About

Daniel Swayze is a pianist, teacher, and Director of the Beerthoven Concert Series at the Austin Saengerrunde. He is an avid supporter of intimate venues and has been praised by the Jacksonville Review for a house concert described as "Enchanting....crisp and impressive.”

After an unusually late start on piano studies at the age of 14, Daniel began his studies with pianist Barbara Parker in Portland, OR. He went on to graduate summa cum laude from Southern Oregon University in 2011 with a BA in Piano Performance, having received all of the department's highest honors and awards. Daniel has studied extensively with Dr. Alexander Tutunov and Van Cliburn Winner Mark Westcott and has performed in master classes with such artists as Jon Nakamatsu, John Perry and Nelita True. Noteworthy performances include appearances as soloist for Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue with the Rogue Valley Symphonic Band, and the Grieg Piano Concerto with the Southern Oregon University Symphonic Band, as well as an appearance in Carnegie Hall with the award-winning ensemble Siskiyou Violins. He has also been featured in the Austin Chronicle and performed on KMFA Radio.

Daniel completed his Master of Music degree at the University of Texas in Austin in 2014 and will continue on to his Doctorate in Musical Arts at the Butler School of Music Fall 2015. He regularly provides music for Memorial United Methodist Church, Riverbend Church, and the Austin Saengerrunde. In his spare time he enjoys reading, cooking, and swing dancing.

Music

Solo Rep:

Bach French Suite in Eb Major
Bach English Suite in G Minor
Bach 2-Part Inventions
Bach Prelude and Fugue in E Major WTC Bk 1
Bach Prelude and Fugue in B Minor WTC Bk 2
Beethoven 32 Variations in C Minor on an Original Theme WoO 80
Beethoven Sonatas:
Op. 10 #3
Op. 27 #1
Op. 101
Op. 110
Brahms Op. 119 Suite
Chopin Ballade No. 2 in F Major
Chopin Ballade No. 3 in Ab Major
Chopin Etudes:
Op. 10 #4 in C# Minor
Op. 10 #7 in C Major
Op. 10 #12 in C Minor
Op. 25 #11 in A Minor
Chopin Nocturne in Db Major Op. 27, 2
Debussy “What the West Wind Saw”, “Veils”, "Dead Leaves" and "Fairies are Exquisite Dancers" Preludes
Franck Prelude, Chorale and Fugue
Haydn Sonata in Eb Hob. XVI: 49
Liszt Concert Etudes “Waldesrauschen” and "Gnomenreigen"
Liszt Transcendental Etude #11 "Harmonie du Soir"
Mozart Sonata in Bb k. 333
Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition
Prokofiev Sonata #4
Poulenc 3 Novelettes
Ravel “Le Tombeau de Couperin”
Rachmaninoff Etude-Tableaux in B Minor Op. 39 #4
Scarlatti Sonatas:
In E Minor L. 62
In G Major L. 124
In G Major L. 127
Scriabin Preludes Op. 11 1-4, 7
Schubert Impromptu in F Minor D. 935, 4
Shostakovich Prelude and Fugue in A Minor

Noteworthy Chamber Rep:

Bach Sonata in Eb for Oboe (arranged for Sop. Sax and Piano)
Brahms "Botschaft" Op. 47
Brahms Serious Songs Op. 121
Debussy Premiere Rhapsody for Sax and Piano
Faure Fantasy for Flute and Piano
Glinka Trio "Pathetique"
Mendelssohn Trio in D Minor
Mike Mower Sonata Latino for Flute and Piano
Muczynski Sonata for Sax and Piano
Poulenc Sonata for Flute and Piano
Rachmaninoff Trio No. 1 in G Minor
Stravinsky A Soldier's Tale (For Clarinet, Violin and Piano)

Videos