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Daniel E. AbrahamAmerican conductor
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Biography of Daniel Abraham
Daniel Abraham is an American conductor who has led orchestras, choirs, and musical theaters in Boston, Washington, and Toronto. He is currently the Director of Music Programs and Director of Choral Activities at American University, where he conducts the American University Chorus and the University Chamber Singers. He also teaches music history, music theory, and musicology.
Education and Training
Daniel Abraham studied the secrets of conducting at the University of Maryland under the guidance of Paul Traver. In 1997, he served as a conductor at the Oregon Bach Festival, working closely with renowned musicologist Helmuth Rilling from Stuttgart. Rilling is considered the world's leading expert on Bach's choral works. Abraham also studied conducting with David Hoose at Boston University and William Weinert at the Eastman School of Music.
Professional Achievements
Daniel Abraham frequently serves as a jury member for music festivals and holds the position of Music and Artistic Director of The Bach Sinfonia in Washington. As a visiting professor, he conducted the orchestra at The George Washington University and served as the choral and vocal director of the Collegium Musicum ensemble at the University of Maryland, his alma mater.
In his doctoral dissertation on historical musicology, Abraham is researching George Frideric Handel's oratorio "Alexander Balus". He has also contributed to the publication of the comprehensive edition of Bach's works titled "The Carl Phillip Emmanuel Bach Edition" by Oxford University Press from 1982 to 1995. He has edited music for Cambridge University Press and is currently editing the oratorio "Alexander Balus" for a new edition of the "Hallische Händel-Ausgabe" collection by German music publisher Bärenreiter.
As a representative of the main division, Abraham served on the National Council of the American Musicological Society and was the treasurer of his division. He received the Irving Lowens Award for teaching musicology in 1966 and was honored with the Daniel Pomeroy Prize from the American Handel Society in 1998 for his performance and deep knowledge of 18th-century music.
