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Dayley, K. Newell

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1939-

Biographical History

K. Newell Dayley (born 1939) is a composer and music professor in Utah.

K. Newell Dayley was born in 1939. He joined the faculty of Brigham Young University (BYU) in 1967 as a professor of music and later served as the associate academic vice president for undergraduate studies at that institution. Dayley was the first director of the BYU jazz ensemble, Synthesis. He also directed the brass ensemble and other organizations as well as many musical theatre productions. He has taught classes from trumpet to music theory and from film scoring to music business. Among his works are "Bring Forth My Zion", "First You Have A Dream", the music to hymn 220 of The Chruch of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints "Lord, I Would Follow Thee", words and music to "Faith in Every Footstep", and the music to "I Feel My Savior’s Love", "Every Star is Different", "Hum Your Favorite Hymn", "Home", and "The World Is So Big" in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Primary’s Children’s Songbook. Dayley has also written musical sections for passages in the Book of Mormon. In 1975, he collaborated with Arnold Sundgaard to write the musical "Brigham!" as part of the celebrations for BYU's centennial year, with Dayley composing the music and Sundgaard writing the book and lyrics. Dayley retired from BYU in September 2007. He is married to Diane Wilcox and they are the parents of eight children.

Citation:
Cundick, R. Music manuscript, c1974: t.p. (Newell Dayley).

LC data base, 4-2-93 (hdg.: Dayley, Newell).

Wikipedia, via WWW, August 2, 2013 (K. Newell Dayley, born 1939 is a prominent Latter Day Saint composer, hymnwriter and musician. He was a professor of music at Brigham Young University (BYU) and later served as the associate academic vice president for undergraduate studies at that institution. He retired from BYU in September 2007. Dayley is married to Diane Wilcox and they are the parents of eight children. Dayley joined the BYU faculty in 1967. Dayley was the first director of the BYU jazz ensemble, Synthesis. He also directed the brass ensemble and other organizations as well as many musical theatre productions. He has taught classes from trumpet to music theory and from film scoring to music business. Among his works are "Bring Forth My Zion", "First You Have A Dream", the music to hymn 220 of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints "Lord, I Would Follow Thee", words and music to "Faith in Every Footstep", and the music to "I Feel My Savior's Love", "Every Star is Different", "Hum Your Favorite Hymn", "Home," and "The World Is So Big" in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Primary's Children's Songbook. Dayley has also written musical sections for passages in the Book of Mormon).

Lord, I would follow thee, 1994 : Page 2 (K. Newell Dayley).

Phone call with composer, 13 December 2013 (Since 1978, prefers to be known as K. Newell Dayley).

UA 5398 (collaborated with Arnold Sundgaard to write the musical "Brigham!" as part of the celebrations for BYU's centennial year in 1975; Dayley composed music and Sundgaard wrote book and lyrics).

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Centennial Committee records

 Collection
Identifier: UA 1124
Scope and Contents Contains a wide variety of documentation produced and collected by the Centennial Committee. This includes memorandums, meeting minutes, correspondence, publications, photographs, and other materials. These files contain information on most of the events that happened during the Centennial year, as well as various buttons and banners. A significant portion of the collection relates directly to the production of Brigham!, a musical dramatizing the founding and growth of Brigham Young...
Dates: 1973-1976