Daniel Swilley – Composer

I am organizing a Concert of New Music to be held on the UIUC campus in the Music Building Auditorium, Friday, March 13th.  The program will feature music from a number of my fellow student composers at UIUC, two of my former professors from GSU, a fellow composer from my GSU adventures, and of course [...]

The upcoming New Music Ensemble Concert on Feb. 17th will feature my work Absolute Zero as well as the works of many other fine composers.  The concert will be at the Krannert Center in the Great Hall at 7:30pm.

My work Facture No. 2 for solo percussion is going to be performed at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks New Music Festival on February 6th at 8pm by Percussionist Caleb Herron (by memory).
Also, on the Sunday January 25th from 7 to 9pm (Alaskan Standard Time) there will be a program on local radio station called [...]

On Oct. 26th there will be a exchange concert on the Roosevelt University campus featuring works of UIUC composers Ming-Ching Chiu, Ju Ri Seo, Pin Hsin Lin, Moon Young Ha, Vin Calianno, John Nichols, Halim Beere, Jae Eun Jung, Jimmy Bunch, and myself.  My work on the concert is Absolute Zero for 2-channel electronic media.  [...]

My work Absolute Zero was selected for inclusion in the Experimental Music Studios 50th Anniversary Celebration CD Set.  The set is a commemorative collection of selected works by founding faculty composers, current faculty composers, alumni composers, and current student composers.  For more information, including .mp3s, bios., and program notes on the many composers/works included in [...]

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What I know thus far:

From the morning of the 16th until the evening of the 19th there will be 15 concerts held at the Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas.
My piece The Feel of May for solo bassoon will be on one of those concerts.
I may get to hang with one of my [...]

On March. 12, in the Smith Recital Hall on the UIUC campus, will be the premiere of my recent electronic work Edge Protocol. Come check it out one and all…
Notes on the work-
Edge Protocol, (6’15”), for two-channel electronic playback, is primarily concerned with the notion of the human mind under immense pressure or [...]

On Nov. 13, in the Smith Recital Hall on the UIUC campus, Stephanie Koher will be premiering my work The Feel of May for Solo Bassoon.
Notes on The Feel of May-
While reading poetry I came across several lines concerning the passing of time and how specific times of year have a “feel” to them. [...]