studying with Gwendolyn Kolfdofsky, the pioneer teacher of the field. Daniel was the only American finalist in the first International Accompanying Competition held in the Netherlands.

As an accompanist, he has had an active career accompanying choral groups, singers and instrumentalists throughout the United States, Europe, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand. He has collaborated with singers past and present of the Metropolitan opera, such as Deborah Voigt, as well as current young recitalists, including Christopheren Nomura. As a coach and teacher, he has been on the staffs and faculties of the Juilliard School, the San Francisco Opera, Opera San Jose, the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Chapman University, and the Aspen Music Festival. Daniel is the founder and director of Consortmusik, an organization specializing in presenting vocal and instrumental music in salon settings and historic sites.

He is also active as a cabaret pianist and singer, having collaborated with many bay area performers. He has directed several musicals and reviews at the Marin Theatre Company and the Willows Theatre, in evenings of music by Gershwin, Bernstein, and others. He has musically directed and conducted several musicals by Stephen Sondheim, including Company, Into the Woods, Side by Side by Sondheim, and You're Gonna Love Tomorrow. He was associate music director of Mountain Days: the John Muir Musical by Craig Bohmler, assisting the composer in its world premiere at the Concord Pavilion. He was also music director for Bohmler's Enter the Guardsman which was performed on the cruise ship QE2. He has taught and coached students for special projects at the American Conservatory Theatre.

As a harpsichordist and continuo player, Daniel has played at the Carmel Bach Festival for several years. With the San Jose Chamber Orchestra, he played the world premiere of Concertino Notturno for Flute, Harpsichord and Strings by Vivian Fung. Daniel is also an experienced church organist, having played in several churches and synagogues throughout Southern and Northern California, and New York City. He is presently organist at Santa Maria Catholic Church in Orinda, CA. He is an active organ recitalist in the Bay Area.