- Bio -

Daniel is a classically trained operatic tenor, music teacher, concert organiser, podcast host (The Skanfest Podcast), guitar player, and life-lover.

He grew up in Skaneateles, a small lakeside town in upstate NY, USA, and later attended The Crane School of Music to earn a B.M. in Music Education. Inspired by his teachers at Crane, Daniel proceeded to work enthusiastically for three years as a school music teacher; directing choirs and teaching music electives. He spent intervening summers working with organizations like Berkshire Opera Festival (MA), Berkshire Choral Festival (MA), and Skaneateles Festival (NY), and eventually was pulled back to performance full-time. From 2019-2021, Daniel trained and earned an M.A. in Vocal Studies at The Royal Academy of Music, London. He subsequently sang as an opera and concert tenor for two years, before being forced to take a hiatus due to medical concerns, but is happy to now be returning to the arts community gradually as a performer and teacher in upstate New York.

Some of Daniel’s teachers and mentors include, Lonel Woods (SUNY Potdam), Carleen Graham (SUNY Potsdam), Brian Garman (Berkshire Opera Fest), Sherry Overholt (SUNY Purchase/Queens College), Raymond Connell (RAM), Joseph Middleton (RAM), Jack LiVigni (Curtis Inst./Royal Opera House).

Notable performing credits include: Clonter Opera Theatre (Albert Herring, Sunderland/McCaffery), Sloane Square Choral Society (Christmas Oratorio), East London Chorale (Petite Messe Solennelle. Daniel was on the professional roster of the Philharmonia Symphonic Chorus (London) from 2019-2023, with additional ensemble experience as a scholar at St.-Martin-in-the-Fields (London), and as a member of Illuminati Vocal Ensemble (Amherst, MA).

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