Daniel Schuetz, Biography

Daniel Schuetz, countertenor, holds graduate degrees from Michigan State University and the University of Illinois, where he studied the lieder of Schubert with John Wustman.  He has taught at Heidelberg University for eleven years.  Dr. Schuetz has also taught voice at the Interlochen Arts Camp.  His recent stage work includes roles with The University of Akron Opera at the E. J. Thomas Center, roles with Brevard Music Center, Prairie Fire Theater Company, Peoria Civic Opera, Illinois Opera Theatre, Springfield Opera Theatre and Opera Mid-Michigan.  Recent engagements include a shared recital with cellist, Julie Albers, for Toledo Symphony’s Artists Up Close! Series; a Parisian Soiree concert in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and an Urbana, Illinois, Summer Nights recital with Emmy-award winning pianist, Eric Dalheim and Emmy-award winning cellist, Barbara Hedlund; a fellowship and scholarship to attend the Bel Canto Northwest in Portland, Oregon, singing the title role in Giulio Cesare in Egitto, and the role of Tolomeo in Giulio Cesare in Egitto with Ball State University Opera. 

In 2009, Dr. Schuetz performed a Detroit guest-artist recital with Shawn McDonald, piano, at Marygrove College; Bach's B-minor Mass with the Illinois State University Symphony Orchestra and Choir; a guest-artist chamber recital at Illinois Wesleyan University; and a chamber recital for the Fairmount Music Series in Cleveland. 

This summer, Dr. Schuetz peformed on the Illinois Shakespeare Festival & Illinois State University's outdoor Summer Concert Series with Angelo Favis, guitar, and soprano, Michelle Vought.  On August 23rd, he performed the role of Tolomeo in Giulio Cesare in Egitto with the Baroque Orchestra of New Jersey. 

Upcoming engagements include an Opera Theatre Pittsburgh recital at the Carnegie Art Museum on November 12, 2009; a February 21, 2010, Bloomington, Illinois, chamber recital for the St. John's Music Series, Carol Cherukian, Music Director; and an April 3, 2010, I.B.F. Music Series guest-artist recital in Normal, Illinois, with Nancy Pounds, piano; and a May 2010, Cleveland Korner Arts Music Series chamber recital with James Clouse, Music Director. http://www.countertenor.us