LUKE Robert DAHN portrait
  • Assistant Professor (Lecturer), School Of Music

Creative Research

  • Composition Premiered: "Eight Mazurkas" was premiered by Viktor Valkov on a program presented by Camerata San Antonio on November 15, 2020. "Eight Mazurkas" was recorded in December 2020 for a forthcoming CD of my piano music. Other, completed 11/15/2020.
    https://cameratasa.org/the-camerata-recital-viktor...
  • Composition Commissioned and Performed: "Passes" for Bb clarinet and bass clarinet was commissioned by clarinetists Shandra Helman and Brandon VanOrden. The piece was scheduled for premiere in June 2020 in Reno, NV at the International Clarinet Association Festival. Canceled due to COVID-19. Now set to premiere at ClarinetFest®2021 in Ft. Worth, TX on July 3, 2021. Other, scheduled 06/01/2020.
  • Composition Performed: "The Impeded Stream is the One that Sings" for flute, cello and piano was scheduled to be performed at the Society of Composers, Inc. (SCI) National Conference at the University of Texas-Arlington on March 30, 2020 by the Texas New Music Ensemble. (Canceled due to COVID-19) Other, scheduled 03/30/2020.
  • Composition Performed: My violin-piano work "(Ex)changing (Ex)tracts" was to be performed by John Shin (vn) and Alex Marshall (vn) on the Abravanel Series at the University of Utah on March 25, 2020. Canceled due to COVID-19. Other, scheduled 03/25/2020.
  • Composition Commissioned and Performed: "Richter-938" for oboe, horn and piano was commissioned and premiered by Erika Qureshi (ob) and Osvaldo Rodriguez (hn) on March 25, 2020. Other, completed 03/25/2020.
  • Performance of "Letters" by pianist Ann DuHamel. University of Utah (Salt Lake City), November 1, 2019 Performance, completed 11/01/2019.
  • Performance of my composition "Buffalo Dance" for alto sax and piano, by Katherine Weintraub (sax), and Eunmi Ko (pf). University of Miami (Miami, FL), October 21, 2019. Performance, completed 10/21/2019.
  • Performance of my composition "Buffalo Dance" for alto sax and piano, by Katherine Weintraub (sax), and Eunmi Ko (pf). University of South Florida (Tampa, FL), October 13, 2019. Performance, completed 10/13/2019.
  • Performance of my composition "The Impeded Stream is the One that Sings" for flute, cello, and piano by the Leviathan Trio. West Fork New Music Festival, Fairmont State University, (Fairmont, WV), September 27, 2019. Performance, completed 09/27/2019.
  • Performance of "Letters" by pianist Ann DuHamel. University of Minnesota-Morris (Morris, MN), September 19, 2019 Performance, completed 09/19/2019.
  • Performance of my composition "Buffalo Dance" for alto sax and piano, by Changhoon Lee (sax), and Nick Phillips (pf). Dot the Line Festival (Jeonju, South Korea), May 31, 2019. Performance, completed 05/31/2019.
  • Performance of my piano work "Giuoco Piano" by UU pianist Viktor Valkov. (Philadelphia, PA), March 24, 2019 Performance, completed 03/24/2019.
  • Performance of my piano work "Giuoco Piano" by UU pianist Viktor Valkov. (Jamestown, RI), March 17, 2019 Performance, completed 03/17/2019.
  • Performance of "Letters" by pianist Ann DuHamel. University of Idaho (Moscow, ID), March 2, 2019 Performance, completed 03/02/2019.
  • Performance of my piano work "Giuoco Piano" by UU pianist Viktor Valkov. (Schlangenbad, Germany), February 17, 2019 Performance, completed 02/17/2019.
  • Performance of my piano work "Giuoco Piano" by UU pianist Viktor Valkov. (Werne, Germany), February 14, 2019 Performance, completed 02/14/2019.
  • Performance of my piano work "Giuoco Piano" by UU pianist Viktor Valkov. (San Antonio, TX), January 20, 2019 Performance, completed 01/20/2019.
  • Performance of my piano work "Giuoco Piano" by UU pianist Viktor Valkov. University of Utah (Salt Lake City, UT), January 17, 2019 Performance, completed 01/17/2019.
  • Premiere of my composition "Giuoco Piano" by UU pianist Viktor Valkov, for whom the piece was written. Utah Valley University (Orem, UT), January 9, 2019 Performance, completed 01/09/2019.
  • Performance of my composition "Calder Cadences" for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano by the Taipei National University of the Arts (Taipei, Taiwan) New Music Ensemble, Mei-Fang Lin conducting, January 7, 2019. Performance, completed 01/07/2019.
  • Performance of my composition "Pentimenti" for clarinet, viola and piano by the University of Iowa Center for New Music (Iowa City, IA), February 12, 2017. Other, completed 02/12/2017.
    https://uiowa.edu/cnm/cnm/cnm/cnm/cnm/cnm/cnm/arti...
  • Performance of my composition "Threnody" for clarinet, viola and piano by the University of Iowa Center for New Music (Iowa City, IA), February 12, 2017. Other, completed 02/12/2017.
    https://uiowa.edu/cnm/cnm/cnm/cnm/cnm/cnm/cnm/arti...
  • Performance of my composition "Calder Cadences" for flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano at the Taipei National University of the Arts (Taipei, Taiwan), January 5, 2017. Other, completed 01/05/2017.
  • Performance of my composition "Threnody" for clarinet, viola and piano by Ensemble: Périphérie at New Mexico State University (Las Cruces, NM), October 24, 2016. Other, completed 10/24/2016.
  • Performance of my composition "Threnody" for clarinet, viola and piano by Ensemble: Périphérie at El Paso Community College (El Paso, TX), October 23, 2016. Other, completed 10/23/2016.
    https://ensembleperipherie.wordpress.com/
  • Performance of my composition "Traces" for solo piano by Dan Koppelman at Furman University. February 17, 2016. Other, completed 02/17/2016.
    http://facweb.furman.edu/~dkoppelman/perfs.html
  • Performance of my composition "Hypallage" for violin, clarinet and piano by the Detroit Chamber Winds & Strings. Part of the semi-final round of the Rapido Composition Competition. Presentation, Presented, 11/15/2015. Other, completed 11/15/2015.
    http://atlantachamberplayers.com/rapido/region_mid...
  • Performance of my composition "Traces" for solo piano. Society of Composers, Inc. National Conference at the University of Florida. Presentation, Presented, 11/12/2015. Other, completed 11/12/2015.
    http://arts.ufl.edu/academics/music/programs/compo...
  • Performance of my composition "Hypallage" for violin, clarinet and piano. University of Utah, during my "Fridays with Faculty" talk entitled "Casting Shadows: the Music of Luke Dahn". Other, completed 11/06/2015.
    http://entertainment.sltrib.com/events/view/friday...
  • Performance of my composition "Penumbrae" for clarinet, violin, viola, cello and piano. West Virginia University, during a week-long residency as guest composer. Other, completed 04/17/2015.
    http://wvutoday.wvu.edu/n/2015/04/13/this-week-at-...
  • Performance of my composition "Traces" for solo piano. West Virginia University, during a week-long residency as guest composer. Other, completed 04/17/2015.
    http://wvutoday.wvu.edu/n/2015/04/13/this-week-at-...
  • Performance of my composition "Buffalo Dance" for alto sax and piano. Performed by Dustin Hunter at the University of New Mexico. Other, completed 04/11/2015.
  • Performance of my composition "Buffalo Dance" for alto sax and piano. Part of the J.D. Robb Composers' Symposium at the University of New Mexico, at which I was a featured guest composer. Other, completed 03/23/2015.
    http://www.robbtrust.org/events/2015-composers-sym...
  • Performance of my composition "Calder Cadences" for flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano. Part of the J.D. Robb Composers' Symposium at the University of New Mexico, at which I was a featured guest composer. Presentation, Presented, 03/23/2015. Other, completed 03/23/2015.
    http://www.robbtrust.org/events/2015-composers-sym...
  • Performance of my composition "Davon kam der Tod so bald" for flute, alto sax, and cello. Part of an interdisciplinary project organized and produced by myself entitled the "Cruci Project" involving composers, musicians, poets, and a visual artist. Presentation, Presented, 02/18/2015. Other, completed 02/18/2015.
    https://www.nwciowa.edu/news/3720/northwestern-to-...
  • Performance of my composition "Davon kam der Tod so bald" for flute, alto sax, and cello. Part of an interdisciplinary project organized and produced by myself entitled the "Cruci Project" involving composers, musicians, poets, and a visual artist. Other, completed 02/06/2015.
    https://www.nwciowa.edu/news/3720/northwestern-to-...

Presentations

  • Presented a lecture-recital entitled "Casting Shadows: the Music of Luke Dahn" at "Fridays with Faculty" in the University of Utah School of Music on November 6, 2015. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 11/06/2015. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 01/27/2017.
  • Presented a lecture-recital entitled "Fifth Amendments: Parallels in the Bach Chorales and the Question of Authenticity" at "Fridays with Faculty" in the University of Utah School of Music. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 1/27/17. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 01/27/2017.
  • Presented a lecture-recital entitled "Casting Shadows: the Music of Luke Dahn" at "Fridays with Faculty" in the University of Utah School of Music on November 6, 2015. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 11/06/2015.
    http://entertainment.sltrib.com/events/view/friday...
  • Guest composer in a week-long residency (4/13/15 to 4/17/15) at West Virginia University, during which I gave talks about my music, worked with student composers, and presented my music in concert. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 04/17/2015.
    http://wvutoday.wvu.edu/n/2015/04/13/this-week-at-...
  • As winner of the 2014 J.D. Robb International Composition Competition, I was invited to be one of three featured guest composers at the 2015 Robb Composers' Symposium, during which I gave a talk on my music, sat on a panel discussing various music compositional practices, gave masterclasses, and presented my music in concert. 3/22/15 to 3/26/15. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 03/22/2015.
    http://www.robbtrust.org/events/2015-composers-sym...

Publications

  • RÜCKBLICK: NEW PIANO MUSIC INSPIRED BY BRAHMS, a CD recording by pianist Ann DuHamel for the label Furious Artisans. Published November 13, 2020. Furious Artisans catalog #: facd6821. "Letters" a multi-movement work that I composed in collaboration with composer Josph Dangerfield is featured on this CD. Dangerfield and I composed the movements in semi-alternating fashion, as a kind of response to each other. Our own individual movements can also be performed separately as a set. Published, 11/13/2020.
    https://furiousartisans.com/catalog/ruckblick-new-...
  • Yaolong Ju & Luke Dahn, Sylvain Margot, Cory McKay, Ichiro Fujinaga (2020). Automatic Figured Bass Annotation Using the New Bach Chorales Figured Bass Dataset. Proceedings of the International Society for Music Information Retrieval Conference. Vol. 2020, 640-646. Published, 10/12/2020.
    https://program.ismir2020.net/poster_5-02.html