Daniel is delighted to be joining the Westmont College faculty as Assistant Professor of Music this fall. A tenure-track position, his new role includes both choral and orchestral conducting, leading the College Choir, Chamber Singers, and co-leading the Westmont Orchestra with Adams Chair Dr. Michael Shasberger.

As part of their annual fall concert, Daniel led Choral Arts Initiative in the West Coast premiere of Andrew Maxfield’s The Door. Other music on the concert, led by Artistic Director Brandon Elliott, included works by Jordan Kuspa, Edie Hill, and Elaine Hagenburg.

Sponsored and hosted by Fieldstead and Company, Inc. Daniel led Choral Arts Initiative in a private concert of choral music by Scottish composer Euan Stevenson. The concert featured several American premieres, including a world premiere commissioned for the concert, Stevenson’s setting of Yeats’ The Clothes of Heaven.

Daniel returns to lead the Global Harmony Symphony of Orange County as Guest Conductor in a program of Beethoven and Tchaikovsky. Pianist Somang Jeagal will perform Beethoven’s First Piano Concerto with the orchestra.

Daniel has been invited to serve as adjudicator for the Buddha’s Light Youth Symphony Orchestra’s first Music Festival.

The USC Apollo Chorus will premiere Daniel’s new work for men’s chorus and piano, My Son, My Son, on text by Paul Willis.

Choral Arts Initiative has selected Daniel to be their Inaugural Assistant Conductor. Daniel will begin in his role immediately as the ensemble prepares for their concert on March 23 at Anaheim First Presbyterian, featuring the premiere of Christian Guebert’s Voyaging, for mixed chorus, 3-7 octaves handbells, and harp.

Daniel leads the Global Harmony Symphony of Orange County as guest conductor in a program of Rossini, Mendelssohn, and Sibelius. The concert will feature Mann-Wen Lo, fellow DMA candidate at USC, performing Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto.

Daniel conducts musicians of the USC Thornton School of Music in a DMA Conducting Recital in a program consisting of Copland's Appalachian Spring and Tchaikovsky's Serenade for Strings.  Newman Recital Hall, University of Southern California, 7:30pm. Admission is free and reception to follow.

Daniel will present John Corigliano's Fern Hill (version for choir and chamber orchestra) with musicians of the USC Thornton School of Music. Daniel will share this graduate conducting recital with some of the masters students of the USC Choral program as well.  Concert will take place in USC's Jeanette MacDonald Recital Hall at 7:30pm. Admission is free.

Daniel joins DMA colleagues Rina Ritavoiu and Irene Apanovitch-Leites in leading the women of the Oriana Women's Choir in a concert of music by Mendelssohn, Bernstein, Britten, Emma Lou Diemer, and others. The Apollo Men's Chorus will also perform the second half of the concert. Concert to take place in USC's Newman Recital Hall at 8pm. 

He will serve as Associate Conductor of the Oriana Women's Choir, as well as the graduate student coordinator of the annual USC Winter Gala. Faculty mentors will include Drs. Jo-Michael Scheibe, Nick Strimple, Cristian Grases, Tram Sparks, and Larry Livingston.

Daniel directs He Emptied Himself, a musical, dramatic, and theological meditation on the emptying of Christ's incarnation with the musicians, artists, dancers, and pastoral staff of Evergreen SGV. Works include Victoria's "O Magnum Misterium," and a premier of Daniel's "Agnus Dei." Admission is free and open to the public.

Daniel will serve as Conducting Fellow for the Long Beach Symphony where he will assist incoming Music Director Eckart Preu and other guest conductors for the 2016-2017 season.