Composition Faculty Daniel Kellogg Wins Aaron Copland Award
Composition faculty Daniel Kellogg has been awarded a coveted Aaron Copland Award that includes a residency at Aaron Coplands National Historic Landmark house in New Yorks lower Hudson泭Valley. 泭During this residency, Professor Kellogg will continue his exemplary composition work.
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In addition to this prize, Professor Kelloggs new orchestral work Water Music was recently premiered by the Kansas City Symphony.
The work suggests a nod to George Frideric Handels composition of the same name. 泭Its an old title, but it worked before, Kellogg quipped from the stage. The work also refers to Kansas City the City of Fountains.