Interview: Kevin Day

Composer KEVIN DAY is a winner of the BMI Student Composer Award, a three-time finalist for the ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Award, and was shortlisted for the 2022 Pulitzer Prize, and he’s not yet 30. Today the young professor and composer-about-town talks about his family musical legacy, juggling the beginning of an academic career while finishing his student days with a bang (his DMA dissertation for University of Miami is slated to be an opera he has been commissioned to write), and considers what today’s music students need to be successful. When asked about his heroes, Beyonce, Kendrick Lamar, and Tyler the Creator do make appearances, alongside Jennifer Higdon and John Coltrane in this wonderfully eclectic exploration of styles and inspirations.  Kevin Day: https://www.kevindaymusic.com/ Tania Leon: http://www.tanialeon.com/ Marcos Balter: https://marcosbalter.com/ Demondrae Thurmon: https://music.indiana.edu/faculty/current/thurman-demondrae.html  Cubauza: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYfLnaqrMQo  Data Lords: https://www.mariaschneider.com/home/discography Symphony #3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wekB1fyR8p4