Daniel Bukvich (born 1954) is an American composer and percussionist. He has been a professor of percussion and music theory at the Lionel Hampton School of Music at the University of Idaho since 1978. [1] He is heavily involved in the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival and DancersDrummersDreamers, both major events on campus.
Bukvich was born in 1954 in Butte, Montana. He completed his undergraduate studies at Montana State University and earned a Master of Music in composition from the University of Idaho. [1]
Bukvich began teaching at the University of Idaho in 1978. He runs the percussion studio, teaches freshman music theory and aural skills, and directs the jazz choir. He also performs with the Palouse Jazz Project, a faculty jazz ensemble, and teaches the university's jazz theory course.
Bukvich has composed pieces for the music school's wind ensemble, orchestra, jazz choir, chorus, and percussion ensembles. His compositions include two symphonies, a marimba sonata, and concertos for clarinet, viola, and xylophone. [2]
Composition or arrangement | Instruments | Year [2] |
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A Child's Dream of a Star | Wind ensemble | |
Agincourt Hymn | Wind ensemble | 1987 |
Ballroom Portraits | Wind ensemble | 2005 |
Before Thy Throne I Now Appear | Wind ensemble | 1995 |
Buffalo Jump Ritual | Wind ensemble | 2000 |
C Harmonic Requiem | Chorus, percussion accompaniment | 2007 |
Casco Bay | Wind ensemble | |
Celebrate Celebration | Wind ensemble | 1993 |
Changing Concepts | Wind ensemble | |
Channel One Suite | Marching band | |
Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestral Winds | Orchestral winds, solo clarinet | 1992 |
Concerto for Viola and Orchestra | Solo viola and orchestra | 2003 |
Cowboys | Wind ensemble | 1995 |
Deck the Halls | A capella | 1998 |
Dinosaurs | Wind ensemble | 1986 |
Divina Comedia | Choir, percussion | 2009 |
Electricity | Wind ensemble | 1997 |
Fanfare for 1990 Goodwill Games | Wind ensemble | |
Fanfare for a Great Circle | Wind ensemble | |
Fanfare in Song Form | Wind ensemble | |
Four Phrases from Psalm 91 | Solo soprano and piano with wind ensemble and chorus | 1997 |
From the Journals of Lewis and Clark | Chorus and orchestra | 1999 |
General and Practical Theory of Automata | Percussion ensemble | 2006 |
Gypsies | Solo flute | |
Hanukkah Children's Dance | Solo violin, orchestra | 2008 |
Hymn of St. Francis | Wind ensemble | 1993 |
Jingle Bells | A capella | 2001 |
Just a Closer Walk With Thee | A capella | 1997 |
Listen to the Lambs | Chorus | |
Loolah | Chorus, auxiliary percussion | |
Maine Vigils | Wind ensemble | |
Mambo! | Jazz choir | |
March of the Children's Guard | Wind ensemble | 1997 |
March Zulu | Jazz choir/chorus | |
Meditations on the Writings of Vasily Kandinsky | Wind ensemble | 1996 |
Missa Africa | Jazz choir/chorus | 2000 |
Missa de Montunos | Jazz choir, percussion | 2005 |
Missa Minimalis | A capella | 1996 |
Music for Percussion and Band | Wind ensemble | 1996 |
Night City - Music for the Imaginary Film | Wind ensemble | 1983 |
Our Father | Wind ensemble | 1996 |
Percussion Symphony | Percussion ensemble | 2000 |
Pop Music | A capella | 1995 |
Rhythm | Wind ensemble | |
Rock Music | Jazz choir/chorus | 1995 |
Samba! | Jazz Choir/chorus | |
Scenes from Childhood | Solo piano, orchestral winds | 1983 |
Shenandoah | A capella | 1996 |
Sing to the Lord a New Song | SATB, Organ, hand bells, brass, and percussion | 1997 |
Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child | SATB, solo violin, strings | 1996 |
Sonata for Marimba | Solo marimba, optional orchestra | 2001 |
Song of the Drum | Jazz choir/chorus | |
Song of the River | Jazz choir/chorus | 1998 |
Song Suite for Band | Wind ensemble | 1988 |
Surprise, Pattern, Illusion: Prehistoric Cave Ceremonies | Solo flute, wind ensemble | |
Symphony No. 1 (In Memoriam, Dresden, 1945) | Wind Ensemble | 1978 |
The Bolero Factory | Percussion ensemble | 2007 |
The Dream of Abraham | Wind ensemble | 1993 |
The Glittering Hill | Orchestra and chorus | 2001 |
The Twelve Days of Christmas | A capella | 1997 |
The Virgin and Child with St. Anne | Wind ensemble | |
Three Phrases from Yugoslav Folk Songs | Wind ensemble | 2000 |
Threnos | Wind ensemble | |
Time Travel | Wind ensemble | 1995 |
Tower of the Winds | Wind ensemble | |
Unusual Behavior in Ceremonies Involving Drums | Wind ensemble | 1999 |
Voodoo | Wind ensemble | 1984 |
When I'm Here with You | Chorus | 1985 |
Xylophone Concerto | Wind ensemble | 1979 |
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