Daniel S.

Daniel, baritone, is a native of Raleigh, North Carolina. He is a 2017 graduate of George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia with a Masters of Music in Vocal Performance. He is an alumnus of Winston-Salem State University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Music Business. In his most recent Opera, December 2018, performed the title role of Aeneas in Mason Opera’s production of Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas. In March 2018 performed the role of Barone Douphol in the Northwest Florida Symphony Orchestra's production of La Traviata. Other roles include George, Earl of Mountararat in Mason’s 2017 production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s Iolanthe and performed the role of Zodzetrick in Scott Joplin’s Treemonisha with Opera Northern Virginia in March 2017. Daniel’s international performances include, a 2016 performance in the role of Count Almaviva in Mozart’s The Marriage Figaro with the Amalfi Coast International Music Festival in Amalfi Coast, Italy; a 2015 performance in the Amalfi Coast Music Festival as Papageno (The Magic Flute), and a 2014 performance as Betto (Gianni Schicchi), also in Italy. With Mason’s Opera, Daniel was cast for multiple lead roles, including the roles King Melchior (Amahl and the Night Visitors), L’horloge comtoise (L’enfant et les sortilèges), Marcello (La Bohème), Pirate King (The Pirates of Penzance), Antonio (The Marriage of Figaro), and scenes from Rossini’s L’Italiana in Algeri and La Cenerentola. Daniel has placed in numerous state and regional competitions. In October 2017, he was the 2nd runner up for the Mid-Atlantic National Association of Teachers of Singing Artist Awards. February 2016, Daniel was the 1st Place winner in the Virginia State National Association of Teachers of Singing competition (NATS). That same year, he won 1st place in the NATS Mid-Atlantic Regional Voice Competition. Also, Daniel was a 2015 Concerto Competition winner at George Mason University. As a featured soloist, he appeared in the Celebrating the Music of Dr. Roland Carter with the Winston-Salem State University Choir in 2017. In 2016, he was the guest artist for the Saint Augustine’s University Donor Appreciation Concert, in Raleigh, North Carolina; a soloist in the Young Artist Concert sponsored by the Ben Holt Memorial Branch of the National Association of Negro Musicians; and performed for the annual meeting of the World Federation of Friends of Museums in Washington, D.C. In 2015, he appeared as a featured vocalist in the Anual Music Scholarship Benefit Concert at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia.