Professional Background:
Daniel Bukvich has been a member of the faculty of the Lionel Hampton School of Music since 1978. Professor Bukvich holds the Master of Music degree in composition and arranging from the University of Idaho. Bukvich was born in 1954 in Butte, Montana, where he began composing while still in high school. His compositions and arrangements are performed world-wide by symphonic bands, wind ensembles, orchestral winds, choirs, jazz bands, symphony orchestras and marching bands. Bukvich resides in Moscow, Idaho, where he is Professor of Music at the Hampton School of Music at the University of Idaho. He teaches percussion, freshman music theory and ear training, composition and jazz choirs. He performs regularly as a jazz drummer throughout the U.S. and Canada. See Daniel Bukvich's web pages for further information.