Associate Professor of Music
John Daniel is Associate Professor of Music at Lawrence University where he teaches trumpet. He received the Specialist in Music degree from the University of Michigan, Master of Arts in Music from the University of Iowa, and Bachelor of Music from Ball State University. Mr. Daniel previously taught at Penn State University for nine years and Abilene Christian University for eleven years. While attending the University of Michigan on full scholarship he won the graduate concerto award and was principal trumpet of orchestras in Ann Arbor and Saginaw, Michigan. Mr. Daniel served as principal trumpet with the San Angelo Symphony Orchestra and Abilene Philharmonic Orchestra for nine years and has performed with the San Antonio Symphony, Pennsylvania Ballet Orchestra, Palm Beach Opera, New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, and Music at Penn's Woods Orchestra, as well as for the Broadway revivals of "Annie Get Your Gun" and "Gypsy". He has played recitals in Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, throughout South Korea, and as a jazz musician has appeared with Lionel Hampton, Bill Watrous, Carl Fontana, Jon Faddis, Allen Vizzutti, Marvin Stamm, Ernie Watts, The Nelson Riddle Orchestra and many others. Mr. Daniel is a member of the Brass Band of Battle Creek and a clinician/artist for Selmer-Bach musical instruments.
Contact by e-mail: john.daniel@lawrence.edu
