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The American conductor and music pedagogue, Daniel Frank Baldwin, obtained his Bachelor of Music degree in Cello Performance) magna cum laude from Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina (September 1976-May 1980); his Master of Music degree in Cello Performance from University of Texas at Austin (August 1980-July 1982); and his Doctor of Musical Arts in Orchestral Conducting from University of Texas at Austin (August 1982-July 1985, September 1988-December 1989; treatise, "Louis Spohr and Program Music: A Study of His Fourth, Sixth, Seventh, and Ninth Symphonies"). He received his formal training in string pedagogy as a teacher in the University of Texas String Project (1980-1985, 1988-1989), perhaps the most comprehensive program of its kind in North America. Phyllis Young, director of the String Project for 35 years, was Baldwin’s cello teacher during his studies at the University of Texas. He studied conducting with Henry Charles Smith, Cornelius Eberhardt, Sung Kwak, Walter Ducloux, and Fiora Contino.
Daniel Baldwin Baldwin served as director of orchestral activities at Central Washington University in Ellensburg, Washington (1994-1997). He is the head of the Music Department and since 1997 has served as director of orchestral activities at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa.
Daniel Baldwin has served as music director of the Central Kentucky Youth Orchestra (1985-1988) and the Transylvania Youth Orchestra of the Brevard (North Carolina) Music Center (1992-1997), the largest summer music festival in the South. A 1991 conducting fellow of the Conductor’s Institute of the University of South Carolina and formerly a cellist with the Brevard Music Center Orchestra (1992-1997), he maintains an active schedule as a clinician, adjudicator, and guest conductor. Since 2007 he has served as musical and artistic director for the Lake Chelan Bach Fest in North Central Washington state.
Since coming to Luther College, Daniel Baldwin has traveled to Europe five times with the Luther College Symphony Orchestra, enjoying month-long January residencies in Vienna, Austria, and performing in such venues as the Bruckner Conservatory in Linz and the Vienna Konzerthaus. The ensemble returned to Vienna in 2019 and performed at the Musikverein. The Luther College Symphony Orchestra also tours annually in the USA. Since 1997, Baldwin and the Luther College Symphony Orchestra have completed sixteen American tours, performing in at least 20 states. |
