Daniel led the Westmont College Choir and Chamber Singers in five concerts in Tokyo, Japan, including joint performances with the Tokyo College of Music Women’s Choir, and the Waseda University Men’s Glee Club.
Daniel was honored with the Bruce and Adaline Bare Outstanding Teacher of the Year Award, along with Professors Meredith Whitnah and Steve Rogers.
Daniel Gee is named Music Director of the Santa Barbara Youth Symphony
Actively and equally engaged in both choral and orchestral worlds, Daniel Gee currently serves as Assistant Professor and Director of Choral Activities at Westmont College as well as Music Director of the Santa Barbara Youth Symphony.
As a composer, Gee has fulfilled several commissions for ensembles in the Santa Barbara and Los Angeles music communities, including the Santa Barbara Quire of Voyces, the Westmont Orchestra and College Choir, and the Westridge School Chamber Orchestra. His choral music has been published by Colla Voce Music on the Jo-Michael Scheibe Choral Series.
Gee earned his Doctor of Musical Arts at the University of Southern California Thornton School of Music. He is grateful to include Jo-Michael Scheibe, Cristian Grases, Tram Sparks, Eckart Preu, and Michael Shasberger as his conducting mentors, and Sean Friar, Morten Lauridsen, Steve Butler, and Richard Meyer as his mentors in composition.
