Daniel Perttu

Daniel Perttu is completing his Doctor of Musical Arts degree in composition at The Ohio State University. His music has received awards from two Ruth Friscoe Composition Competitions, the Johnstone Woodwind Composition Competition (First Place), the Gamper Festival of Contemporary Music, the ASCAP/CBDNA Frederick Fennell Competition, and the Third Seoul International Competition for Composers. Dan is also the holder of a Jacob K. Javits Fellowship, an OSU University Fellowship, and two Marilyn and Donald Harris Scholarships. His music has been performed in various locations from Maine to Arizona: at various Society of Composers' Conferences, the Bowdoin International Music Festival, Brevard Music Center, the University of Arizona, Florida State University, Kent State University, and The Ohio State University. In addition, he currently serves as SCI's Student Representative and as a Graduate Teaching Associate in composition and music theory. He has studied composition privately and in master classes with Thomas Wells, Donald Harris, Thomas Janson, Frank Wiley, Robert Rodriguez, Bright Sheng, Jan Radzynski, Simone Fontanelli, Claude Baker, Don Freund, Maria Newman, David Cutler, Gunther Schuller, and Samuel Adler.