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:''For the politician with a similar name, see Dan Forest.'' Daniel Ernest Forrest, Jr. (born January 7, 1978) is a composer, pianist, and music editor. ==Biography== Dan Forrest was born in Elmira, New York and received a B.Mus. and an M.Mus. in Piano Performance from Bob Jones University and a D.M.A. in composition from the University of Kansas. He has studied composition with Joan Pinkston, Dwight Gustafson, James Barnes, and Alice Parker.〔(Beckenhorst Press bio ).〕 Forrest's compositions include choral, instrumental, orchestral, and wind band works. His church music appears in the catalogs of ten publishers, including Hinshaw, Hal Leonard, Beckenhorst, Shawnee Press, and Chorister’s Guild.〔(Forrest website. )〕 Forrest's choral works have received the ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer’s Award, the ACDA Raymond Brock Award, a Meet The Composer grant, and the ALCM Raabe Prize. His “A Basque Lullaby” for wind band was included in Volume 8 of the ''Teaching Music Through Performance In Band'' series. Forrest's music has been performed in leading venues including Carnegie Hall, the Lincoln Center, and on NPR’s “Performance Today.”〔(''Teaching Music Through Performance in Band'' vol. 8 ). According to the composer's website, nearly a million copies of his choral works are in print. (Forrest website ).〕 A review in ''The Salt Lake Tribune'' referred to Forrest's "superb choral writing" and gave as an example his arrangement of "The First Noel," which it said was "full of spine-tingling moments." 〔(''Salt Lake Tribune'' review, December 3, 2011 ).〕 Forrest's ''Requiem for the Living'' (2013) received more than a hundred performances world-wide within a year of its composition, including performances in Canada, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and multiple performances at Carnegie Hall.〔(Paul Hyde, "Greenville Chorale presents Forrest's soaring 'Requiem,'" ''Greenville News'', October 12, 2014 ); (Forrest website ). A review written for the ''Greenville News'' called the work "highly accessible, with soaring melodies and luminous harmony" that reminded the reviewer of Aaron Copland, John Rutter, and James Horner. ''Greenville News'', October 21, 2014, 5A.〕 Forrest is an associate editor at Beckenhorst Press, has a choral series in his name with Hinshaw Music,〔(Hinshaw Music website )〕 and serves on the editorial board of ''The Artistic Theologian''.〔( ''The Artistic Theologian'' website ).〕 He served as chairman of the department of music theory and composition at Bob Jones University from 2007 to 2012.〔(Forrest website ).〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dan Forrest, Jr.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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