Daniel Rowntree (B.M./M.M University of Michigan/ Western Michigan University. Post-grad: Moscow Conservatory - formerly USSR) is a native of Michigan and began his conducting studies as a high school student at Interlochen Academy. After completing his undergraduate and graduate work at University of Michigan and Western Michigan University, he was awarded a Fulbright scholarship and completed his postgraduate work in orchestral conducting and orchestration at the Moscow Conservatory of Music, where he studied conducting with Dmitri Kitaenko. Upon returning to the U.S. in 1982, Mr. Rowntree studied conducting with Leonard Bernstein and Mistislav Rostrapovitch at Tanglewood, and with Zubin Mehta, Sir Georg Solti and other prominent conductors in master classes at the Julliard School, Boston Conservatory, Oberlin College, and Chicago Conservatory of Music.

Since that time, Mr. Rowntree has directed hundreds of ensembles and productions, ranging from touring companies of “Annie"; to a great deal of studio work in NYC (creating some of the most catchy used-car dealership jingles ever recorded for New Jersey demographics) and Renaissance Ensembles; from World Music Groups to professional orchestral productions; from community orchestra to community choruses. For the past ten years, Dan's passion has been to foster excellence and innovation in amateur community ensembles, taking singers and instrumentalists to performance at levels beyond the usual scope of what they would generally achieve in local groups.

Mr. Rowntree has directed the Westford Chorus since 1997.

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