Dan Davison

Dan Davison has been the Choir Director at Ballou Junior High, in Puyallup, Washington since 1979. In addition to conducting the five ensembles at the school, he has numerous teaching and mentoring responsibilities, and, most notably, sings professionally with the Male Ensemble Northwest.
 
Dan received his Bachelor's degree from Pacific Lutheran University, studying under Maurice Skones, and his Master's degree from Western Washington University, studying with Bruce Pullan. In addition to being an educator and a singer, Dan is an active composer and arranger.
 
He currently has titles published with Walton Music and also with Sound Music Publications. His works range in difficulty, from those appropriate for junior high voices, to those appropriate for professional ensembles. He is also keenly interested in vocal jazz, and does almost all of the arrangements for his own 16-voice Jazz Choir.
 
Dan is highly sought after as a choral clinician and adjudicator, and has served as a cooperating teacher and mentor ro numerous choral educators. Hi clinics on vocal music education techniques have brought him to speak for educators in Montana, Oregon, Washington, and at conventions of the American Choral Directors Association.