Nationality American Name Dan Jr. Religion Christian | Employer Beckenhorst Press Occupation composer Role Composer · danforrest.com | |
Born January 7, 1978 ( 1978-01-07 ) Elmira, New York Education University of Kansas, Bob Jones University Similar People Morten Lauridsen, John Rutter, University of Utah Singers, Ola Gjeilo, Dwight Gustafson Profiles | ||
"Requiem for the Living" by Dan Forrest Jr. - Classic Choral Society & Orchestra -
Daniel Ernest Forrest, Jr. (born January 7, 1978) is a composer, pianist, and music editor.
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- Requiem for the Living by Dan Forrest Jr Classic Choral Society Orchestra
- Biography
- Awards
- Notable Performances
- References
Biography
Dan Forrest was born in Elmira, New York and received a B.Mus. and an M.Mus. in Piano Performance from Bob Jones University and a D.M.A. in composition from the University of Kansas. He has studied composition with Joan Pinkston, Dwight Gustafson, James Barnes, and Alice Parker. Forrest's compositions include choral, instrumental, orchestral, and wind band works. His church music appears in the catalogs of ten publishers, including Hinshaw, Hal Leonard, Beckenhorst, Shawnee Press, and Chorister’s Guild.
Forrest's choral works have received the ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer’s Award, the ACDA Raymond Brock Award, a Meet The Composer grant, and the ALCM Raabe Prize. His "A Basque Lullaby" for wind band was included in Volume 8 of the Teaching Music Through Performance In Band series. Forrest's music has been performed in leading venues including Carnegie Hall, the Lincoln Center, and on NPR’s Performance Today. A review in The Salt Lake Tribune referred to Forrest's "superb choral writing" and gave as an example his arrangement of "The First Noel," which it said was "full of spine-tingling moments." Forrest's Requiem for the Living (2013) received more than a hundred performances worldwide within a year of its composition, including performances in Canada, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and multiple performances at Carnegie Hall.
Forrest is an associate editor at Beckenhorst Press, has a choral series in his name with Hinshaw Music, and serves on the editorial board of The Artistic Theologian. He served as chairman of the department of music theory and composition at Bob Jones University from 2007 to 2012.