Daniel Worley

BIOGRAPHY

A native of Louisville Kentucky, Daniel has a D.M.A. in Music Composition from the University of Michigan and a B.M. in Theory/Composition (Guitar emphasis) from the University of Louisville. He’s received commissions from the Albany Symphony, Tulsa Philharmonic, SEAMUS/ASCAP, and saxophonist Timothy McAllister among others. His dissertation, Freak Show, was the first concept album accepted as a dissertation by a major composition program.

In the last 22 or so years Daniel has: built and run two recording studios; produced, recorded, and/or mastered more albums than he can remember, including records from his roots-rock band CityGoat, the experimental improvisation ensemble, the Trace Trio, and most recently Midnight Sun, Morning Moon with vocalist Jennifer Diamond and saxophonist Dave Clark, and High Crimes with The Afrophysicists, and Happy As Larry with Larry Bitensky and Fourth Street Station;; taught composition, electronic music, orchestration, counterpoint, analysis, guitar, music production, and the History of Rock and Roll, at UofM, UofL, Centre College, and Bellarmine University.

Daniel is currently performing as often as possible as a guitarist and/or singer-songwriter, both with jam-band 4th Street Station, and as part of the Diamond/Worley/Clark Trio, and is a guitarist in the Louisville-based Afrobeat band The Astrophysicists. Daniel has been with Centre College since 2010. 

AWARDS AND GRANTS

1999 ASCAP/SEAMUS Commission
ASCAP/Morton Gould Grant to Young Composers, 1997
American Academy of Arts and Letters Charles Ives Award, 1995
ASCAP Foundation Grant to Young Composers, 1995
ICMC ’98, featured composer
American Composers Orchestra Whitaker Reading Session, 1996

AFFILIATIONS/MEMBERSHIPS

ASCAP