Dr. Parks assumed his position as Artistic Director of the Williamsburg Choral Guild on June 1, 2023.
Daniel Edward Parks is the Artistic Director of the Williamsburg Choral Guild. Based in the Hampton Roads region of Virginia, he maintains an active schedule as a choral conductor, music educator, and vocalist (tenor and countertenor) dedicated to building community through the arts.
Daniel joined the William & Mary Department of Music in 2021 as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Music and the Interim Director of Choirs. He conducts the William & Mary Choir, founded in 1923, and teaches academic courses in music. Recent performances have included Requiem in D Minor by W. A. Mozart, To the Hands by Caroline Shaw, and works by William Dawson, Dan Forrest, Henryk Górecki, Dale Trumbore, and Tomás Luis de Victoria.
Daniel has appeared with a wide variety of choral ensembles in Minnesota, Colorado, and Virginia, and with the professional chamber vocal ensemble Alium Spiritum, based in South Texas. He holds degrees from the University of Colorado Boulder (DMA), where he received the Lynn Whitten Fellowship in Graduate Choral Conducting, the University of Minnesota (MM) and Lawrence University (BM).