Donald E. Dillard
Composer, Donald Dillard was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and received his early music training at the Settlement Music School with concert pianist, Charles Engel. He was awarded a full scholarship to West Chester University, West Chester, PA, where he was a piano and voice major. His graduate studies were done at Westminster Choir College of Rider University, Princeton, NJ.
Mr. Dillard is an active composer of over 100 works for orchestra, chorus, instruments, piano, organ and voice, including three fully scored cantatas and two oratorios for soloists, chorus and orchestra, as well as concertos for violin and orchestra, cello and orchestra, and organ and orchestra, three song cycles for solo voice and orchestra, two symphonic poems, and other orchestral works.
His music has been performed throughout the United States, South America, Japan, and in Europe and performed by the West Chester University Concert Choir, the Morgan State University Concert Choir, the Gettysburg Choir and Harrisburg Singers, and the Mendelssohn Club Choir of Philadelphia. His piano solo works have been performed internationally by the late concert pianist Richard Fields. Orchestral works have been performed by the Detroit Symphony, Grand Rapids Symphony, Atlanta Symphony, Cincinnati Symphony, Delaware County Symphony and the Orchestra Society of Philadelphia.
Composer, Donald Dillard was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and received his early music training at the Settlement Music School with concert pianist, Charles Engel. He was awarded a full scholarship to West Chester University, West Chester, PA, where he was a piano and voice major. His graduate studies were done at Westminster Choir College of Rider University, Princeton, NJ.
Mr. Dillard is an active composer of over 100 works for orchestra, chorus, instruments, piano, organ and voice, including three fully scored cantatas and two oratorios for soloists, chorus and orchestra, as well as concertos for violin and orchestra, cello and orchestra, and organ and orchestra, three song cycles for solo voice and orchestra, two symphonic poems, and other orchestral works.
His music has been performed throughout the United States, South America, Japan, and in Europe and performed by the West Chester University Concert Choir, the Morgan State University Concert Choir, the Gettysburg Choir and Harrisburg Singers, and the Mendelssohn Club Choir of Philadelphia. His piano solo works have been performed internationally by the late concert pianist Richard Fields. Orchestral works have been performed by the Detroit Symphony, Grand Rapids Symphony, Atlanta Symphony, Cincinnati Symphony, Delaware County Symphony and the Orchestra Society of Philadelphia.