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Daniel William McCarthy (born 1955, Onekama, Michigan) is a composer of orchestral, band, percussion, vocal, and chamber music. He is professor and chair of the Composition and Theory Section at the University of Akron School of Music.[1]USA Today has described his music as "Intriguing, inviting, shimmering...",[2]
McCarthy is a prolific and widely performed composer with over 100 titles in the catalog of C. Alan Publications (Greensboro, North Carolina) and 30 recordings (current as of April, 2012) on the Albany, Centaur, D'note Classics, Gesparo, Klavier, Capstone, MMC, Potenzamusic, and Xolo Record labels. His wind and percussion music is of special note, appearing on numerous repertoire lists throughout American music schools and studios. His music has been performed throughout the world by groups such as The Brevard Festival Orchestra, The Interlochen World Youth Symphony Orchestra, The University of North Texas Wind Symphony, The Taiwan Wind Ensemble, The Slovak Radio Orchestra, The United State Marine Corps. Band (D.C.), The U.S. Army Jazz Ambassadors, The Akron, Amarillo, Cleveland Chamber, and Naples Symphony Orchestras, and notable soloist such as Barrick Stees of The Cleveland Orchestra, Michael Burritt of the Eastman School of Music, William Moersch of The University of Illinois, TImothy McAllister of Arizona State Herberger Institute for Music, and Mark Ford of The University of North Texas.
