Dan Wanamaker

Dan Wanamaker is a Minneapolis-based pianist, singer, and composer. He loves playing piano for singers, and enjoys uniting voice and piano to create an artistic expression that is greater than either of them alone. He holds a Master's degree in Piano Performance from Minnesota State University-Mankato, where he served as a Graduate Assistant accompanying the MSU Concert Choir and voice studios. At MSU, he accompanied the recitals of four vocalists and gave two solo piano recitals. He now serves as a collaborative pianist accompanying voice students at MSU-Mankato and Gustavus Adolphus College in St Peter, MN. He is the pianist for South Metro Chorale in Prior Lake, MN, and Beer Choir Twin Cities. He has played piano for Kantorei (New Brighton, MN) and organ for Mount Olivet Home (Minneapolis). He is a section leader in the choir of St Mark's Episcopal Cathedral (Minneapolis), and sings in the Minnesota Renaissance Choir. He enjoys singing early music, playing 20th-century piano music, and composing baroque-style counterpoint.

Prior to his graduate program, he accompanied the Apollo Male Chorus (Minneapolis) and the Menomonie Singers in (Menomonie, WI). He has sung with MPLS/imPulse, Gregorian Singers, Apollo Master Chorale, Popup Choir, the Cathedral of St. Paul Choir (St. Paul, MN), and the St. Clement's Episcopal Church Choir (St. Paul).