Larry Daehn

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Larry Daehn was born in 1939 in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, and grew up on his parent’s farm near Rosendale, Wisconsin. He attended a one-room grade school, and Rosendale High School. He received his Bachelor Degree from the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh and his Master’s Degree from University of Wisconsin-Platteville.

Daehn’s 35-year teaching career included elementary, middle school and high school band, chorus and classroom music.

The New Glarus, WI High School Band, which Daehn directed for twenty-seven years, received many state and national honors: 6 Six Flags Best In Class trophies, 4 Wisconsin Governor’s Special Commendations, a Wisconsin Senate Citation Of Excellence. The band was chosen to perform at the Wisconsin State Music Convention in 1996.

Daehn is a member of American School Band Directors, Wisconsin Music Education Conference, World Association of Symphonic Bands And Ensembles, The Percy Grainger Society, National Band Association and Phi Beta Mu National Honor Society. He was named in Leaders of American Education in 1971, and was chosen Outstanding Bandmaster by Phi Beta Mu-Pi Chapter in 1988. In 2021, Daehn was awarded the prestigious Edwin Franko Goldman Memorial Citation by the American Bandmasters Association, in recognition of conspicuous service in the interest of bands and band music.

Daehn was commissioned to write The West Point Bicentennial March, which was premiered in Carnegie Hall. He has lectured and guest-conducted in Wisconsin, Illinois, New York, Michigan, Minnesota, Iowa, Oregon and California. His articles have appeared in The Instrumentalist and Bandworld magazines.

Since 1987, Daehn has been owner and operator of Daehn Publications, now distributed by C. L. Barnhouse. He is a popular guest conductor and music lecturer.

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Publications by Larry Daehn

  • A Song For Friends

    A Song For Friends

    Daehn

    Grade: 2

    LDP-7333-00More Info This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
    LDP-7333-00
  • To Those Who Dream

    To Those Who Dream

    Daehn

    Grade: 3

    LDP-7332-00More Info This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
    LDP-7332-00
  • Happy Trombones Rag

    Happy Trombones Rag

    Daehn

    Grade: 2.5

    LDP-7129-00More Info This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
    LDP-7129-00
  • Moonlight Marimba

    Moonlight Marimba

    Daehn

    Grade: 3

    LDP-7182-00More Info This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
    LDP-7182-00
  • Tchaikovskyana

    Tchaikovskyana

    Daehn

    Grade: 3.5

    LDP-7280-00More Info This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
    LDP-7280-00
  • Wagner’s Trombones

    Wagner’s Trombones

    Daehn

    Grade: 3.5

    LDP-7303-00More Info This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
    LDP-7303-00
  • The Crown Diamonds

    The Crown Diamonds

    Auber/arr. Daehn

    Grade: 4

    LDP-7074-00More Info This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
    LDP-7074-00
  • Remembrance

    Remembrance

    Daehn

    Grade: 3

    LDP-7227-00More Info This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
    LDP-7227-00
  • Thunder and Lightning

    Thunder and Lightning

    Strauss/arr. Daehn

    Grade: 4

    LDP-7286-00More Info This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
    LDP-7286-00
  • Contrapunctus V

    Contrapunctus V

    J. S. Bach/arr. Daehn

    Grade: 3.5

    LDP-7067-00More Info This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
    LDP-7067-00
  • Erl-King

    Erl-King

    Schubert/arr. Daehn

    Grade: 3.5

    LDP-7095-00More Info This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
    LDP-7095-00
  • Rookie of the Year

    Rookie of the Year

    Conti/arr. Daehn

    Grade: 4

    LDP-7231-00More Info This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
    LDP-7231-00
  • All Mine to Give

    All Mine to Give

    Daehn

    Grade: 3

    LDP-7010-00More Info This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
    LDP-7010-00
  • Carnival of the Animals

    Carnival of the Animals

    Saint-Saëns/arr. Daehn

    Grade: 5

    LDP-7046-00More Info This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
    LDP-7046-00
  • Symphony No. 2

    Symphony No. 2

    Sibelius/arr. Daehn

    Grade: 4

    LDP-7275-00More Info This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
    LDP-7275-00
  • The Toy Parade

    The Toy Parade

    Kahn, Greene, Gordon/arr. Daehn

    Grade: 2

    LDP-7292-00More Info This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
    LDP-7292-00
  • Black and White Rag

    Black and White Rag

    Botsford/arr. Daehn

    Grade: 4

    LDP-7032-00More Info This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
    LDP-7032-00
  • Chaconne

    Chaconne

    J. S. Bach/arr. Daehn

    Grade: 2.5

    LDP-7050-00More Info This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
    LDP-7050-00
  • Christmas Day

    Christmas Day

    Holst/arr. Daehn

    Grade: 3.5

    LDP-7060-00More Info This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
    LDP-7060-00
  • Galop

    Galop

    Ponchielli/arr. Daehn

    Grade: 4

    LDP-7117-00More Info This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
    LDP-7117-00
  • Norwegian Rhapsody

    Norwegian Rhapsody

    Lalo/arr. Daehn

    Grade: 4.5

    LDP-7195-00More Info This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
    LDP-7195-00
  • Passacaglia

    Passacaglia

    J. S. Bach/arr. Daehn

    Grade: 3

    LDP-7210-00More Info This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
    LDP-7210-00
  • Triumphal Symphony

    Triumphal Symphony

    Berlioz/arr. Daehn

    Grade: 3.5

    LDP-7295-00More Info This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
    LDP-7295-00
  • Farandole

    Farandole

    Bizet/arr. Daehn

    Grade: 4

    LDP-7104-00More Info This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
    LDP-7104-00
  • Pietro’s Return March

    Pietro’s Return March

    Deiro/arr. Daehn

    Grade: 4

    LDP-7214-00More Info This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
    LDP-7214-00