Donner Expedition (wood wind quintet)

Testament (viola and piano)

Time Out of Mind (piano)

The Grand Traverse (horn, violin, piano)

Plush Funk (flute, violin, cello, piano)

Polarization II (trumpet ensemble w/organ and timpani)

Two Pieces for Trombone Choir

Two Pieces for Tuba and Euphonium Ensemble

You, Who Sang in Summer (soprano, violin, clarinet, bassoon, cello, piano)

ELECTROACOUSTIC

9’s, The (timpani and CD)

Concerto for Keyboards (piano and cd)

Concerto for Marimba, Percussion, and Synthesizers

Harmonizer I (violin with cd)

Rimbasly (marimba and cd)

TreeBeard: Ent and EntWife (soprano, tenor, piano, and cd)

UrbanScapes (solo piano with cd)

WarHammer (marimba and cd)

JAZZ ENSEMBLE

Age of Reason (jazz orchestra)

Immoveable Do (jazz ensemble)

Moderns, The (jazz orchestra)

SoundMass (jazz orchestra)

Discography
TOWERS OF POWER

Label: Albany Release year: 2009 Performers: The University of Arizona Wind Ensemble, Gregg Hanson Conducting. Timothy McAllister, saxophones. The University of Arizona Wind Ensemble, Gregg Hanson Conducting. Timothy McAllister, saxophones. Premier recording of McCarthy's "Towers of Power: Chamber Symphony No. 4 for Saxophone and Winds." Further information: http://www.dmccarthycomposer.com/id21.html Buy online: http://albanyrecords.com/ THE HARRINGTON STRING QUARTET: DANIEL MCCARTHY

Label: Albany Release year: 2008 Performers: The Harrington String Quartet The Harrington String Quartet performs McCarthy's 3rd, 4th, and 5th String Quartets. Further information: http://www.dmccarthycomposer.com/id21.html Buy online: http://albanyrecords.com/ HEMESPHERES

Label: Klavier Release year: 2008 Performers: Kathleen Reynolds, The North Texas Wind Symphony, Eugene Corporon. Kathleen Reynolds, The North Texas Wind Symphony, Eugene Corporon, perform McCarthy's "Chamber Symphony No. 2 for Bassoon and Winds." Further information: http://www.dmccarthycomposer.com/id21.html Buy online: http://www.klavier-records.com/ SPIRAL PASSAGES

Label: Nimbus Release year: 2007 Performers: Nathan Daughtrey Nathan Daughtrey, marimba, performs McCarthy's "WarHammer" with synthesizers. Further information: http://www.dmccarthycomposer.com/id21.html Buy online: http://www.c-alanpublications.com/composers/mccarthy-daniel.html BEYOND MOTION

Label: Klavier Release year: 2007 Performers: Mark Ford, The North Texas Wind Symphony Mark Ford and The North Texas Wind Symphony Perform McCarthy's Chamber Symphony No. 1 for Marimba and Winds. Eugene Corporon, conducting. Further information: http://www.dmccarthycomposer.com/id21.html Buy online: http://www.klavier-records.com/ TIME PIECES

Label: Klavier Release year: 2006 Performers: Mark Ford, The North Texas Wind Symphony, Eugene Corporon. Mark Ford, The North Texas Wind Symphony, Eugene Corporon, perform McCarthy's "Chamber Symphony No. 1 for Marimba and Winds." Further information: http://www.dmccarthycomposer.com/id21.html Buy online: http://www.klavier-records.com/ NOSTOLGICA

Label: Centaur Release year: 2005 Performers: Barrick Stees, The Arianna String Quartet Barrick Stees and The Arianna String Quartet perform McCarthy's "All The West Was Moving." Further information: http://www.dmccarthycomposer.com/id21.html Buy online: http://www.centaurrecords.com/ AMERICAN QUINTETS II

Label: Capstone Release year: 2003 Performers: The Solaris Quintet The Solaris Quintet performs McCarthy's "Tales of the Donner Expedition." Further information: http://www.dmccarthycomposer.com/id21.html Buy online: http://www.capstonerecords.org/ TELLING TALES

Label: Capstone Release year: 2002 Performers: The Interlochen Chamber Players, Kimberly Cole, clarinet. The Interlochen Chamber Players performs McCarthy's Chamber Symphony No. 3 for Clarinet and Orchestra. Kimberly Cole, clarinet. Further information: http://www.dmccarthycomposer.com/id21.html Buy online: http://www.capstonerecords.org/ NEW CENTURY SERIES

Label: MMC Release year: 2001 Performers: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Robert Stankovsky. "Towers." Performed by The Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Robert Stankovsky, conducting. Further information: http://www.dmccarthycomposer.com/id21.html Buy online: http://www.mmcrecordings.com/ SONG OF MIDDLE EARTH

Label: TrueMedia Release year: 1999 Performers: Michael Burritt, The Kent State University Percussion Ensemble, Roger Zahab An Anthology of Percussion Music by Daniel McCarthy. Further information: http://www.dmccarthycomposer.com/id21.html Buy online: http://www.c-alanpublications.com/composers/mccarthy-daniel.html CHRISTOPHER NORTON

Label: Nimbus Release year: 1998 Performers: Christopher Norton, Leslie Norton Christopher Norton, marimba, and Leslie Norton, horn, perform McCarthy's "The Call of Boromir." Further information: http://www.dmccarthycomposer.com/id21.html Buy online: http://www.belmont.edu/music/faculty/faculty_current/norton_christopher.html INFINITY

Label: Nimbus Release year: 1997 Performers: Edward Bach, Trumpet Edward Bach performs McCarthy's "Infinity" for trumpet and keyboard percussion. Further information: http://www.dmccarthycomposer.com/ Buy online: http://www.uncg.edu/mus/faculty/brass.html SONG & DANCE

Label: d'note Classics Release year: 1996 Performers: Rhythm & Brass Rhythm & Brass (Brass quintet w/percussion) plays McCarthy's "American Dance Music." Further information: http://www.dmccarthycomposer.com/ Buy online: http://www.dnote.com/mainframe.htm TAPESTRIES

Label: TrueMedia Release year: 1995 Performers: Indiana State University Faculty Winds The ISU Faculty Winds perform McCarthy's Chamber Symphony No. 1 for Marimba and Winds. Further information: http://www.dmccarthycomposer.com/ Buy online: http://www.indstate.edu/music/boyd.html GRAND DESIGNS

Label: Capstone Release year: 1995 Performers: Roger Zahab Roger Zahab, electric violin, play McCarthy's "Harmonizer" with computer-generated synthesizers. Further information: http://www.dmccarthycomposer.com/ Buy online: http://www.societyofcomposers.org/ SHADOW CHASERS

Label: TrueMedia Release year: 1995 Performers: Michael Burritt and The Kent State University Percussion Ensemble Marimba soloist, Michael Burritt (Eastman School of Music) performs McCarthy's "Concerto for Marimba, Percussion, and Synthesizers." Further information: http://www.dmccarthycomposer.com/ Buy online: http://www.c-alanpublications.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=CAPC&Category_Code=CV RHYTHM & BRASS

Label: Bear Claw Release year: 1994 Performers: Rhythm & Brass Rhythm & Brass (Brass quintet w/percussion) perform McCarthy's "American Dance Music." Further information: http://www.dmccarthycomposer.com/id21.html Buy online: http://www.rhythmandbrass.com/Rhythm_%26_Brass/Rhythm_%26_Brass.html MCCARTHY: ELECTROACOUSTIC

Label: TrueMedia Release year: 1993 Performers: Michael Burritt, Richard Shirey, Frieda Holland, Mark Carlisle, Kent State University Percussion Ensemble, Roger Zahab Early music of Daniel McCarthy. Acoustic instruments and voice with computer-generated synthesizers. Further information: http://www.dmccarthycomposer.com/ Buy online: http://www.c-alanpublications.com/contact.html CAPRICCIO

Label: TrueMedia Release year: 1993 Performers: Indiana State University Wind Orchestra The Indiana State University Wind Orchestra performs McCarthy's "Polarization." Further information: http://www.dmccarthycomposer.com/id21.html Buy online: http://www.indstate.edu/music/boyd.html PERPETUAL

Label: Peppermint Records Release year: 1991 Performers: Michael Burritt Michael Burritt, marimba soloist, plays McCarthy's "Rimbasly." Further information: http://www.dmccarthycomposer.com/ Buy online: http://www.c-alanpublications.com/contact.html NEW MUSIC FROM OHIO

Label: Nimbus Release year: 1991 Performers: Lakeland Jazz Orchestra New Music for Jazz Orchestra Further information: http://www.dmccarthycomposer.com/ Buy online: http://www.dmccarthycomposer.com/