Dan Rager
Assistant Professor of Music

dan.rager@uwc.edu
Phone: 920-929-1174
Department: Music
Office: UC-122

Degrees:
AM, Theory / Composition / Lakeland College
BM, Theory / Composition / Cleveland State University
MM, Theory / Composition/ / Conducting / Cleveland State University

Classes:
MUS 071 – Symphonic Band
MUS 074 – Jazz Ensemble
MUS 131 – Music Theory Fundamentals
MUS 171 – Music Theory I
MUS 172 – Music Theory II
MUS 181 – Aural Skills I
MUS 182 – Aural Skills II
MUS 271 – Music Theory II
MUS 272 – Music Theory IV
MUS 281 – Aural Skills III
MUS 282 – Aural Skills IV

Dan Rager joined the UW-Fond du Lac faculty in the fall of 2008. Prior to that, he taught ten years at Lakeland Community College in Kirtland, Ohio.

He is recognized internationally as a composer and conductor of symphonic music and is in demand as a composer and conductor throughout the United States, Canada, Europe and Russia. In addition, he has over 100 compositions and arrangements published by major publishing companies.

His music enjoys international performances and recordings by The Cleveland Chamber Symphony, The United States Navy Band, The Cleveland Orchestra, The Cleveland Jazz Orchestra, Frederick Fennell Symphonic Winds, The Washington Winds, The Apollo String Quartet, The Saratov Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia, The State Radio & Television Orchestra of Moscow, The Amsterdam Windorchestra, The South Korean Philharmonic and countless orchestras and windorchestras throughout Australia, Canada, Europe, Japan and Russia.

Recent Awards
• 1996: Composed opening ceremonial music for the city of Cleveland, Ohio bicentennial celebration.

• 2001: First American composer/conductor from Cleveland, Ohio invited to conduct in Saratov and Siberia, Russia.

• 2003: Awarded first prize by The American Composers Forum for his 2nd symphony, “Prairie River Reflections.”

• 2003: Received Honorable first place by The International Orchestra Association for his French Horn concerto “Colours of Saratov.”

• 2002/03/04/05: Awarded commissions by The Cleveland Composers Guild for The Cleveland Music School Settlement’s student competition contest.

• 2006: Awarded first prize by the Brandt Brass & Percussion Ensemble of Russia for his 5 Mvt. divertimento, “State of Mind”. Premiered at the (ITG) International Trumpet Guild conference in Bangkok, Thailand.

• Additionally, he is a recipient of awards sponsored by ASCAP, American Composers Forum, the John S. Knight Foundation, The Rockefeller Foundation, The National Endowment for the Arts and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), to name a few.

He enjoys performing with his wife Natalya, an international award winning Russian French Hornist. Their hobbies are vegetable, flower gardening and spending time on Lake Winnebago.