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The works of
Dana Wilson have been commissioned and performed by such diverse
ensembles as the Chicago Chamber Musicians, Detroit Chamber
Winds and Strings, Buffalo Philharmonic, Memphis Symphony,
Washington military bands, Netherlands Wind Ensemble, Syracuse
Symphony, and Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra. Solo works have been
written for such renowned artists as hornist Gail Williams,
clarinetist Larry Combs, trumpeter James Thompson, and oboist
David Weiss.
He has received grants from, among others, the National
Endowment for the Arts, New York Foundation for the Arts, New
England Foundation for the Arts, New York State Council for the
Arts, Arts Midwest, and Meet the Composer. His compositions have
been performed throughout the United States, Europe, and East
Asia. They have received several awards, including the
International Trumpet Guild First Prize, the Sudler
International Composition Prize, and the Ostwald Composition
Prize; are published by Boosey and Hawkes, Ludwig Music
Publishers, and Dorn Publications; and can be heard on Klavier,
Albany, Summit, Centaur, Innova, Meister Music, Elf, Open Loop,
Mark, Redwood, Musical Heritage Society, and Kosei Recordings.
Dana Wilson holds a doctorate from the Eastman School of
Music, and is currently Charles A. Dana Professor of Music in
the School of Music at Ithaca College. He is co-author of
Contemporary Choral Arranging, published by Prentice Hall/Simon
and Schuster, and has written articles on diverse musical
subjects. He has been a Yaddo Fellow (at Yaddo, the artists’
retreat in Saratoga Springs, New York), a Wye Fellow at the
Aspen Institute, a Charles A. Dana Fellow, and a Fellow at the
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