Michael Daugherty

American Composer's Forum - BandQuest Series - Grade 3 Here is the first published work for young band from award-winning composer Michael Daugherty! Describing a stretch of Interstate 75 that crosses...

(2011) Lost Vegas (by Grammy-winning composer Michael Daugherty) was commissioned by the University of Michigan Symphony Band and the University of Miami Wind Ensemble. It is a swinging tribute to an...

(2012) On the Air for Symphonic Band (by Grammy-winning composer Michael Daugherty) is a music fantasy on Arturo Toscanini, who conducted the NBC Symphony Orchestra in live radio broadcasts at Rockefe...

(2014) Vulcan for Concert Band is Grammy award winning composer Michael Daugherty's first work for the high school and intermediate level college band. The work is a colorful homage to Gene Roddenberr...

(2014) Vulcan for Concert Band is Grammy award winning composer Michael Daugherty's first work for the high school and intermediate level college band. The work is a colorful homage to Gene Roddenberr...

(2015) Winter Dreams (2015) for concert band is Michael Daugherty's contemporary musical reflection on the creative world of Iowa artist Grant Wood (1891-1942). Composed in memory of Michael's father,...

(2015) Rio Grande (2015) for symphonic band is Grammy award winning composer Michael Daugherty's follow-up to his iconic Niagara Falls (1997). The title refers to the legendary 1, 250-mile river that...

Michael Daugherty über Raise the Roof:Raise the Roof ist inspiriert vom Bau großer architektonischer Wunder wie der Kathedrale Notre Dame (1345) in Paris und dem Empire State Building (1931) in New Yo...

Made for You and Me: Inspired by Woody Guthrie (2020) for Adaptable Band was composed in response to the need for new music that may be performed by middle and high school band ensembles of flexible s...

Krypton refers to the exploding planet from which the infant Superman escaped. A dark, microtonal soundworld is created with glissandi in the strings, trombones and siren. Two percussionists play anti...