“little ones” performed by Hear Us Hear Them Ensemble
Danielle is an avid composer of song, chamber, solo, and choral works. Her music has been performed throughout North America including at notable venues such as Performance Space New York, Roulette Intermedium, Green Room 42, and The National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC.
Recent commissions and collaborations have been with Voices of Ascension|Voices of the New, Martin E. Segal Theatre Center at CUNY, New Native Theatre, North American Indigenous Songbook, Boston Opera Collaborative, Colleen Bernstein- Percussionist, Michigan State University Percussion Ensemble, MUSE Cincinnati Women's Choir, Hear Us Hear Them, and the Sister Singers Network. Upcoming premieres are “Holy Ground” for 5 voices and percussion by Voices of Ascension, “The Song My Paddle Sings” by the Sister Singers Network, and “Shadow River” for the North American Indigenous Songbook.
She is currently working on her first full length opera in collaboration with playwright/librettist Rhiana Yazzie, “Little Ones”. She is a recipient of grants and fellowships from Opera America, The Plimpton Foundation, Foundation for Contemporary Arts, and Native Arts and Cultures, as well as earning a distinction award from the National Opera Association.
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Selected Works
Works for Choir
What Do You See, SATB divisi, premiere by Voices of Ascension|Voices of the New, April 2025
little ones, SSAATTBB, premiere by Hear Us Hear Them, February 2022 (video)
Here Us Hear Them: An Anthem, SATB, premiere by Hear Us Hear Them, March 2023
Dark Times, SSAA +2 soloists (video)
The Song My Paddle Sings, SSAA, commissioned by Sister Singers Network, premiere June 2026
Alleluia No.1, SATB (audio)
Resilient by Rising Appalachia, arr. SSAA, piano, opt. banjo and percussion, premiere by MUSE Cincinnati Women’s Choir, January 2022 (video) (perusal)
Come With Me, SATB divisi, premiere by Hear Us Hear Them, November 2021 (audio)
Song and Opera
Shadow River, for voice and piano, commissioned by North American Indigenous Songbook, premiere November 2025
Holy Ground, for 5 voices and solo percussionist, premiere by Voices of Ascension and Colleen Bernstein, April 2025
Little Ones, Chamber opera in collaboration with Librettist Rhiana Yazzie, in progress
Learn Something for Me, for voice and vibraphone, premiere by Colleen Bernstein, January 2024
The Flag, for voice and vibraphone, premiere January 2024
Gichi-mookomaan, song cycle in 4 movements for mezzo-soprano and piano, commissioned by American Patriots Project (Video, II. Learn Something For Me) (video, III Sovereignty) (score)
Orfeo in Underland an adaptation of Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice, arranged for small vocal ensemble and piano quintet, commissioned by Renegade Opera (video)
Living Color, a 10 minute opera, commissioned by Boston Opera Collaborative, in progress
Solo, Duet, and Chamber
This is How We Got Here for solo cello, premiere by New Native Theatre, March 2023 (perusal)
Learn Something For Me for cello and marimba, premiere by Philip Kettler and Colleen Bernstein, September 2023
for colleen percussion solo for vibraphone, snare drum, and cymbal, premiere August 2024
A Small Piece of Earth for singing actor and viola, commissioned by CUNY Martin E. Segal Theatre Center, premiere August 2025
holy ground, installation for 3 voices and percussionist, in-progress
New Work, for Marimba soloist and percussion ensemble, commissioned by Lorrena Navarro and Michigan State University, premiere January 2026