daniel j. laubacher, media composer

Daniel J. Laubacher makes his home in Kehrsatz (near Bern), Switzerland. He grew up in Southern California, is married and has two children. Laubacher received his B.A., M.A., Ph.D. in music composition from the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) where he studied composition with Peter Racine Fricker and Emma Lou Diemer and conducting with Varujan Kojian. In addition, he studied with the Viennese composer Alfred Uhl at the Hochschule (now Universität) für Musik in Vienna.

For many years Daniel J. Laubacher worked as a teacher/lecturer in music, film studies and ICT. He has composed numerous works for orchestra, choir and film as well as educational musicals/songs for children.