Daniel E. Gawthrop (born 1949 in Fort Wayne, Indiana) is an American composer, primarily of choral music.
He has been commissioned by various institutions including the American Choral Directors Association through their Brock Commission,[4] and has had works première in the Concert Hall of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the Salt Lake City Mormon Tabernacle, and Washington National Cathedral.
In addition to his work as a composer, Gawthrop has been active as a broadcaster, clinician and adjudicator, organist, conductor, teacher and writer, including a period as music critic for The Washington Post.
The second disc, Like a Fire, was performed by David Pickering on the Bales Recital Hall organ at the University of Kansas at Lawrence.
The Utah State University Chamber Choir, conducted by Cory Evans, recorded a CD containing much of Gawthop's choral work, called Show Me Thy Ways.