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American organist Daniel Sullivan's creative interpretations, musical depth
and engaging stage presence, combined with his command of a varied repertoire
ranging from Renaissance to contemporary works, are earning him a place among
the next generation of prominent concert organists. He is regularly engaged
across the United States and his performances during season 2007-2008 include
venues in St. Petersburg, Denver, Tucson, Washington DC, Reno, New England, and
Ohio.
In addition to solo performing, Mr. Sullivan actively works to enlarge the
audience for organ by giving the instrument a more prominent role within the
world of chamber music. He collaborates with pianist
Jason Cutmore an organ-piano duo, and
performs with the Second Instrumental Unit, a chamber ensemble of diverse
instruments devoted to playing the new music of current composers. He also
performs music written for two organs with Isabelle Demers. In 2007 they
premiered their original two-organ transcription of Prokofiev's "Peter and the
Wolf" to the enthusiastic delight of several audiences.
His performances have taken him to cities across the United States, including
San Francisco, Albuquerque, Chicago, Indianapolis, Cleveland, Boston,
Philadelphia, Washington DC, Atlanta, and many other venues in other states.
Sullivan has been a featured soloist at New York City's Basically Bach Festival,
the Piccolo Spoleto Festival in Charleston, and the White Mountain Musical Arts
Annual Bach Festival in New Hampshire. He has performed in the United Kingdom in
Edinburgh, Scotland, and Hexam, England.
Daniel Sullivan has arranged and recorded Bach's monumental Goldberg Variations
for organ, and it has become a specialty of his repertoire which is requested by
presenters. In 2005 he toured coast to coast to premiere the arrangement, with
financial support from the Eric Thompson Charitable Trust for Organists and
Organ Music of England. The CD was released on the
Raven label in May, 2007, and was recorded
on the Aeolian-Skinner organ of St. Philip's Cathedral in Atlanta.
Mr. Sullivan's artistry has also been recognized in the national competition
circuit. He was the first prize winner in the Gruenstein Competition (Chicago
2002), and has won second prizes at the Miami International Organ Competition
(2006), the San Marino Organ Competition (California 2003), and the Arthur
Poister Competition (New York 2001).
He is a native of Wisconsin who holds the Artist Diploma from The Juilliard
School where he studied with Paul Jacobs, and degrees from Yale University where
he studied with Thomas Murray and from the Oberlin Conservatory in Ohio where he
studied with Haskell Thomson. He is currently a C. V. Starr Doctoral Fellow at
Juilliard, where he is delighted to continue his work with Paul Jacobs.
Mr. Sullivan was appointed to the faculty of The Juilliard School in the fall of
2008 to teach their organ literature class.
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