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Composer Daniel C Pappas is widely performed throughout the United States and Europe and collaborates regularly with distinguished performers and ensembles. He writes music ranging from Orchestral to Chamber, Solo and Electro-Acoustic. Pappas has been featured on several new music festivals including the annual UNCG New Music Festival, and xMUSE at the University of South Carolina. He has won awards and recognition for several of his works including his orchestral piece The Silence About Heaven, which enjoyed a successful German premier in 2006.
During his tenure at both the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and the University of South Carolina, Pappas has had an extensive and wide ranging teaching career and most recently received an award for excellence in teaching undergraduates at the University of South Carolina. He currently teaches all levels of music theory at Guilford Tech Community College in NC as an adjunct instructor.
Pappas is also active as a contracted television composer for most all major networks. His music regularly appears on shows such as Good Morning America, World News with Diane Sawyer and 20/20.
Mr. Pappas holds degrees from Grace College and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, where he studied composition with Mark Engebretson. He is currently only months away from completing his doctorate degree in composition at the University of South Carolina, where he studied with John Fitz Rogers and Reginald Bain. Pappas has also had the opportunity to be coached by renowned composers Paul Lanksy, Jacob ter Veldhuis, and Libby Larsen to name a few. His pre-college composition teacher is the Schott published German composer Henning Brauel.
DANIEL C PAPPAS
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