World of Dinosaurs, a piece commissioned by the Orchestra of Southern Utah, will be premiered in Cedar City, Utah, February 18th, 2011. Co-written by brothers Dan and Keith Bradshaw, the work will highlight ten dinosaurs from around the world and will include musical, poetic and artistic contributions from grade school children in Cedar City, Utah and Laie, Hawaii.
The Barlow Endowment for Music Composition has commissioned a new work for Violin and Piano to be premiered in the Fall of 2010 by Ignace Jang, concertmaster of the Honolulu Symphony.
A song cycle, The Dead Praying for Me, based on poems of Lance Larsen was recorded by Brian Stucki, tenor, and Tracey Bradshaw, piano on June 12, 2010. The work was commissioned by the Mormon Artists Group based in New York City. Listen to excerpts
In August 2009, the Melbourne Chamber Choir performed a new work for choir commissioned by Glenn Gordon, a reflection on the text of the hymn, "Come, Come, Ye Saints." Listen to excerpts
Synapse was performed by Dinosaur Annex as part of their Young Composers Festival in Boston, MA in January, 2009. Listen to excerpts
The Minnesota Orchestra performed Chaconne for Orchestra on October 26, 2007 as part of their Composer Institute. This performance has been twice broadcast as part of American Public Media's Performance Today. Listen to excerpts
The American Music Center awarded Dan one of its Composer Assistance Program Grants in November 2007.
Delights and Shadows, a new song cycle on poems by past U.S. Poet Laureate and Pulitzer Prize winner Ted Kooser was performed at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln and at the Chicago Cultural Center in September 2007. Ariel Bybee, Alison Dalton and Ann Chang-Barnes performed the work for Mezzo Soprano, Violin and Piano, which was commissioned by the Barlow Endowment for Music Composition. The songs were premiered at BYU Hawaii on March 24th, 2007. Please see the article in Na Leo Ho'omaluhia for more information. Listen to excerpts