Daniel Kessner attended the University of California, Los Angeles before joining the faculty of the Department of Music at California State University, Northridge, where in addition to teaching composition and theory, he directed its highly regarded New Music Ensemble. His works have been performed throughout the US and abroad by among others, the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, the Indianapolis Symphony, the St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble of New York, the Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra, the Utrecht Symphony and the El Salvador National Symphony. Kessner's creative endeavors have
garnered prestigious national and international awards including the Queen Marie-José International Composition Prize in Geneva, two BMI Awards as well as grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and Arts International.
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