David Laganella Explained

David Laganella (born 1974) is an American composer based in the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the United States.

Formative years and family

Raised in Haddonfield, New Jersey,^[1] Laganella graduated from Haddonfield Memorial High School in 1992, studied Guitar and Jazz at Berklee College of Music then pursued music composition degrees from New York University and the University of Pennsylvania, where he received his PhD in music composition at the age of 27. He has resided in Woodbury, New Jersey with his wife and their son.^[2]

Career

His music has received awards from The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), The Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, The American Composers Orchestra, The Meet the Composer Fund and The American Composers Forum. He currently holds the position of Professor of Music and Department Chair at Wesley College, Delaware.^[3]

Laganella is the author of the book, The Composer's Guide to the Electric Guitar (Mel Bay) which is a guide for composers who want to use the instrument in their music.

External links

• https://web.archive.org/web/20100617083415/http://music.wesley.edu/faculty.php
• https://web.archive.org/web/20110722133246/http://www.chambermusicnow.org/laganella.html
• http://www.americancomposers.org/rel20070413.htm
• http://www.sequenza21.com/122203.html
• http://www.concordiaplayers.org/Laganella.htm
• https://web.archive.org/web/20070312001856/http://www.melbay.com/product.asp?ProductID=99943BCD

Notes and References

1. Smith, Alexa Christina. "Q&A With David Laganella, Associate Professor Of Music", The Whetstone, January 13, 2015. Accessed February 17, 2020. "Alexa Smith: Where are you from? David Laganella: Originally? Philadelphia. AS: Is that where you were raised? DL: I was raised in Philadelphia and I was also raised in Haddonfield, N.J."
2. Shyrock, Bob. "Quartet to perform Woodbury resident's work", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, May 27, 2010, updated January 18, 2019. Accessed February 17, 2020. "Laganella has resided in Woodbury for two years with his wife, Hillary, a speech therapist, and their 14-month-old son, Lucas, observing that he 'fell in love with the neighborhood.' A cellist at Haddonfield High, Class of ‘92, he studied music at Glassboro State College and earned degrees from NYU (music theory and composition) and Penn (Ph.D. in music composition)."
3. http://music.wesley.edu/ Wesley College Music Department