Daniel Wright is a conductor, baritone and educationalist based in Norfolk. He began his career as a chorister of Canterbury Cathedral, and as a boy soloist he sang for English Touring Opera, Canterbury Choral Society, and the City of London Chamber Players. He later studied at Goldsmiths College, London, and moved to Norwich in 2015.
Daniel has since made a busy career as a musician in East Anglia. He has been Musical Director of Framingham Earl Singers since 2019 and he has conducted the choir in performances of Faure’s Requiem, Mozart’s Coronation Mass, Vaughan Williams’ Five Mystical Songs and Rossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle, as well as a number of concerts of light music and Christmas carols. He is Choirmaster at Withermarsh Green Chapel in Suffolk and is the founding director of the Fitzalan Consort. He sings with the Norwich Consort of Voices, has often performed with Norwich Cathedral Choir, and is in demand as an oratorio soloist. His recent engagements include Monteverdi’s Vespro della Beata Virgine SV206, Puccini’s Messe di Gloria, and Handel’s Messiah.
Daniel is the Director of Music at St. Augustine’s School in Costessey and is the former Head of Music at Notre Dame Prep School. He is the regional representative for the British Kodály Academy in Norfolk, and has worked with the Gabrieli Consort, the Benedetti Foundation, Sistema in Norwich, the Royal Opera House and on many other projects for young people in Norfolk.
In 2024 he is directing children’s productions of Mozart’s The Magic Flute and Disney’s Mary Poppins; he will be singing the bass solos in Haydn’s The Creation for Wymondham Choral Society; and he will be marking Bruckner’s bicentennial with the Fitzalan Consort.