Dan Trueman

Dan Trueman serves as Professor of Music and Director of the Princeton Sound Kitchen at Princeton University, where he teaches counterpoint, electronic music, and composition. A composer, fiddler, and electronic musician, he integrates Norwegian Hardanger fiddle traditions with digital innovation through ensembles like the Princeton Laptop Orchestra.

His research spans rhythmic connections between traditional dance music and machines, phrasing/tuning of Norwegian folk traditions, and digital instrument design. Key projects include the Prepared Digital Piano system, Hardanger d'Amore fiddle development, and ChucK music programming language applications.

Major recognitions include:

• Guggenheim Fellowship
• Barlow Endowment Commission
• Bessie Award
• Fulbright Fellowship
• American Composers Forum Grant
• ACLS Fellowship
• Meet the Composer Grant

Current creative initiatives feature a Barlow-commissioned double-quartet for So Percussion/JACK Quartet, the Olagón collaboration with Iarla Ó Lionáird and Paul Muldoon, dance projects with Rebecca Lazier/Naomi Leonard, and ongoing work with Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh's Trollstilt ensemble. His recent albums Nostalgic Synchronic, Laghdú, and neither Anvil nor Pulley have received critical acclaim.