About
Daniel Swilley (b. 1980) is a German-American composer of acoustic and electroacoustic music. He holds a BM from Valdosta State University, a MM from Georgia State University, and is currently pursuing a DMA in Music Composition at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign where he is the Operations Assistant for the Experimental Music Studios. Swilley’s past composition teachers include Tayloe Harding, Robert Scott Thompson, Heinrich Taube, Stephen Taylor, and Mei-Fan Lin. He is currently studying with Scott Wyatt and Sever Tipei.
Swilley’s honors include the inclusion of his work Absolute Zero in the In Celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the University of Illinois Experimental Music Studios (1958-2008) commemorative four disc collection. His works have also been presented at festivals and conferences such as June in Buffalo, NoiseFloor, New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival, Electronic Music Midwest, Electroacoustic Juke Joint, College Music Society, and Society of Composer’s Inc.
Swilley is a member of BMI, SEAMUS, and Society of Composers Inc.
