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Currently, Michael Daugherty is 70 years, 6 months and 24 days old. Michael Daugherty will celebrate 71rd birthday on a Monday 28th of April 2025. Below we countdown to Michael Daugherty upcoming birthday.
| Popular As | Michael Daugherty |
| Occupation | Composer |
| Age | 70 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Taurus |
| Born | April 28, 1954 (Cedar Rapids, IA) |
| Birthday | April 28 |
| Town/City | Cedar Rapids, IA |
| Nationality | IA |
Michael Daugherty’s zodiac sign is Taurus. According to astrologers, Taurus is practical and well-grounded, the sign harvests the fruits of labor. They feel the need to always be surrounded by love and beauty, turned to the material world, hedonism, and physical pleasures. People born with their Sun in Taurus are sensual and tactile, considering touch and taste the most important of all senses. Stable and conservative, this is one of the most reliable signs of the zodiac, ready to endure and stick to their choices until they reach the point of personal satisfaction.
Michael Daugherty was born in the Year of the Horse. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Horse love to roam free. They’re energetic, self-reliant, money-wise, and they enjoy traveling, love and intimacy. They’re great at seducing, sharp-witted, impatient and sometimes seen as a drifter. Compatible with Dog or Tiger.
One of the most widely performed concert music composers of his generation. He received several awards including the Lancaster Symphony Orchestra Composer's Award and he was involved with Metropolis Symphony which won 3 grammy awards.
He was the leader of a band in high school known as The Soul Company that played a variety of Motown hits. He learned how to play piano by studying the piano keys on a player piano as it played "Alexander's Ragtime Band" and other Tin Pan Alley hits.
He wrote "Metropolis Symphony" in 1988, a five-movement symphony inspired by Superman comics.
He was born into a musical family with his father Willis being a jazz and country and western Drummer. His grandmother Josephine played the piano for silent films.
He was encouraged by Leonard Bernstein to infuse American popular music with concert music.
