Daniel burwasser biography
Daniel Burwasser.!
Burwasser, Daniel
Biography
Born:
Country: New Brunswick, New Jersey U.S.A.
Daniel Burwasser, a composer, percussionist and teacher, was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey.
Studies:
Teachers: Charles Wuorinen, Robert Moevs, Noel DaCosta
Daniel Burwasser, a composer, percussionist and teacher, was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Burwasser grew up in a musical family (his grandfather, Leo Burwasser, was an operatic basso, and sang on stage with the legendary Feodor Chailiapin in his native Russia).
He began piano lessons at age five, and at eleven, he turned his interests to percussion instruments, which he began studying both in school and privately. While in high school, he won positions as first chair percussion in both the New Jersey Region I Band and New Jersey All-State Orchestra.
Burwasser shifted his focus from performance to composition while working on his Bachelor of Music in percussion performance at Temple University. After graduating from Temple University, he went on to receive a Master of Arts degree in theory and composition from Rutgers Univers