(b. 1960).
Canadian composer of mostly orchestral, chamber and vocal works that have been performed in North America and elsewhere.
Mr. Daniel studied composition with John Beckwith at the University of Toronto, where he earned his DMus.
Among his honours are the Jules Léger Prize for New Chamber Music from the Canada Council for the Arts (1997, for Zwei Lieder nach Rilke) and awards in the competition for young composers of the CBC, the competition for young composers of SOCAN and the Toronto International Guitar Festival. He later received the K. M. Hunter Artists Award for classical music (2007, for his uvre). His music has been performed in Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Estonia, Hungary, Ireland, the Netherlands, Poland, the UK, and the USA. He has received commissions from the CBC, the ensemble Continuum, flutist Robert Cram, the Elora Festival/Festival of the Sound in Ontario, the Esprit Orchestra in Toronto, guitarist Rachel Gauk, the Gryphon Trio, the Guelph Spring Festival in Ontario, the Hannaford Street Silver Band, the National Youth Orchestra of Canada, New Music Concerts in Toronto, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Vancouver New Music, and the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra.
He is also active in other positions. As a producer, he has primarily collaborated with the label Marquis Classics.
He has taught as Assistant Professor of Composition at the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario since 2000, where he also serves as director of the Composition, Electroacoustic Research and Performance Facility.
COMPLETE LIST OF WORKS
STAGE:
Lisa (mini-opera), 2002
Via Cruxis (opera with preludium and 14 stations, text by Martin Luther), soprano, keyboard instruments (1 player), 2004
The Shadow (opera, libretto by Alex Poch-Goldin), 2006–07
ORCHESTRAL:
Masque of the Red Death, violin obbligato, minimum 18 strings, 1989
Black Dogs, large orchestra, 1993
Glauben Sie, es wird sich aufklären?, 1993
For R., A. and P. J. (concerto), guitar, small orchestra (8 winds, 4 brass, strings), 1995
Lacrymosa, 1995
Strategies against Architecture, Book III, large orchestra, 1996
The Mechanical Advantage (concerto), percussion, brass band, 1996 (also version for percussion, orchestra, 1998)
Murder Ballads (concerto), accordion, orchestra, 1996–97
Double Concerto, violin, cello, orchestra, 1997
Elegies (concerto), guitar, small orchestra, 1998
Only the Eagle Flies the Storm, guitar, minimum 13 strings, 1999 (version of work for guitar, string quartet)
Concerto for Orchestra, large orchestra, 2000
Trope, 2000
CHAMBER MUSIC:
Momentum, guitar, 1986
Changes, piano, percussion, 1987
Desert Heaven, guitar, fixed media ad libitum, live electronics ad libitum, 1989
Stone Gazes upon Stone Ghosts, flute, clarinet, French horn, guitar, violin, viola, cello, electronic organ, percussion, 1989
Three Chambers, clarinet, piano, 1991
Only the Eagle Flies the Storm, guitar, string quartet, 1991 (also version for guitar, minimum 13 strings)
Dreams of the Panther, flute, clarinet, cello, 1991, revised 2002
Good Machine, piano, 4 percussion, 1992
Piangiamo quel crudel basciare, guitar, 1992
Nocturne, guitar, viola, cello, 1994
Tientos, guitar, 1994
Strategies against Architecture, Book I, 4 French horns, 3 trumpets, 2 trombones, bass trombone, tuba, timpani, 2 percussion, 1995
After the Panorama, guitar, 1995
Strategies against Architecture, Book II, 2 pianos, 2 percussion, 1994–96
Sextet, harp, double bass, 2 accordions, 2 percussion, 1998–99
Piano Trio, violin, cello, piano, 1999
Wild Honey (sonata), violin, piano, 2000–01
El Corazón y el tigre, percussion, ensemble (harp, 2 violins, viola, cello), 2001
The Flaying of Marsyas, violin, electrodes (suspended on an upside-down person in a metal cage), 2001
Quintet, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass, 2003
Annunciation, string quartet, live electronics, 2006
CHORAL:
Love Songs (texts by Pablo Neruda, Rainer Maria Rilke, Carlo Gesualdo), mixed chorus, clarinet, string quartet, 1998–99
VOCAL:
...The Stars Would Have Me Weep, baritone, piano, 1987
Four Electronic Arias from Shadows of Angels, soprano, amplified flute, electric guitar, piano, 1990
My Angel (text by the composer), soprano, guitar, 1991
Zwei Lieder nach Rilke, soprano, alto flute, English horn, bass clarinet, violin, viola, cello, piano, 2 percussion, 1996
Das Buch der Bilder, soprano, flute, oboe, bass clarinet, violin, viola, cello, piano, 2 percussion, 1999
All Night I Travel You (text by Anne Michaels), soprano, bass clarinet, trumpet, piano, Hammond organ, percussion, 2 violins, viola, cello, 2000
Jacob's Ladder, mezzo-soprano, orchestra, 2000
Love-God-Murder (texts from gospels from the southern USA, prison songs), mezzo-soprano, ensemble, 2001
The Growth of Music and the Invention of Storytelling (text by Michael Redhill), male speaker, violin, cello, piano, 2002
PIANO:
Surfacing, 1988, revised 1991
DISCOGRAPHY
After the Panorama. Rachel Gauk, guitar (Marquis Classics: MAR 191)
Tientos; My Angel; Piangiamo quel crudel basciare; Only the Eagle Flies the Storm (original version). Monica Whicher, soprano; Rachel Gauk, guitar; Penderecki String Quartet (Marquis Classics: MAR 209)
Strategies against Architecture, Book II. Lark Popov, George Vona, pianos; Salvador Ferreras, Beverley Johnston, percussion (Novadisc: ND 0199-CDE)
The Mechanical Advantage (original version). Beverley Johnston, percussion; Bramwell Tovey/Hannaford Street Silver Band (Opening Day Recordings: ODR 9319)