Daniel Emerson Shafer

Daniel Shafer is a visting instructor of undergraduate conducting, and co-teaches graduate conducting students in Repertory Singers. He also serves as the Director of Music at Ashford Memorial Methodist Church in Watkinsville, GA. Before moving to Athens, GA, Daniel earned his M.M. in Choral Conducting from the University of Missouri-Columbia and his B.M.E. from Florida State University. After completing his undergraduate degree, he became the Director of Choirs at Westminster Christian School in Miami, FL, where he organized choral tours to London, Hawaii, Grand Cayman Islands, Walt Disney World, and Nashville. Daniel is currently a DMA candidate in Choral Conducting at the University of Georgia.

Daniel maintains an active performance schedule having performed in productions of A Little Night Music, Don Giovanni, and Le Portrait de Manon. He has also sung with Kinnara, Alarm Will Sound in collaboration with Meredith Monk, the Missouri Symphony Orchestra, the University of Georgia University Chorus, the University of Georgia Hodgson Singers, and the Festival Singers of Florida. Daniel lives in Athens, GA, with his wife, Meghan, and their dog, Harry Truman.