Daniel Neer
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neerd@newschool.edu
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Daniel Neer enjoys a uniquely diverse career as a concert singer, stage performer, librettist, lyricist, and music educator. He studied music, theater and vocal pedagogy at The Ohio State University (B. Mus), the University of Michigan (S.M. Voice Perf.), and The Royal Academy of Music in London, England (L.R.A.M., AdvDip). In addition the teaching at Mannes Prep at The New School, Daniel serves on the voice faculty of The Peabody Preparatory of Johns Hopkins University, and holds an annual artist residency in music and theater at Otterbein University. Past teaching positions include the American Musical and Dramatic Academy, Berkshire Choral International, and Kenyon College.
Daniel’s rich performance history includes collaborations with American Repertory Theater, Royal Opera House Covent Garden (ROH II), New York City Opera, Washington National Opera, Gotham Chamber Opera, Metropolis Ensemble, Center for Contemporary Opera, Music-Theatre Group, S.E.M. Ensemble, Mark Morris Dance Group, Ohio Light Opera, Rebel Baroque Orchestra and Manhattan Concert Productions. Broadway credits include Baz Luhrmann’s La Bohème, and the National Theatre’s production of Coram Boy, directed by Melly Still. He has recorded for Dreamworks, Albany Records, Newport Classics, Naxos and Operetta Archives labels.
Recital credits include The Phoenix Concerts, Lotte Lehman Foundation, Morgan Library, Brooklyn Historical Society, Chicago Art Institute, The Apollo Salon Series, Guggenheim Museum, and the When Morty Met John series at Carnegie Hall. Daniel is the creator of THE NEW SONG, a recital series celebrating new and forgotten vocal chamber music, which recently presented a sold-out inaugural concert of Japanese and American art song at The National Opera Center. Music festival appearances include Aspen, Bar Harbor, BAM Next Wave, Prototype, White Light (Lincoln Center), Brooklyn BEAT, Queens New Music, New Territories (Glasgow, Scotland) and Ostrava Days (Czech Republic).
As a librettist and lyricist, Daniel’s work has been presented at American Opera Projects, UrbanArias, Experiments in Opera, Ensemble Pi, Two Sides Sounding, The Secret Opera, and at concert venues such as Merkin Concert Hall, National Sawdust, Roulette, Harlem School of the Arts, Adelphi Performing Arts Center, The Stone, The Irondale Center, and Brooklyn Conservatory of Music.
Daniel is a proud member of the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS), The Dramatist Guild, The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), Actors Equity Association, The American Guild of Musical Artists and the Screen Actors Guild.
Degrees Held
Specialist in Music Degree - The University of Michigan
LRAM, AdvDip - The Royal Academy of Music (London, UK)
Bachelor of Music Performance - The Ohio State University
Professional Affiliation
National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS)
The Dramatist Guild
The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP)
Actors Equity Association (AEA)
The American Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA)
Screen Actors Guild - Amercian Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA)
Performances and Appearances
Broadway - La Bohème, Coram Boy
American Repertory Theater
Royal Opera House Covent Garden (ROH2)
Music-Theatre Group
Prototype Festival
Beth Morrison Productions
American Opera Projects
UrbanArias
Experiments in Opera
Chicago Art Institute
The Apollo (Salon Series)
The Morgan Library
Center for Contemporary Opera
New York City Opera
Queens New Music Festival
Miller Theatre Composer Portraits
Aspen Music Festival
Bar Harbor Music Festival
Brooklyn BEAT Festival
Long Leaf American Chamber Opera Festival
Two Sides Sounding
Works & Process at the Guggenheim Museum
The Tramway (Glasgow, Scotland)
The Lensic (Santa Fe, New Mexico)
Ostrava Days Festival (Czech Republic)
Roulette
ShapeShifter Lab
HERE Performance Space
The Kitchen
The Stone
Light Opera Oklahoma
Arizona Broadway Theatre
The Ohio Light Opera
Metropolis Ensemble
Gotham Chamber Opera
Mark Morris Dance Group
Rebel Baroque Orchestra
Greensboro Opera
Dayton Opera
Opera/Columbus
National Opera Company
Windsor Symphony
Charlotte Symphony
Illinois Symphony Orchestra
Harlem School of the Arts
Vertical Player Repertory
Berkshire Choral Festival
Ekmeles
Opera Slavica
Vox Vocal Ensemble
Research Interests
musical theater, opera, vocal chamber music, art song, lyric stage, interdisciplinary, multimedia, opera theater, art history, social justice, race relations, religious diversity
Current Courses
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