Music Professor's Composition Featured in Concert Tour
Posted on Friday, March 13, 2009
Gloamin, a composition for flute and piano written by Dr. Daniel Perttu, Westminster College assistant professor of music theory and composition, was featured in a concert tour of southern states.
Gloamin, completed in December, received its premiere performance during this tour by Dr. Andrea Loewy on flute and Dr. Yuling Huang-Davie on piano.
The March 4-16 tour included public performances at Tulane University and Loyola University in New Orleans; the University of Louisiana at Lafayette; Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge; Thomas University in Thomasville, Ga.; and the University of Florida at Gainesville.
The concerts were part of an invited series, and Gloamin was selected for performance in a peer-review process.
Perttu, who joined the Westminster faculty in 2008, is the music theory program coordinator. He earned an undergraduate degree from Williams College, two masters from Kent State University, and doctorate from Ohio State University. His compositions have been performed in 19 states and China, and he was recently commissioned by the Johnstone Fund for New Music at the Columbus Foundation to compose for the Johnstone Woodwind Master Series at Ohio State University.
Contact Perttu at (724) 946-7024 or e-mail perttude@westminster.edu for more information.
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