Daniel Schmidt (musician)

Daniel Schmidt
Background information
Born 1942
Genres Contemporary classical music, American gamelan
Occupation(s) Composer, instrument builder, teacher

Daniel Schmidt is a composer and builder of American gamelan.[1] He currently teaches gamelan and instrument building at Mills College.[2] He is also a long-time collaborator with Paul Dresher.[3]

Like his friends Lou Harrison and Bill Colvig, Daniel Schmidt has built many aluminum and brass gamelans including the Berkeley Gamelan, the Sonoma State Gamelan, and helped build the aluminum gamelan that is used by Gamelan Pacifica in Seattle. He is currently working on an aluminum gamelan, "Gift", in collaboration with students at Mills College. "Gift" uses the same tuning and extended range as the instruments Si Darius/Si Madeleine, and finished instruments are used in performance with Si Darius/Si Madeleine.

Recording, vinyl, "In My Arms, Many Flowers" will be released in the spring of 2016.

References

  1. ↑ Adler, Peter; Diamond, Jody BALUNGAN: A Publication of the American Gamelan Institute. Vol. 1 No. 2 February 1985. copyright 2532w
  2. ↑ Faculty Webpage for the music department at Mills College is referenced - http://www.mills.edu/academics/faculty/mus/ensemble_bios.php
  3. ↑
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