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Dan Cavanagh is an award-winning, versatile composer fluent in a range of contemporary art music styles. Visit the tabs on the left to view compositions, and listen to selected samples.
Solos and With Piano
Borderlands (~11:00) – 2023
For flute and piano
Commissioned by Tabatha Easley and Tracy Cowden
Hatch (~13:00) – 2022
For alto saxophone and piano
Commissioned by Duality – Vanessa Sielert and Catherine Anderson
Melting Pot (~13:00) – 2015
For bassoon and piano (listen to Mvt. II: Ballade-Cinquain)
Commissioned by Scott Pool
Mixed Chamber and Small Groups
Reach (~10:00) – 2016
For violin and contrabass
Commissioned by Martha Walvoord and Jack Unzicker
Recorded on The Diaries of Adam and Eve (purchase: Albany Records, Troy 1791 – 2019)
Waves (~13:00) – 2014
Commissioned by the University of Northern Colorado Schultze Speaker Series
Burst (~5:00) – 2013
In the Silence (~8:15) – 2009
Commissioned by the Kandinsky Trio
Wind Symphony
Even if the Last Bullet Hits My Chest (~13′) – 2021
For wind symphony. Published by Murphy Music Press. [You can listen on their page]
Orchestra
Divining Reverence on the Far Eighty (~40′) – 2013
For orchestra and piano soloist (piano concerto) (listen)
Dream Catcher (~12′) – 2012
Choir
April (~4:00) – 2003
Text by Ezra Pound
Helix (2020)
Speak Out (2018)
Upside Down (2018)
Belonging (2017)
Thaw (2016)
That’s My Kick (comp. Erroll Garner) (2015)
Like It Is (comp. Erroll Garner) (2015)
Dream Catcher (comp. Tim Ishii) (2012)
The Owl King (2012)
Mystic Cats (2012)
Packt Like Sardines in a Crushd Tin Box (comp. Radiohead) (2010)
Unstitched Seams (2010)
I Thought about YOu (comp. van Heusen/Mercer) (2009)
Lulu’s Back in Town (comp. Torme) (2009)
I’m in Love Again (comp. Lee) (2009)
Zigaboogaloo (comp. Payton) (2009)
Poinciana (comp. Jamal) (2009)
You Don’t Know Me (comp. Ray Charles)
Mississippi Ecstacy (text by Timothy Young) (2008)
Pulse (2008)
Jotma (2008)
A Time of Reckoning (2007)
All of You (comp. Porter) (2007)
Tunnel Vision (2007)
Good Morning to All (Happy Birthday ) (2007)
Albequirky (2006)
Frozen Circles (2006)
Foundations (2006)
Mineyo “Samba Min” (comp. Tim Ishii) (2006)
Gozar (2005)
Git ‘R’ Done (2005)
Joy Soup (2005)
North South (2005)
Black Rattle (2004)
Having Built in Deeper Water (2004)
Mighty Oregon (comp. Perfect) (2004)
Phase Space (2003)
Chaos Theory (2003)
Split-Rock (2003)
Choo-Choo Loco (2003)
Pasta! (2002)
Just You, Just Me (comp. Greer) (2002)
Love for Sale (comp. Porter) 2001
Comatose (2000)
Contact Dan to inquire about purchasing scores, parts, or lead sheets for jazz small group compositions.
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