Dan Forrest
- January 11, 2024
- Composer
Quick Facts
Full Name | Dan Forrest |
Date Of Birth | Jan 7, 1978(1978-01-07) |
Age | 46 |
Birthplace | Breesport |
Country | United States |
Birth City | New York |
Horoscope | Capricorn |
Dan Forrest Biography
Birthday | Jan 7 |
Birth Year | 1978 |
Dan Forrest is one of the most popular and richest Composer who was born on January 7, 1978 in Breesport, New York, United States. Daniel Ernest Forrest Jr. (born January 7, 1978) is an American composer, pianist, educator, and music editor.
Dan Forrest was born in Breesport, New York, and began piano lessons with his elementary school music teacher at age eight. In high school Forrest won numerous piano awards, accompanied honors choirs, and performed the Grieg Piano Concerto with the Elmira Symphony. He majored in piano at Bob Jones University, earning a B.Mus. and an M.Mus. in Piano Performance, studying advanced theory and composition with Joan Pinkston and Dwight Gustafson. After teaching piano in South Carolina for three years, he moved to Kansas where he earned a D.M.A. in composition from the University of Kansas, studying with wind band composer James Barnes. Forrest also studied with Alice Parker, whom he counts as a foremost influence. Forrest’s compositions include choral, instrumental, orchestral, and wind band works. His music appears in the catalogs of numerous publishers, primarily Beckenhorst Press (church music) and Hinshaw Music (concert music). In 2018, he began self-publishing his own concert music The Music of Dan Forrest, which is distributed by Beckenhorst Press. His published works have sold millions of copies worldwide.
Dan Forrest Net Worth
Net Worth | $5 Million |
Source Of Income | Composer |
House | Living in own house. |
Dan Forrest is one of the richest Composer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Dan Forrest 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Forrest taught music theory and composition at The University of Kansas as a graduate assistant from 2004 to 2007, and at Bob Jones University from 2007 to 2012, where he served as chairman of the department of music theory and composition. He now serves as co-editor at Beckenhorst Press, regularly teaches composition lessons and masterclasses, and speaks about composing, music-making, aesthetics, music publishing, and the music business in guest- artist residencies with universities and choirs in the US and abroad. He also serves as Artist-in-Residence at Mitchell Road Presbyterian Church (PCA), Greenville, SC.
Forrest’s choral works have received the ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer’s Award, the ACDA Raymond Brock Award, a Meet The Composer grant, the University of Kansas Cius Award, the ALCM Raabe Prize,. Forrest’s music has been performed in leading venues around the world including Carnegie Hall, the Lincoln Center, NPR’s Performance Today, and on the BBC Proms. 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 is one of a small number of composers whose works have been included in both Teaching Music Through Performance in Choir and Teaching Music Through Performance In Band. Perhaps Forrest’s best known work is Requiem for the Living (2013), having received several hundred performances worldwide. His other major works, Jubilate Deo (2016) and LUX: The Dawn From On High (2018) have also been widely performed.
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Facts & Trivia
Dan Ranked on the list of most popular Composer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Dan Forrest celebrates birthday on January 7 of every year.
Where did Dan Forrest go to college?
Dan Forrest
Forrest in 2016
Born| January 7, 1978 Breesport, New York, U.S.
Nationality| American
Education| Bob Jones University, University of Kansas
Where is Dan Forrest from?
Breesport, NY
Who is Dan Forrest mother?
Dan Forest
Spouse(s)| Alice Forest
Children| 4
Parent(s)| Sue Myrick (mother)
Education| University of North Carolina, Charlotte (BArch, MArch)
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Governor of North Carolina
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