Michael Daugherty

Michael Daugherty is one of the most commissioned, recorded and according to the League of American Orchestras, one of the ten most performed living American composers. Born in 1954 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Daugherty is the son of a dance-band drummer and the oldest of five brothers, all professional musicians. Daugherty joined the School of Music at the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) in 1991, where he is Profess…