Music Director of the School of Theatre
The Pennsylvania State University
16 Arts Building
University Park, PA 16802
(814) 865-5966
danriddle@psu.edu

Music Director of the School of Theatre. BM, MM, The Juilliard School (Piano Performance) Diplom, Hochshule fur Musik und Darstellende Kunst, Vienna, Piano and Conducting, (Fulbright recipient). Winner of numerous international piano competitions. Performed as concerto soloist with the orchestras of Cleveland, Dallas, Monte Carlo, Cairo (Egypt), among others. In New York conducted the Broadway productions of Les Miserables, Titanic, A Class Act, Oklahoma, Into the Woods, Mamma Mia, Bombay Dreams, and The Light in the Piazza. Since arriving at Penn State has been music director at Wolftrap, National Theatre of Taiwan, Kansas City Starlight and The MUNY, as well as guest conductor for the Youngstown and Hartford Symphonies. Recently music directed the collegiate premiere of The Light in the Piazza at Indiana University School of Opera in Bloomington.