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A versatile conductor, Dr. Busby’s theatrical credits span both the musical theater and operatic genres, from Stephen Schwartz’s Godspell
to Igor Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress. As conductor, Busby has
toured Europe and South America, conducting in Berlin, Leipzig,
Budapest, Vienna, Florence, Rome, Venice and Bogotá.
Daniel Gary Busby was a conducting student of the late Samuel Krachmalnick (Metropolitan Opera National Company) and studied singing
with Gloria Lane (La Scala di Milano), Ruth Golden (New York City
Opera) and Jane Paul (Vienna Folksoper).
Dr. Busby is much sought after as a vocal coach, singing teacher and clinician. His students are currently performing on Broadway (JERSEY
BOYS, WICKED, SPRING AWAKENING), in the National Tours of WICKED, LITTLE
SHOP OF HORRORS, and MAMMA MIA! in Europe and Asia, as well as many local
productions in southern California. He is a frequent Master Class teacher
in the Southern California region.
In January 2005, Busby made his professional directorial debut at the ARK Theater in Los Angeles with the cult hit, Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens, which garnered him praise as a director and remained an LA Times “Pick of the Week” for over three months.
Before joining the faculty of UCIrvine in 2004, Dr. Busby was the
Associate Director of the Ray Bolger Program in Musical Theater in the
School of Theater, Film and Television at UCLA. He developed the vocal
music curriculum for the Bolger Program with his colleagues Nancy
Dussault, Karen Morrow and Linda Kerns. Previous to that, Busby was a
member of the faculty of the Thornton School of Music at USC.
Busby has been an invited panelist for the Los Angeles County Arts
Commission Grant Panel for several years. He wrote concert critiques
for the Orange County Register in the 1988-1989 season.
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