Short bio Michael Daugherty
Full biography Michael Daugherty
Michael Daugherty is an American composer, pianist, and teacher born on April 28, 1954. He is known for his unique writing style that often combines popular and classical motifs. Daugherty earned his doctorate from Yale University, where he wrote his dissertation on the relationship between the work of Arnold Schoenberg and the American composers George Gershwin and Duke Ellington.
Daugherty has composed a diverse range of works, including those for orchestra, chamber ensembles, solo instruments and voice. Among his famous works are "Tales of Hemingway", a cello concerto which won the 2016 Grammy Award for Best Classical Compendium, "Metropolis Symphony", a Grammy-nominated composition based on Superman comics, and "Le Tombeau de Liberace", which honors the flamboyant pianist Liberace. He has also composed for film, including the score for the movie "The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky".
Daugherty has won numerous awards for his compositions throughout his career, including the Rome Prize, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and the Kennedy Center Friedheim Award. He is also a professor of composition at the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance and has mentored many young composers.
In addition to his compositional work, Daugherty is also an active performer often playing the piano in his own compositions. He has contributed significantly to the classical music scene and his music is enjoyed by many.
Albums featuring Michael Daugherty
| # | Сover | Name album | Year | Music label |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
Michael Daugherty, Manuel Barrueco, D. J. Sparr, Michael Lippert (2), Anne Carson, Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra, Neal Gittleman (2) – Bay Of Pigs / Gee's Bend / Troyjam(CD, ) | 2021 | Albany Records |
| 2 |  |
Michael Daugherty, Annika Socolofsky, John Daugherty (4), Dogs Of Desire, David Alan Miller – This Land Sings: Inspired By The Life And Times Of Woody Guthrie(CD, ) | 2020 | Naxos |
| 3 |  |
Michael Daugherty, Hila Plitmann, Louisiana State University Wind Ensemble, Damon Talley – Songs From A Silent Land(3×File, MP3, EP) | 2019 | Equilibrium |
| 4 |  |
Michael Daugherty, Evelyn Glennie, Amy Porter, Carol Jantsch, David Alan Miller, Albany Symphony – Dreamachine - Trail Of Tears - Reflections On The Mississippi(CD, Album) | 2018 | Naxos |
| 5 |  |
Williams, Wolfgang, Broughton, Mackey, Daugherty, North Texas Wind Symphony, Eugene Migliaro Corporon – Inventions(CD, ) | 2017 | GIA (2) |
| 6 |  |
Quattro Mani, Fred Lerdahl • John Musto • Charles Ives • Arlene Sierra • Michael Daugherty, Steven Beck, Susan Grace (2) – Lounge Lizards(CD, Album) | 2017 | Bridge Records (4) |
| 7 |  |
North Texas Wind Symphony, Eugene Migliaro Corporon, Mackey, Dooley, Nagao, Schoenberg, Feld, Corigliano, Daugherty – Discoveries(CD, Album) | 2017 | GIA WindWorks |
| 8 |  |
Michael Daugherty, Zuill Bailey, Paul Jacobs (7), Nashville Symphony Orchestra, Giancarlo Guerrero – Tales Of Hemingway • American Gothic • Once Upon A Castle | 2016 | Naxos |
| 9 |  |
Michael Daugherty - Orchestra Iowa, Timothy Hankewich – American Gothic(CD, ) | 2014 | Arts Iowa Media |
| 10 |  |
Bolcom, Etezady, Daugherty, Chambers, Ticheli, University Of Michigan Symphony Band, Michael Haithcock – Points Of Departure(CD, ) | 2013 | Equilibrium |
| 11 |  |
Michael Daugherty, Paul Jacobs (7), Pacific Symphony, Pacific Chorale, Carl St. Clair (2) – Mount Rushmore: Radio City - The Gospel According To Sister Aimee(CD, Album) | 2013 | Naxos |
| 12 |  |
Michael Daugherty, The University Of Central Oklahoma Wind Symphony, Brian Lamb – American Byways (The Music Of Michael Daugherty)(9×File, MP3, Album) | 2012 | Equilibrium |
| 13 |  |
Amy Porter, Christopher Harding - Burton, Beaser, Daugherty, Caliendo – American Art(CD, Album) | 2012 | Equilibrium |
| 14 |  |
Michael Daugherty • Alexandre da Costa, Orchestre Symphonique De Montreal, Pedro Halffter – Fire And Blood • Flamingo • Ladder To The Moon(CD, Album, Promo) | 2011 | Acacia |
| 15 |  |
Michael Daugherty, Marin Alsop, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra – Route 66 • Ghost Ranch • Sunset Strip • Time Machine(CD, Album) | 2011 | Naxos |
| 16 |  |
Daugherty • Maslanka • Rouse, Glenn Basham, Tim Conner, Frost Wind Ensemble At The University Of Miami, Gary Green (2) – Wolf Rounds(CD, Album) | 2010 | Naxos |
| 17 |  |
Mackey • Daugherty • Syler • Maureen Hurd • Todd Quinlan • Rutgers Wind Ensemble • William Berz – Strange Humors(CD, Album) | 2010 | Naxos |
| 18 |  |
Michael Daugherty - Neeme Järvi • Detroit Symphony Orchestra • Ida Kavafian – Fire & Blood • MotorCity Triptych • Raise The Roof(CD, Album) | 2009 | Naxos |
| 19 |  |
Jackie O(DVD, DVD-Video) | 2009 | Dynamic (4) |
| 20 |  |
Michael Daugherty, Terrence Wilson, Nashville Symphony, Giancarlo Guerrero – Metropolis Symphony • Deus Ex Machina(CD, Album) | 2009 | Naxos |
| 21 |  |
Daugherty, Burritt, Gillingham, David, McAllister, John Bruce Yeh, Teresa Reilly, Molly Yeh, Columbus State University Wind Ensemble, Robert W. Rumbelow – Synergy(CD, Album) | 2009 | Naxos |
| 22 |  |
Steven Bryant, Huang Ruo, Samuel Adler, Shulamit Ran, John Ross (19), Michael Daugherty, Bowling Green Philharmonia, Emily Freeman Brown – The Voice Of The Composer | New Music From Bowling Green Volume 5(CD, ) | 2008 | Albany Records |
| 23 |  |
Michael Daugherty, The University Of Michigan Symphony Band, Michael Haithcock – Raise the Roof(CD, ) | 2007 | Equilibrium |
| 24 |  |
Nyman / Daugherty - Francesco D'Orazio / Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale Della RAI / Tito Ceccherini – Concerto Per Violino E Orchestra / Fire And Blood(CD, ) | 2007 | Amadeus |
| 25 |  |
University Of Iowa Center For New Music, Albright, Daugherty, Davidovsky, Gompper, Rands, Zahler – Twentieth-Century American Music(CD, Album) | 2006 | Capstone Records |
| 26 |  |
Ticheli, Hindemith, McTee, Hesketh, Daugherty, North Texas Wind Symphony, Eugene Migliaro Corporon – Allegories(CD, Album, Stereo) | 2004 | Klavier Records |
| 27 |  |
Susato, Vaughan Williams, Del Tredici, Daugherty, Jerry Junkin, The University Of Texas Wind Ensemble – Bells For Stokowski(CD, HDCD, Album) | 2004 | Reference Recordings |
| 28 |  |
Michael Daugherty / Evelyn Glennie, Colorado Symphony Orchestra • Marin Alsop – Philadelphia Stories • UFO | 2004 | Naxos |
| 29 |  |
Lees, Persichetti, Daugherty, James DePreist, Oregon Symphony Orchestra – American Contrasts(CD, Album) | 2003 | Delos |
| 30 |  |
Leslie Bassett, William Bolcom, Michael Daugherty, The University Of Michigan Symphony Orchestra, Kenneth Kiesler – Bassett Bolcom Daugherty(CD, ) | 2003 | Equilibrium |
| 31 |  |
David Maslanka, Robert Stern, Joseph Turrin, Michael Daugherty / University Of Massachusetts / Amherst Wind Ensemble, Malcolm W. Rowell, Jr. – Wind Currents(CD, Album, Stereo) | 2002 | Albany Records |
| 32 |  |
Michael Daugherty, Evelyn Glennie, North Texas Wind Symphony, Eugene Migliaro Corporon – UFO: Music Of Michael Daugherty(CD, Album, Stereo) | 2001 | Klavier Records |
| 33 |  |
American Icons | 1998 | Argo (2) |
| 34 |  |
Michael Daugherty, Wayne Koestenbaum, Houston Grand Opera – Jackie O (The Opera) | 1997 | Argo (2) |
| 35 |  |
Michael Daugherty - Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, David Zinman – Metropolis Symphony | 1996 | Argo (2) |
| 36 |  |
Edward J. Miller, Michael Daugherty – New Music From Oberlin(CD, Stereo) | 1989 | Opus One |
Videos featuring Michael Daugherty
Bells for Stokowski
Provided to YouTube by NAXOS of America
Bells for Stokowski · University of Texas Wind Ensemble
Bells for Stokowski
℗ 2012 Reference Recordings
Released on: 2012-03-01
Conductor: Jerry Junkin
Ensemble: University of Texas Wind Ensemble
Composer: Mich
Daugherty: Metropolis Symphony - 3. MXYZPTLK
Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group
Daugherty: Metropolis Symphony - 3. MXYZPTLK · Emily Controulis · Mark Sparks · Baltimore Symphony Orchestra · David Zinman
Daugherty: Metropolis Symphony; Bizarro
℗ 1996 Decca Music Group Limited
Rel
Daugherty: Metropolis Symphony - 2. Krypton
Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group
Daugherty: Metropolis Symphony - 2. Krypton · Baltimore Symphony Orchestra · David Zinman
Daugherty: Metropolis Symphony; Bizarro
℗ 1996 Decca Music Group Limited
Released on: 1996-01-01
Producer: Andr
Danserye: I. La Morisque
Provided to YouTube by NAXOS of America
Danserye: I. La Morisque · University of Texas Wind Ensemble
Bells for Stokowski
℗ 2012 Reference Recordings
Released on: 2012-03-01
Conductor: Jerry Junkin
Ensemble: University of Texas Wind Ensemble
Composer:
Tielman Susato -- Pavane 'La Bataille' (Texas Wind Ensemble)
Perhaps the most powerful performance of Tielman Susato's Pavane 'La Bataille' ever published, this is the University of Texas Wind Ensemble under Jerry Junkin. You'll find this performance on the recording 'Bells for Stokowski' by Reference Recordings.
Daugherty: Metropolis Symphony - 1. Lex
Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group
Daugherty: Metropolis Symphony - 1. Lex · Herbert Greenberg · Baltimore Symphony Orchestra · David Zinman
Daugherty: Metropolis Symphony; Bizarro
℗ 1996 Decca Music Group Limited
Released on: 1996-01-0
Daugherty: Metropolis Symphony - 4. Oh, Lois!
Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group
Daugherty: Metropolis Symphony - 4. Oh, Lois! · Baltimore Symphony Orchestra · David Zinman
Daugherty: Metropolis Symphony; Bizarro
℗ 1996 Decca Music Group Limited
Released on: 1996-01-01
Producer: An
Daugherty: Metropolis Symphony - 5. Red Cape Tango
Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group
Daugherty: Metropolis Symphony - 5. Red Cape Tango · Baltimore Symphony Orchestra · David Zinman
Daugherty: Metropolis Symphony; Bizarro
℗ 1996 Decca Music Group Limited
Released on: 1996-01-01
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