Biography
Dan Davison was the Choir Director at Ballou Junior High in Puyallup, Washington from 1979 to 2019. In addition to having taught the four ensembles at the school, he has numerous teaching and mentoring responsibilities, and, most notably, sings professionally with Male Ensemble Northwest. To learn more about Male Ensemble Northwest, click here.
Dan was born in 1956 in Sacramento, California, but has lived in the greater Seattle area since 1965. Since 1979, he has lived in Puyallup, Washington since with his wife, Cathy, who is also a public school teacher. He attended public schools in the Bellevue School District and then attend Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Washington where he received his Bachelor's degree, studying under Maurice Skones. He continued his education with a Master's In Music from Western Washington University, studying with Bruce Pullan.
Dan's tenure as Choir Director at Ballou Junior High School acquainted him well with the complexities of the adolescent voice. His experience ranges from working with treble choirs to tenor-bass choirs, and a range of mixed choir, include indivicually mic-ed vocal jazz ensembles. His Jazz Choir performed at the ACDA Northwest Convention in Seattle in 2010. Dan is experienced as a church choir director, and has also directed choirs at Western Washington University and Pacific Lutheran University. Dan also directed the Northwest ACDA Youth Choir (grades 7-9) for the 2014 ACDA Northwest Convention.
Dan began his association with Walton Music and Gunilla Luboff in 2001 when they met at the ACDA National Convention in San Antonio, Texas. Since then, Walton has published 23 titles of Dan's in various voicings. To find out more about Walton Music, click here. More recently, Dan has published 15 titles for middle-level and early high school choirs with BriLee Music.
Mr. Davison has been received numerous awards for his role in music education, including the 1996 State Of Washington Christa McAuliffe Educator Of The Year, The Educator Citizen Of The Year for 2010 for Communities In Schools In Puyallup, Washington, and also the "Outstanding Choral Director Award" for 2010 from the Washington chapter of The American Choral Director''s Association.
Dan was born in 1956 in Sacramento, California, but has lived in the greater Seattle area since 1965. Since 1979, he has lived in Puyallup, Washington since with his wife, Cathy, who is also a public school teacher. He attended public schools in the Bellevue School District and then attend Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Washington where he received his Bachelor's degree, studying under Maurice Skones. He continued his education with a Master's In Music from Western Washington University, studying with Bruce Pullan.
Dan's tenure as Choir Director at Ballou Junior High School acquainted him well with the complexities of the adolescent voice. His experience ranges from working with treble choirs to tenor-bass choirs, and a range of mixed choir, include indivicually mic-ed vocal jazz ensembles. His Jazz Choir performed at the ACDA Northwest Convention in Seattle in 2010. Dan is experienced as a church choir director, and has also directed choirs at Western Washington University and Pacific Lutheran University. Dan also directed the Northwest ACDA Youth Choir (grades 7-9) for the 2014 ACDA Northwest Convention.
Dan began his association with Walton Music and Gunilla Luboff in 2001 when they met at the ACDA National Convention in San Antonio, Texas. Since then, Walton has published 23 titles of Dan's in various voicings. To find out more about Walton Music, click here. More recently, Dan has published 15 titles for middle-level and early high school choirs with BriLee Music.
Mr. Davison has been received numerous awards for his role in music education, including the 1996 State Of Washington Christa McAuliffe Educator Of The Year, The Educator Citizen Of The Year for 2010 for Communities In Schools In Puyallup, Washington, and also the "Outstanding Choral Director Award" for 2010 from the Washington chapter of The American Choral Director''s Association.
