Daniel Greco

Voice

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Baritone Daniel Greco is a Twin Cities based performer, songwriter, private voice instructor, master class clinician, adjudicator, and music director specializing in classical voice, musical theater, and contemporary CCM styles. He has been part of the voice faculty at LSM since 2019, oversees the vocal pedagogy fellowship, and served for several summers as director of musical theater. Mr. Greco maintains a large private voice studio in South Minneapolis, teaches on faculty at University of St. Thomas, and has held positions at NYU Steinhardt, St. Olaf College, and McNally Smith College of Music. His teaching style is characterized by empowering students through concrete technical tools and information-forward instruction, such that the performer is able to make informed choices while authentically navigating different genres and tuning strategies according to their own goals and artistic pursuits.

Stage credits include the regional premiere of All Is Calm at Asolo Repertory Theater and two North American tours with Theater Latté Da. He originated the role of Hugh O'Neil in the world premiere production of Five Points also with Latté Da, and has performed onstage with Yellow Tree Theater (Violet), DalekoArts (Bright Star), Bucket Brigade Theater (Big Little Monster), Second Fiddle (Chess), Minneapolis Musical Theater (Tick, Tick... Boom!), Shoot The Glass Theater (Company), Opera Theater Oregon (A Little Sondheim Music), and Theater Elision (Of Art & Artists), and many projects with Nautilus Music-Theater. As a baritone soloist Mr. Greco has appeared with Art Song MN, Fox Valley Symphony Orchestra, FAPC Chamber Choir in New York City, LSM Festival Chorus and Orchestra, Meetinghouse Chorale and Musicians of the MN Orchestra, The George Maurer Group, and for the inaugural concert of the 17th International Festival of Sacred Music and Art in Rome with the Together in Hope Project, a collaboration with Grammy nominated Trondheim Solistene and celebrated Norwegian composer Kim André Arnesen. He has also performed as a chorister in a number of Minnesota Opera productions including the world premiere of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Silent Night and regularly performs song recitals and concerts, where he is sure to be found guilty of breaking at least some of the rules. A native Swedish speaker, Mr. Greco specializes in Nordic art song and folk repertoire and has coached numerous soloists and ensembles across the country in Swedish diction. You can hear Daniel singing the title role on the award winning concept album Van Winkle: A Folk Musical and on over 150 recordings on showchoirstock.com. He also performs original music, much of which lives in the crosshairs of queer identity and Christian faith.

Daniel holds a BM in Vocal Performance from St. Olaf College, MM in Musical Theater Performance & Advance Certificate in Vocal Pedagogy from NYU Steinhardt, and is a proud alum of the Wesley Balk Opera/Music-Theater Institute. On a more personal note, Daniel is a coffee snob; the only thing he likes less than bad coffee is no coffee. He and his cat reside in St. Paul, MN. danielgrecomusic.com