Music Department Faculty
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Associate Professor
perlongo@iup.edu
724-357-2755
By Appointment
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Composition
Theory III & IV
Theory Skills III
Theory V
Analytical Techniques
Daniel Perlongo
attended the University of Michigan where he received the B.M. and M.M.
degrees studying composition with George Balch Wilson, Leslie Bassett and Ross Lee Finney.
With a Fulbright-Hayes Fellowship
he continued his studies for two years in Rome at the Academy of St.
Cecilia with Gofreddo Petrassi. Mr. Perlongo and his music compositions
have received numerous awards, including the American Prix de Rome, a
Guggenheim Fellowship, the American Academy-National Institute of Arts
and Letters, and the National Endowment for the Arts. He has been
resident composer at the Rockefeller Foundation's Villa Serbelloni in
Bellagio, Italy, and Montalvo center for the Arts in Saratoga,
California. In 2003 he received IUP's Distinguished Faculty Award for the Creative Arts.
Mr. Perlongo's orchestral music, noted for its sensitive lyricism and
unique instrumental combinations, has earned him international
recognition. His Seven Pieces was awarded the Joseph Bearns Prize
from Columbia University, and Myriad and Ephermeron have been
performed by the Italian Radio Orchestra (RAI) of Rome. His
Variations for small orchestra has been performed by the Pittsburgh
Symphony Chamber Orchestra and the American Composers Orchestra. His
Concertino was winner of the Nebraska Sinfonia orchestral competition,
and performed by the Nebraska Sinfonia and the Pittsburgh New Music
Ensemble.
Daniel Perlongo's chamber music has been recognized for its finely
crafted lyricism and subtle expressiveness. Aureole for saxophone
quartet won the New Music for Young Ensembles competition and was
premiered at Carnegie Recital Hall. His String Quartet II, performed
by the Pro Arte Quartet, was premiered at Carnegie Recital Hall after
winning the League of Composers International Society for Contemporary
Music competition. Ricercar for wind trio was winner of the
International Double Reed Society competition. The Ricercar and
Fragments for flute and cello are recorded on Composers Recordings
Incorporated (CRI). A CD of his Concerto for piano and orchestra is recorded on Master Musicians Recordings (MMC), with pianist, IUP alumna, Donna Coleman and the Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra of Bratislava, Slovakia. Also released on MMC is Mr. Perlongo's Sunburst for clarinet and orchestra, commissioned by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, and recorded by clarinetist, Richard Stoltzman and the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra.
Mr. Perlongo's works are available through American Composers Alliance, (ACA) 648 Broadway, Room 803, New York, NY 10012, www.composers.com
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