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Dan Recipient of Alicia Wilkerson Smotherman Faculty Award

July 29, 2008, 06:37:58 AM

Professor Dan Cavanagh is a recipient of the 2008 Alicia Wilkerson Smotherman Faculty Award, which "recognizes faculty whose research expertise and teaching abilities have inspired students to create work of exceptional merit...

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Article in BJAM Newsletter

July 11, 2008, 10:35:31 AM

Dan wrote an article this month in Paul Baker's BJAM Newsletter. You can access the article here.

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Steans Institute for Young Artists Program for Jazz

May 05, 2008, 02:44:27 PM

Dan has been invited to participate in the Steans Institute for Young Artists Program For Jazz this June as a part of Chicago's Ravinia Music Festival.

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Next Wave Records Three Charts

April 22, 2008, 01:52:25 PM

The Next Wave Big Band, the US Naval Academy's professional jazz band, recorded three of my charts (Split-Rock, Phase Space, and Gozar) in April for an upcoming CD release. Please keep posted for details on a release/how to purchase.

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• September 2007 - Virginia Tech Jazz Studies Program - Pulse for jazz ensemble
• September 2006 - Martin High School Jazz - Arrangement of All of You for jazz ensemble featuring trumpet
• August 2006 - The Nova Jazz Orchestra - A Time of Reckoning
• June 2006 - UT Arlington - Foundations for jazz ensemble and flugel soloist. In memory of Dan Burkholder.
• February 2006 - Simpson College - Frozen Circles for jazz ensemble
• February 2006 - Dave Camwell - Unfettered for alto sax and piano, for performance at the 2006 North American Saxophone Alliance convention
• January 2006 - Tim Ishii - arrangement of his tune Mineyo (Samba Min) for jazz ensemble
• December 2005: Westwinds Big Band, Calgary, AB, Canada - Gozar for jazz ensemble
• August 2005: New York Youth Symphony Jazz Band Classic - Joy Soup for jazz ensemble. Premiered at Lincon Center May 2006.
• January 2005: Dave Camwell - North-South for jazz ensemble and solo soprano sax
• January 2005: Lake Junior High School 9th Grade Jazz Band - Disco Stew
• September 2004: Sisters High School - Monk's Mood for solo alto sax and jazz band
• August 2004: Oregon Jazz Ensemble - Black Rattle - for a trip to the IAJE convention
• May 2004: University of Oregon - arrangement of Mighty Oregon for jazz band, featuring Joey Harrington and Richard Smith
• Summer 2003: Jane Powell - arrangements of twenty pop/rock songs for show band
• Spring 2002: White Bear Lake Lakeshore Players - incidental music for a children's play
• Fall 2001: Hill Murray High School - Dance Connotation for concert band
• Fall 2000: St. Olaf College Valhalla Band - Incident on Highway One for wind ensemble and percussion soloist
• Winter 2000: St. Olaf College Trombone Ensemble - Flo's Web
• Fall 2001: Justin Windshitl - Seasick Flea Circus for bassoon and ensemble
• Fall 2001: Grant Riewe - The Boy, the Boy! for solo alto saxophone