David Daniels (conductor)

David Daniels
Born (1933-12-20) December 20, 1933
Penn Yan, NY, United States
Nationality American
Notable work Daniels' Orchestral Music

David Daniels (born December 20, 1933) is an American conductor[1] who retired in 2010. In 2016, he was given a Lifetime Achievement Award by the College Orchestra Directors Association (CODA).[2]

Education

His education includes a preparatory department diploma from the Eastman School of Music, an AB degree from Oberlin College, an MA (musicology) from Boston University, and an MFA (organ) and a PhD (orchestral literature and conducting) from the University of Iowa. He spent two summers studying at Tanglewood, and another two with Richard Lert at the Institute for Orchestral Studies.

Conducting career

Daniels was Music Director of the Warren Symphony Orchestra (Michigan) from its inception in 1974 until 2010.[3] He is Professor Emeritus at Oakland University, where he taught for 28 years, six of them as chair of the Department of Music, Theatre and Dance. He retired from Oakland University in 1997, and to honor him the orchestra named the annual young artists concert the "David Daniels Young Artists Concert."[4]

Daniels also conducted opera in Boston for a dozen years, where his performances were five times named “Best Opera of the Year” by the Boston Globe. Other guest conducting includes the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, the Detroit Symphony Civic Orchestra, Michigan Opera Theatre, Ann Arbor Ballet Theatre, Detroit Chamber Winds & Strings, Meadow Brook Festival Orchestra, and the Orquesta Sinfonia de Maracaibo, Venezuela.

He has taught at various colleges and universities, including the University of Redlands and Knox College, and was (during 3 years) music librarian of the Berkshire Athenaeum in Pittsfield, Massachusetts.

Achievements

David Daniels is the author of Daniels' Orchestral Music (5th ed. 2015, Rowman & Littlefield), a reference book for orchestra professionals.[5][6] A second book, with coauthor John Yaffé, is Arias, Ensembles, & Choruses: An Excerpt-Finder for Orchestras (2012).[7] Daniels also was a series editor for Rowman & Littlefield (2009-2015).

References

  1. ↑ Ellis, Gillian (February 25, 2015). "David Daniels: A Life in Music". Oakland University. Oakland. Retrieved July 8, 2016.
  2. ↑ "David Daniels Receives CODA Lifetime Achievement Award". CODA. CODA. February 18, 2016. Retrieved July 8, 2016.
  3. ↑ joyce (February 12, 2012). "Our History". Motor City Symphony Orchestra. Warren Symphony Society / Motor City Symphony Orchestra. Retrieved July 8, 2016.
  4. ↑ "OSO performing 19th annual David Daniels Young Artists Concert". Oakland University. Oakland University. February 4, 2016. Retrieved July 8, 2016.
  5. ↑ Boonin, Joseph. "Daniels' Orchestral Music by David Daniels (review)". Project MUSE. Retrieved July 8, 2016.
  6. ↑ Farabee, Marcia (November 2015), Marcato (Newsletter of the Major Orchestra Librarians' Association, MOLA)
  7. ↑ Dleibowitz (October 24, 2012). "Arias, Ensembles & Choruses: An Excerpt Finder for Orchestras Book Review: Arias, Ensembles & Choruses: An Excerpt Finder for Orchestras". Podium Notes. Podium Notes. Retrieved July 8, 2016.
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