Artistic Staff and Faculty
Artistic Director
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Dr. Daniel Bara
Artistic DirectorThe New York State Summer School of the Arts is very pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Daniel Bara as the new Artistic Director of the School of Choral Studies. Dr. Bara returns to NYSSSA having served on the SCS Artist Faculty in 2002. More recently, he has been conductor of the World Youth Honor Choir at Interlochen Arts Camp (Michigan) in the summers of 2003-2006.
Dr. Bara holds conducting and organ degrees from the University of Michigan and the Eastman School of Music, has served on the choral faculty at Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, NY, and is currently the Director of Choral Activities at East Carolina University in Greenville, NC. Choirs under his direction have performed by invitation at state, regional, and national conventions of MENC and ACDA. Dr. Bara enjoys an active guest conducting and adjudicating schedule including recent or upcoming all-state and regional honor choirs and choral festivals in North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, Florida and Pennsylvania.
Dr. Bara is past-president of the North Carolina chapter of the American Choral Directors Association, is a past winner of the ACDA National Student Conducting Competition, and the Walter Hagen Conducting Prize at Eastman School of Music. He is eager to share his joy in music-making, and enthusiasm for true choral and vocal artistry, and hopes to contribute to the marvelous NYSSSA tradition of educating and inspiring young artists.