Kevin Day

Composer, Conductor, & Pianist

Featured Music

Houston Symphony performs Lightspeed. Conducted by Miguel Harth-Bedoya

GySgt. Hiram Diaz & “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band performs Concerto for Euphonium & Wind Ensemble. Conducted by Col. Jason Fettig.

The Ensemble Liberte Wind Orchestra (Japan) performs Concerto for Wind Ensemble. Conducted by Shintaro Fukumoto.

Dr. Nicki Roman & the University of Southern Mississippi Wind Ensemble perform Unquiet Waters. Conducted by Dr. Catherine Rand. NASA Conference 2023.

Instagram Updates

Thank you @frostschoolum and Jordan Levin for this article feature about my upcoming opera LALOVAVI. Looking forward to finishing my Doctor of Musical Arts Degree in Composition this December.

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Mic check 🎙️

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Available now on streaming 💙🎼
Honored to have my music commercially recorded by the University of the Pacific Wind Ensemble, under the direction of Dr. Vu Nguyen. This album features the first ever commercial recordings of “Shimmering Sunshin

Now that things are official, I would like to share a long-awaited update on my life.

After much reflection, I am leaving my academic position in Canada to shift focus to my work as a full-time composer and conductor. I will be returning to the Unit

Excited to be going to the Sound Atlas Festival @contemporarycalgary for the @latitude49music premiere of GLASSHOUSE this summer. Looking forward to seeing friends and visiting Calgary for the first time. 🎼

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Thank you @registrytheatre 🙏🏽🎹💙
Appreciate everyone that came out for the show

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Thank you Associated Press @apnews 🙏🏽.
Check out the full article using the link in my bio.

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After three years of close collaboration and anticipation, I am excited to finally be able to officially announce my first opera commission.

LALOVAVI is an Afro-futurist grand opera created in collaboration with librettist Tifara Brown, dramaturge

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Playing the @registrytheatre in Kitchener, Ontario. March 2 at 8PM.

Featuring the music of Tigran Hamasyan, MARO, Erroll Garner, Chaka Khan, Miles Davis, Marialy Pacheco, Josh Trentadue, and more.

With @andymacpherson on drums and Dan Bre

I’m excited to share something that has been in the works for quite some time now. I have completed and released my first etude book entitled “25 Advanced Studies” with Murphy Music Press, LLC.

This etude book features technical a

Thank you @macdowell1907 for giving me this space of peace and solitude 💙

Extending thanks and gratitude to all of you for making this year truly special. I hope you all have a great and Happy 2024. I look forward to sharing some updates in the coming weeks, as I am currently re-imagining what I want my life to look like a

The opera is finished.
424 pages. 2 hours, 28 minutes of music.

I’m looking forward to hopefully sharing the official announcement and intimate details some time this spring, as our team begins the process of workshopping it and bringing thi

Courtesy of Sean Murphy.
AI-Imagined Lego Dancing Fire.
Super dope. 🔥🔥

For those attending @themidwestclinic in Chicago, I’m honored that Chris Martin, Principal Trumpet of the New York Philharmonic, will be performing my trumpet concerto “Pyrotechnics” 🧨. Check out his performance with the Lambert Hi