to celebrate the opening of the Denver Art Museum's new addition. Kellogg received a commission from the Kansas City Symphony, composing The Golden Spike to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the transcontinental railroad. The Golden Spike received its world premiere in Kansas City's Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts on October 4, 2019. Writing the next day for KC Studio Magazine, reviewer Libby Hansen noted "For The Golden Spike, Kellogg explored the power, glory, and pain of rampant, unhindered progress, bringing out these elements in the race for a transcontinental railway, which was completed (May 10,) 1869." Kellogg has also received awards from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Barlow Endowment ASCAP, and BMI. References External links Composer's Official Site "A CONVERSATION WITH DANIEL KELLOGG", Chandler Branch’s Blog, May 8, 2008 College of Music, University of Colorado at Boulder Program Notes of Daniel Kellogg and his piece Mozart's Hymn by the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra American male classical composers American classical composers Aspen Music Festival and School alumni 21st-century classical composers American music educators University of Colorado Boulder faculty 1976 births Living people Yale University alumni People from Wilton, Connecticut Curtis Institute of Music alumni Indiana University alumni Pupils of Jacob Druckman 21st-century American composers 21st-century American male musicians Pupils of Joseph Schwantner