Danielle Jagelski is a composer, conductor, and creative producer.

She is the Artistic Director and Co-founder of Renegade Opera and Co-founder of Simmer Arts.

“Danielle Jagelski is a prime example of socially responsive artistry in the 21st century.” - I Care If You Listen

Her work has been performed at distinguished art spaces including Roulette Intermedium, The National Gallery of Art in Washington DC, Performance Space New York, and Green Room 42. Recent and upcoming commissions include works for Portland Opera, American Composers Forum, Voices of Ascension, New Native Theatre, North American Indigenous Songbook, Colleen Bernstein- Percussionist, CUNY-Seagal Center, MoreArt, Sister Singers Network, Lorena Navarro, Michigan State University, and MoreArt.

An enrolled citizen of the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin and Red Cliff Band of Ojibwe, Danielle often collaborates and performs with other Indigenous and Native American artists. She is passionate about kinship building and decolonization through interdisciplinary projects. She is also active consultant on equitable producing practices and decolonial frameworks, having worked with educational institutions such as New York University and University of Portland Garaventa Center, as well as creative projects such as Shamengwa by Weslie Brown, The Handel and Haydn Society Youth Choruses in Boston, and York The Explorer by Aaron Nigel Smith. And actively works in the contemporary Indigenous performing arts community with projects such as First Nations Performing Arts.

As a conductor, Danielle is sought out for her execution of contemporary works. Recent conducting engagements include Voiceless Mass with International Contemporary Ensemble, NextGen3 with Beth Morrison Projects, Amistad by Anthony Davis with Harlem Opera Theatre and Connecticut Lyric Opera, Voices of Mannahatta with Voices of Ascension, Ḵutulagaaw by Ed Littlefield, Missing by Brian Current at Anchorage Opera, Scalia/Ginsberg at Opera Ithaca, Dark Sisters by Nico Muhly, world premieres of Adam’s Run by Ruby Fulton and Garden of Alice by Elizabeth Raum, and guest conductor for the Manhattan School of Music Symphony, and National Music Global Culture Society at Lincoln Center. Upcoming projects are Waking the Witch by Ashi Day, Indians on Vacation by Ian Cusson at Edmonton Opera, guest conductor with Resonance Ensemble, and associate conductor for The Witcher In Concert live-to-concert National tour.

She is currently an Opera America IDEA grant recipient with playwright Rhiana Yazzie, for their new opera “Little Ones,” as well as part of the LIFT cohort at Native Arts and Cultures Foundation. She has received grants from Opera America, The Plimpton Foundation, and Oregon Community Foundation, among others. She was a resident artist at the 2024 Berkeley Repertory Theatre- Groundfloor Residency, and has earned awards for her work in contemporary opera from the National Opera Association.