Daniel Schwartz
Education:
DMA, Oboe Performance and Literature with Concentration in Music Education- Eastman School of Music
MM, Oboe Performance- University of Texas, Austin
BM, Oboe Performance- Vanderbilt University
Specialization:
21st century music performance practice, with particular emphasis on utilizing performance to create and further community dialogue/action.
Courses Taught
Oboe, Applied Lessons
World Music Survey, MUSC 217
Creative Arts Entrepreneurship, MUSC 285
Other Research Interests
Composition, Arts Entrepreneurship, The Intersection of Arts and Anti-Semitism, Intentional Sound, Music Globalization
Academic Appointments
University of Oklahoma, Associate Professor of Music, 2011-2021
Compositions and Publications
- Tens Across the Board, for oboe and drag queen, published by EightyFour Music, 2020.
- The Pharmacist, published by EightyFour Music, 2020.
- “Meaningful Remembrance: Maximizing Audience Engagement Through Echoing the Past” published in the International Double Reed Society Journal Fall 2019, Volume 42, No. 2.
- Hyperion Concerto, published by EightyFour Music, 2019.
- Onward!, published by EightyFour Music, 2019.
- Constellations, published by EightyFour Music, 2019
- The Bull, the Philosopher, and the Harlequin, published by EightyFour Music, 2018.
- February Strike, published by EightyFour Music, 2018.
- Sky Dialogues, published by EightyFour Music, 2017. A commissioned/sponsored work as part of A Benefit Concert: International Student Emergency Fund, OU May 8, 2017.
- Lamento: Los Niños de Extremadura: Poem for English horn and electronics by EightyFour Music, 2016.
- Miniatures for Flute, Oboe, and Piano by EightyFour Music, 2016
- Dialogues for Oboe and Harp by EightyFour Music 2015
- Ambience 2b for flute, oboe, double bass and prerecorded sound by EightyFour Music, 2015.
- Duo Sonata for Oboe and Soprano Saxophone by EightyFour Music, 2015
- Ambience 1d for solo oboe and prerecorded sound by EightyFour Music, 2014
- Songs Without Words originally with TrevCo Music, 2014. Now EightyFour Music.
- Fantasy Sketches for solo oboe by EightyFour Music, 2013 (rev. 2016).
- Sonata for Oboe and Piano originally with TrevCo Music, 2013. Now EightyFour Music.
- “A Hidden Narrative in Strauss’ Oboe Concerto: Critical Context and the Plot it Illuminates.” International Double Reed Society Journal, Volume 34, Number 3, 2011.
Recordings
Ike Boys, 2021
Feature-length film, expected release 2022, starring Billy Zane.
Illuminate, 2019
Concerto soloist with the University of Oklahoma Wind Symphony on my original composition Hyperion Concerto. First-ever OU Wind Symphony CD, available on Soundcloud.
The Mustard Seed, 2019
Feature-length film, expected release 2020, starring Mira Sorvino and Kevin Sorbo.
Wolf Rounds, 2008
Recorded Christopher Rouse’s Wolf Rounds with the University of Texas Wind Ensemble for the Sony Classical label.
Circus Maximus (Symphony no. 3 for Large Wind Ensemble), 2007
Recorded John Corigliano’s Circus Maximus with the University of Texas Wind Ensemble, released under the Naxos label.