Daniel L. Trueman Department Chair; Professor of Music
Dan Trueman is a musician: a fiddler, a collaborator, a teacher, a developer of new instruments, a composer of music for ensembles of all shapes and sizes. He has worked with ensembles such as So Percussion, the PRISM Quartet, Eighth Blackbird, Gallicantus, the JACK Quartet, as well as individuals like scientist Naomi Leonard, choreographer Rebecca Lazier, poet Paul Muldoon, director Mark DeChiazza, fiddler Caoimhín ó Raghallaigh, vocalist Iarla ó Lionáird, guitarist/songwriter Monica Mugan, and many others. Dan’s work has been recognized by fellowships, grants, commissions, and awards from the Guggenheim Foundation, the Barlow Endowment, the Bessies, the Fulbright Commission, the American Composers Forum, the American Council of Learned Societies, Meet the Composer, among others.
Current and recent projects includebitKlavier(the prepared digital piano);The Fate of Bones,a new record withCaoimhín ó Raghallaigh(to be released in April ’20);The Cross Quartets,a set of string quartets in scordatura, for Brooklyn Rider and the Bergamot Quartet;12 Preludes for bitKlavier(recording in progress withCristina AltamuraandAdam Sliwinski);Songs That Are Hard To Sing,forSo Percussionand theJACK Quartet(released by New Amsterdam Records in 2019);Midden Find,for fiddler Caoimhín ó Raghallaigh andContemporaneous(in progress);Olagón,an opera featuringIarla ó Lionáird, with text byPaul Muldoon, and directed byMark DeChiazza(premiering at the National Concert Hall in Dublin, May ’21, with the Crash Ensemble);There Might Be Others,withchoreographer Rebecca Lazierandscientist Naomi Leonard(winner of a Bessie Award, Outstanding Music Composition).
Courses
Fall 2022
MUS 531: CompositionMUS 537: Points of Focus in 20th-Century Music
Spring 2022
MUS 532: CompositionFall 2021
MUS 531: CompositionSpring 2021
MUS 532: CompositionMUS 542: Instrumentation and Performance
MUS 316: Computer and Electronic Music Composition
Fall 2020
MUS 204 / STC 204: Musical Instruments, Sound, Perception, and CreativityMUS 531: Composition
MUS 534: Ends and Means: Issues in Composition
Spring 2020
MUS 532: CompositionMUS 542: Instrumentation and Performance
MUS 545: Contexts of Composition: Musical Instruments, Sound, Perception, and Creativity
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