Composition faculty Daniel Kellogg has been awarded a coveted Aaron Copland Award that includes a residency at Aaron Copland鈥檚 National Historic Landmark house in New York鈥檚 lower Hudson听Valley. 听During this residency, Professor Kellogg will continue his exemplary composition work.
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In addition to this prize, Professor Kellogg鈥檚 new orchestral work 鈥淲ater Music鈥� was recently premiered by the Kansas City Symphony.
鈥淭he work suggests a nod to George Frideric Handel鈥檚 composition of the same name. 听鈥橧t鈥檚 an old title, but it worked before,鈥� Kellogg quipped from the stage. The work also refers to Kansas City 鈥� the City of Fountains.鈥�
