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My creative endeavors of collaboration center around my work as a composer, conductor, producer, and pianist specializing in jazz, minimalism, Latin, Blues, Hip-Hop, R&B, fusion, and contemporary classical idioms. The music I write is often scored for wind bands, orchestras, and a variety of chamber groups, both large and small. My music has been performed throughout the United States, Russia, Austria, Australia, Taiwan, South Africa, Japan, and more. As an artist, I’m interested in exploring various ways of expression through means of introspection; how we connect deeply to the music already in us and bring it out to the forefront.
I am currently completing my Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Composition at the University of Miami Frost School of Music. I received a Master of Music degree in Composition from the University of Georgia and a Bachelor of Music degree in Performance from Texas Christian University (TCU).
My composition mentors include Gabriela Lena Frank, Neil Anderson-Himmelspach, Peter Van Zandt Lane, Emily Koh, Charles Norman Mason, Dorothy Hindman, Lansing McCloskey, Valerie Coleman, Matthew Evan Taylor, Marcos Balter, and Anthony Cheung. I also serve as the vice president of the Millennium Composers Initiative, a collective of about 120 composers from several different countries and backgrounds. You can find out more by visiting kevindaymusic.com.
- Jubilee (libretto by Tifara Knowles) – Opera Project
- Dual Strides: Duo Concerto for Horn, Trombone, & Wind Ensemble
- Title TBD – Duo Concerto for Trombone, Piano, & Orchestra
- Mirages – Violin Concerto
- MOSAIC – Debut Jazz Album
- Featured on NPR’s Here & Now Podcast
- Considered for the 2022 Pulitzer Prize in Music
- 67th Annual BMI Student Composer Award Winner
- Carnegie Hall Conducting Debut – 2022 (New York International Music Festival)
- Carnegie Hall Composition Debut – 2020 (New York Wind Band Festival)
- Artist Fellow for the Djerassi Resident Artist Program
- Composition Fellow for the Gabriela Lena Frank Creative Academy of Music
- New Classics/Moscow Conservatory International Competition 3rd Prize Winner
- Winner of the North American Saxophone Alliance Composition Competition
- Two-time Finalist for the National Band Association Revelli Composition Contest
- Three-time Finalist for the ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Contest
- Semi-Finalist for the Cincinnati Conservatory/Zelensky International Composition Prize
- Intro to Composition, Composition Studio Lessons, Orchestration
- "Kevin Day: Music transformed him. Now he aims to help others." https://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/Music/2022/0125/Kevin-Day-Music-transformed-him.-Now-he-aims-to-help-others
- "Rising Black composer Kevin Day premieres work with Sheffield Chamber Players" https://www.baystatebanner.com/2022/01/19/rising-black-composer-kevin-day-premieres-work-with-sheffield-chamber-players/
- "New classical music for our times; China's app for Olympics has security flaws" https://www.npr.org/2022/02/04/1078254971/new-classical-music-for-our-times-chinas-app-for-olympics-has-security-flaws
- "67th Annual BMI Student Composer Award Winners Announced" https://bmifoundation.org/news/story/67th_annual_bmi_student_
composer_award_winners_announced
- Concerto for Wind Ensemble (2022) – UGA Wind Ensemble
- String Quartet No. 5 (2022) – Sheffield Chamber Players
- Ignition (2021) – Boston Symphony Orchestra Low Brass Section
- The Dance That Never Was (2021) – Josh Trentadue, Kevin Day, Brandon Boone, Robert Boone
- Unquiet Waters (2021) – Nicki Roman, Casey Dierlam Tse
- Lightspeed (2019) – Houston Symphony
- The Mind is Like Water (2019) – ONE FOUND SOUND
- Ecstatic Samba: Piano Trio No. 3 (2018) – Laura Futamura, Meagan Hipsky, Jessica Zhang
- Cello Sonata (2016) – Sonia Mantell, Victor Asunción
- Boston Symphony Orchestra
- San Francisco Symphony
- Detroit Symphony Orchestra
- Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
- Houston Symphony
- Moscow Conservatory Studio for New Music
- United States Air Force Ceremonial Brass
- “The Pershing’s Own” United States Army Band
- University of Texas Wind Ensemble
- Ensemble Dal Niente
- Axiom Brass
- Puerto Rican Trombone Ensemble
What stood out to me when I first visited Laurier was the sense of community that I saw amongst the faculty and students, in the various ways they made music together. I’m honored to now be part of this community and look forward to engaging with my colleagues. My goal for the students is for them to not only have a deeper musical knowledge, but also to discover a deeper understanding about themselves and the world around them.
Contact Info:
E: kday@wlu.ca