Daniel Gary Busby
- Music Department
Dr. Daniel Gary Busby, has made a varied career as pianist, singer,
conductor, teacher, administrator and music critic. He 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). He
resides as Chair of the UC Irvine Drama Department and has been a
leader in bringing new Musical Theatre Works to the Los Angeles area
through the Academy of New Musical Theatre and UC Irvine.
He is much sought after as a vocal coach, singing teacher and clinician. His students are performing leading roles on Broadway and 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.
As a versatile conductor, Dr. Busby's theatrical credits span both the musical theater and operatic genres, from Stephen Schwartzs Godspell to Igor Stravinskys The Rakes Progress. Busby has toured Europe and South America, conducting in Berlin, Leipzig, Budapest, Vienna, Florence, Rome, Venice and Bogotá.
Daniel Gary Busby is the Principal Conductor for the Los Angeles Civic Light Opera (Civic Light Opera of South Bay Cities); he has musically directed and conducted CLO productions of She Loves Me, 1940s Radio Hour, Bark! The Musical, Seussical! The Musical, among many others.
With the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Busby has served as music director or music supervisor for Pirates of Penzance (2011), She Loves Me (2010), and The Music Man (2009). He has been the music director for the hit shows, A Night With Paul Lynde, and The Big Show with Ester Goldberg, starring Michael Airington.
In January 2005, Busby made his 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.
Dr. 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; he was the Administrative Director of the Master Chorale of Orange County, William Hall, Artistic Director from 1989-1991.
He is much sought after as a vocal coach, singing teacher and clinician. His students are performing leading roles on Broadway and 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.
As a versatile conductor, Dr. Busby's theatrical credits span both the musical theater and operatic genres, from Stephen Schwartzs Godspell to Igor Stravinskys The Rakes Progress. Busby has toured Europe and South America, conducting in Berlin, Leipzig, Budapest, Vienna, Florence, Rome, Venice and Bogotá.
Daniel Gary Busby is the Principal Conductor for the Los Angeles Civic Light Opera (Civic Light Opera of South Bay Cities); he has musically directed and conducted CLO productions of She Loves Me, 1940s Radio Hour, Bark! The Musical, Seussical! The Musical, among many others.
With the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Busby has served as music director or music supervisor for Pirates of Penzance (2011), She Loves Me (2010), and The Music Man (2009). He has been the music director for the hit shows, A Night With Paul Lynde, and The Big Show with Ester Goldberg, starring Michael Airington.
In January 2005, Busby made his 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.
Dr. 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; he was the Administrative Director of the Master Chorale of Orange County, William Hall, Artistic Director from 1989-1991.