Daniel Thrower

Daniel Thrower graduated with a Master's Degree in Trumpet Performance and Pedagogy from Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. He is currently Professor of Trumpet at BYU-Idaho in Rexburg, Idaho and Principal Trumpet in the Idaho Falls Symphony. He regards his composition as a kind of personal journal, though he has received awards and commissions for his work. Some more notable commissions include a five minute, 24-trumpet piece for America's Freedom Festival in Provo, and several four-trumpet fanfares for Disney on Ice in Salt Lake City's Delta Center. Though his compositions are almost all fairly difficult, the tonality is generally quite accessible, and the harmonies lend themselves well to the medium of brass instruments.