Daniel Powers
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Parade of the Wooden Soldiers Parade of the Wooden Soldiers
Composed by Leon Jessel, recorded by Daniel Powers.
The Christmas Silence The Christmas Silence
A new Christmas song by Daniel Powers, text by Margaret DeLand. Performed by Sarah Stone, mezzo-soprano, and Martha Krasnican, piano.
Prelude and Bacchanal Prelude and Bacchanal
For violin, horn, and piano. On this recording, I play violin, Brian Kilp (who also commissioned the piece) plays horn, and my wife Martha Krasnican plays piano.
Young and Old Young and Old
A song for voice and piano, text by Charles Kingsley. Performed by Sarah Stone, mezzo-soprano, and Martha Krasnican, piano
O You Whom I Often And Silently Come O You Whom I Often And Silently Come
A song for voice and piano, text by Walt Whitman. Winner of the 2003 Ned Rorem Award for Song Composition.
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Daniel Powers is composer-in-residence with the Terre Haute Symphony Orchestra, and teaches composition and music theory at Indiana State University.
He has degrees in composition from Oberlin College and Indiana University. His teachers have included Rudi Martinus Van Dijk, Joseph Wood, Earle Brown, Fred Fox, and Harvey Sollberger.
He is married to pianist Martha Krasnican, who also teaches at Indiana State University.Have you performed in front of an audience?I play viola in the Terre Haute Symphony and Columbus Indiana Philharmonic. I occasionally play in chamber groups of various types.
Your musical influences
Brahms, Bach, Debussy, Ned Rorem, Lou Harrison, John Adams, Mahler, Oregon (especially Ralph Towner), ancient music of various kinds, world music (especially African and Indian), and whatever I happen to be listening to at the moment.Contact
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