Daniel Davis earned his Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees from the University of Washington, Seattle, studying music composition with William Bergsma, and improvisation with Stuart Dempster and William O. Smith. His compositions range from folk hymns to micro symphonies for large orchestra, operas, dance-ballets, and theater.

Daniel’s music has been performed by The Seattle Symphony Orchestra, The Seattle Brass Ensemble, the New Mexico Woodwind Quintet, Gamelan Encantada, and the Bosque Bassoon Band. His published works include What Shall I Cry? for marimba solo, published by HoneyRock Percussion (2001), and Rivers (2006) for Bassoon Ensemble and other works for double reeds published by Trevco Music (www.trevcomusic.com). His folk hymns are published in The New Millennium Harmony (2001), September Psalms (2002), and High Desert Harmony (2004). His musical for young audiences created with playwright Suzan Zeder—In a Room Somewhere—was published by Anchorage Press (1989) and has been performed nationally and internationally.

Davis has composed music and designed sound for over fifty theater and dance productions throughout the U.S. Frida, a dance drama (1992) created with choreographer Licia Perea, has toured the Southwest, Mexico and Russia. For KNME TV (PBS), Daniel created theme music for the regional weekly news production The Line (2005) and his music accompanies several award-winning art documentary episodes of Colores!. Several of his works for solo marimba, clarinet and percussion, bassoon ensemble and gamelan ensemble are recorded on albuZERXque records.

Davis regularly presents pre-concert talks for Chamber Music Albuquerque and in 2007 gave pre-concert talk on Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess for performances by the Santa Fe Symphony.