Daniel Gee

Daniel Gee

Daniel Gee currently resides in Austin, Texas where he teaches in many different capacities. Daniel teaches for the Suzuki Strings of Austin, which offers private and group violin and viola instruction as well as a Suzuki Early Childhood Education class for newborn infants through age 3.

Daniel Gee received his Bachelor of Music in Music Education and Music Performance, graduating summa cum laude from the Crane School of Music at the SUNY College at Potsdam in 2006 and his Master of Music in Music and Human Learning from The Butler School of Music at the UT Austin in 2009. As an advocate for the Suzuki in the Schools movement, Daniel structures his school curriculum on Suzuki principles as Orchestra Director at Chisholm Trail Middle School in Round Rock ISD where he teaches 6th-8th grade violin, viola, cello, bass and harp students. Additionally, Mr. Gee has taken three stages of training of the Suzuki Early Childhood Program.  He teaches this class for children from birth to age three for the Suzuki Strings of Austin having previously directed this program at the University of Texas at Austin String Project.Daniel is an active member in professional organizations such as the American String Teachers’ Association, the Music Educators’ National Conference, Texas Music Educators Association, and the Suzuki Association of the Americas (SAA).  He has recently presented conference sessions at the ASTA (2010) and SAA (2012, 2010) National Conferences.

In May 2012, Mr. Gee was awarded the Suzuki Association of the America’s Certificate of Achievement, an award given to teachers that demonstrate an outstanding commitment to excellence in their teaching.