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Michael Daugherty
, *1954 US, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Musician / Composer / Conductor of Classical
A.k.a. Michael Kevin Daugherty
Michael Daugherty is one of the most commissioned, recorded and according to the League of American Orchestras, one of the ten most performed living American composers. Born in 1954 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Daugherty is the son of a dance-band drummer and the oldest of five brothers, all professional musicians. Daugherty joined the School of Music at the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) in 1991, where he is Professor of Composition and a mentor to many of today’s most talented young composers. In 2011, the Nashville Symphony’s Naxos recording of Daugherty’s Metropolis Symphony and Deus ex Machina was honored with three GRAMMY® Awards, including Best Classical Contemporary Composition. Daugherty’s music is published by Peermusic Classical, Boosey and Hawkes, and Michael Daugherty Music. His GRAMMY® award winning recordings can be heard on Albany, Argo, Delos, Equilibrium, Klavier, Naxos and Nonesuch labels.
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Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dreamachine - Trail Of Tears - Reflections On The Mississippi | Michael Daugherty, Evelyn Glennie, Amy Porter, Carol Jantsch, David Alan Miller, Albany Symphony Orchestra | 2018 | Album |
| Discoveries | North Texas Wind Symphony, Eugene Corporon, John Mackey, Paul Dooley, Jun Nagao, Adam Schoenberg, Jindřich Feld, John Corigliano, Michael Daugherty | 2017 | Album |
| Tales of Hemingway American Gothic Once Upon a Castle | Michael Daugherty, Zuill Bailey, Paul Jacobs, Nashville Symphony Orchestra, Giancarlo Guerrero | 2016 | Album |
| Mount Rushmore: Radio City - The Gospel According To Sister Aimee | Michael Daugherty, Paul Jacobs, Pacific Symphony Orchestra, Pacific Chorale, Carl St. Clair | 2013 | Album |
| Route 66 • Ghost Ranch • Sunset Strip • Time Machine | Michael Daugherty, Marin Alsop, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra | 2011 | Album |
| Strange Humors | John Mackey • Michael Daugherty • James Syler • Maureen Hurd • Todd Quinlan • Rutgers Wind Ensemble • William Berz | 2010 | Album |
| Wolf Rounds | Michael Daugherty • David Maslanka • Christopher Rouse, Glen Basham, Tim Conner, Frost Wind Ensemble At The University Of Miami, Gary Green | 2010 | Album |
| Fire & Blood • MotorCity Triptych • Raise The Roof | Michael Daugherty - Neeme Järvi • Detroit Symphony Orchestra • Ida Kavafian | 2009 | Album |
| Jackie O | Michael Daugherty | 2009 | Single |
| Synergy | Michael Daugherty, Michael Burritt, David Gillingham, J.M. David, Scott McAllister, John Bruce Yeh, Teresa Reilly, Molly Yeh, Columbus State University Wind Ensemble, Robert W. Rumbelow | 2009 | Album |
| Metropolis Symphony • Deus Ex Machina | Michael Daugherty, Terrence Wilson, Nashville Symphony Orchestra, Giancarlo Guerrero | 2009 | Album |
| Concerto Per Violino E Orchestra / Fire And Blood | Michael Nyman / Michael Daugherty - Francesco D'Orazio / Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale Della RAI / Tito Ceccherini | 2007 | Album |
| Raise the Roof | Michael Daugherty, The University Of Michigan Symphony Band, Michael Haithcock | 2007 | Album |
| Bells For Stokowski | Tielman Susato, Ralph Vaughan Williams, David Del Tredici, Michael Daugherty, Jerry Junkin, The University Of Texas Wind Ensemble | 2004 | Album |
| Philadelphia Stories • UFO | Michael Daugherty / Evelyn Glennie, The Colorado Symphony Orchestra • Marin Alsop | 2004 | Album |
| Bassett Bolcom Daugherty | Leslie Bassett, William Bolcom, Michael Daugherty, The University Of Michigan Symphony Orchestra, Kenneth Kiesler | 2003 | Album |
| American Contrasts | Benjamin Lees, Vincent Persichetti, Michael Daugherty, James DePreist, Oregon Symphony Orchestra | 2003 | Album |
| Wind Currents | David Maslanka, Robert Stern, Joseph Turrin, Michael Daugherty / University Of Massachusetts / Amherst Wind Ensemble, Malcolm W. Rowell, Jr. | 2002 | Album |
| UFO: Music Of Michael Daugherty | Michael Daugherty, Evelyn Glennie, North Texas Wind Symphony, Eugene Corporon | 2001 | Album |
| American Icons | Michael Daugherty | 1998 | Album |
| Jackie O (The Opera) | Michael Daugherty, Wayne Koestenbaum, Houston Grand Opera | 1997 | Album |
| Metropolis Symphony | Michael Daugherty - Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, David Zinman | 1996 | Album |
| New Music From Oberlin | Edward J. Miller, Michael Daugherty | 1989 | Album |
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