Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser, Music Director

A passionate communicator with an international career, Daniel brings clarity and meaning to the concert hall, fostering deep connections between audiences and performers. Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser is concurrently the Principal Youth Conductor and Creative Partner of the National Arts Centre Orchestra, the Principal Education Conductor and Community Ambassador of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Artist in Residence and Community Ambassador of Symphony Nova Scotia and Resident Conductor of Engagement and Education of the San Francisco Symphony. 

Daniel has guest conducted the New York Philharmonic, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the BBC Concert Orchestra, the LA Phil, the Canadian Opera Company, l’Orchestre Symphonique de Laval, the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, the Houston Symphony, the Carnegie Hall Link-Up Orchestra, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, the Milwaukee Symphony, The Calgary Philharmonic, the Modesto Symphony, The Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, The Vancouver Symphony, the Regina Symphony Orchestra, the Sacramento Philharmonic, the Windsor Symphony, the Kingston Symphony, the Hamilton Philharmonic, Ensemble Obiora, The National Symphony Orchestra and is the Music Director of the Kennedy Center Summer Music Institute. He served as Assistant Conductor of the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony, Associate Conductor of the Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra and was Cover Conductor with the Washington National Opera. 

In addition to his conducting career, Daniel is the host of the Canadian Broadcasting Company’s “Centre Stage”, a nationally broadcast weekly radio show all about chamber and orchestral Music. He was also the feature subject of an award-winning, full-length Canadian Broadcasting Company documentary called “Disruptor Conductor”. 

Daniel earned his Bachelor’s in Music Performance and Education from the University of Calgary, and his Master of Philosophy in Performance from the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, England.