Daniel is a native of California currently residing in Los Angeles.  As a trumpet player, composer, improviser, record producer, and creative artist, Daniel enjoys a diverse career performing and recording in many different styles and settings.

He has performed with groups such as the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Collage Dance Theatre, the California E.A.R. Unit, the Vinny Golia Large Ensemble and Sextet, and the Grande Mothers of Invention, and has collaborated and performed with such composers as John Adams, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Thomas Adès, Anne LeBaron, Nick Didkovsky, Vinny Golia, and many more.

In 2006 he released his debut solo CD, featuring entirely world-premiere recordings of new works for trumpet.  As a composer, he has received grants from ASCAP, the American Composer’s Forum, and the Yvar Mikhashoff Trust for New Music.

Daniel received his training at the Eastman School of Music, California Institute of the Arts, and the University of California, Los Angeles.