Daniel Singer
Daniel Singer joined the choral conducting staff of The Cleveland Orchestra in 2012 as assistant director of The Cleveland Orchestra Youth Chorus. He was promoted to Assistant Director of Choruses and Director of the Youth Chorus with the start of the 2018-19 season. In addition to his responsibilities in Cleveland, Mr. Singer is the Robert Page Music Director for The Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh, known as the “chorus of choice” for the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, and director of the Junior Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh.
Mr. Singer has taught high school and college and most recently served on the music faculty of The College of Wooster where he taught courses in music education, conducting, and music theory. From 2011-2022, Mr. Singer was the Director of Music at University School in Hunting Valley, Ohio, where he conducted orchestra and chorus, and prior to that he taught high school choral music in Northern Illinois and participated in music engagement in the Chicago Public Schools.
Mr. Singer has performed professionally with Quire Cleveland, Apollo’s Fire, and The Lakeside Singers (Chicago), he has sung in recitals in Toronto, Pittsburgh, and Cleveland, and he as appeared as soloist with ensembles throughout Northeast Ohio, including the Wooster Symphony Orchestra and Chorus and Choral Arts Cleveland. Mr. Singer holds degrees in music education and conducting from Northwestern University and Michigan State University.