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Dan Forrest
American composer, pianist, educator, and music editor
For the politician, see Dan Forest.
Daniel Ernest Forrest Jr. (born January 7, ) is an American composer, pianist, educator, and music editor.
Biography
Dan Forrest was born in Breesport, New York, and began piano lessons with his elementary school music teacher at age 8. In high school Forrest won numerous piano awards, accompanied honors choirs, and performed the Grieg Piano Concerto with the Elmira Symphony.
He majored in piano at Bob Jones University, earning a and an in Piano Performance, studying advanced theory and composition with Joan Pinkston and Dwight Gustafson.
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After teaching piano in South Carolina for three years, he moved to Kansas, where he earned a D.M.A. in composition from the University of Kansas, studying with wind band composer James Barnes. Forrest also studied with Alice Parker, whom he counts as a foremost influence.[1] Forrest's compositions include choral, instrumenta