Daniel Wiley is a dynamic conductor quickly establishing himself across North America. He has appeared with leading ensembles including the Cincinnati Symphony, Cincinnati Ballet, Nashville Symphony, Kansas City Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra, Indianapolis Symphony, Calgary Philharmonic, Toledo Symphony, Orchestra Iowa, Quad City Ballet, Salisbury Symphony, Windsor Symphony Orchestra, Windsor Abridged Opera, London Symphonia, Boise Philharmonic, Boise Baroque Orchestra, Abilene Philharmonic, Meridian Symphony (ID), Equilibrium Ensemble, and the University of North Florida Opera.
Daniel currently serves as Associate Conductor of the Kansas City Symphony and Music Director of the Salisbury Symphony, Anderson Symphony, and West Valley Symphony. Previous appointments include Assistant Conductor of the Cincinnati Symphony, Jacksonville Symphony, Associate Conductor of the Windsor Symphony Orchestra, and Music Director roles with the Windsor Symphony Youth Orchestras, Windsor Symphony Community Orchestra, and the Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science Youth Orchestra. He has also served as Visiting Professor and Wind Ensemble Conductor at the University of Windsor’s School of Creative Arts, Education Conductor for London Symphonia, and Conductor for Windsor Abridged Opera.
In April 2024, Daniel made a notable subscription debut with the Cincinnati Symphony, stepping in at the last minute to lead a program featuring Schoenberg’s Verklärte Nacht and Brahms’s Violin Concerto with Agustin Hadelich. His performance was praised as “seamless and intelligent” and for “bringing out the best in the orchestra’s musicians” (Cincinnati Business Courier).
Daniel is deeply committed to music education. During the pandemic, he created a groundbreaking digital education concert series for the Windsor Symphony, delivering over 12 hours of interactive curriculum to schools. Lauded as “an exemplar of impassioned and outstanding pedagogy” (Dr. Ken Montgomery, Dean of the Faculty of Education, University of Windsor) and recognized by the Ontario Provincial Parliament, the program has reached more than 200,000 students across the U.S. and Canada.
A prizewinner at both the Smoky Mountain International Conducting Institute and Competition and the Los Angeles International Conducting Competition, Daniel also has a strong background in contemporary music. He has conducted world premieres through the Composing in the Wilderness program at the Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival in Alaska and worked with the Musicbed Music and Film Corporation in Fort Worth, Texas.