Daniel Ketter

USAmerican cellist. Daniel Ketter specialises in the performance of contemporary and classical chamber music. As Co-Director and cellist of American Wild Ensemble since 2016, Daniel has led collaborations with ten different national parks and historic sites and commissioned and premiered over 30 new chamber music works for grant-funded projects celebrating the people and places that define American communities with new music. Daniel began his tenure as cellist of The Opus 76 String Quartet in 2020. Opus 76 are currently Artists-in-Residence at the Midwest Trust Center at Johnson County Community College, where they present a full season of live and digital performances. As a supporter of contemporary music, in 2021 Daniel led the annual Cello Teaching Repertoire Consortium, with the mission to supplement traditional cello student repertoire with the commission of new pedagogical concert works and etudes representing diverse musical styles and cultural backgrounds. This project was supported by 35 cello teachers across the country, and featured in workshops and performed by students at the Eastman Cello Institute. In 2018 Daniel joined the faculty of Missouri State University, where he teaches courses in cello, chamber music, and music theory.