ANIEL B. MARSHALL studied sacred music at Providence College, where he focused on organ, Latin, and Gregorian chant. He studied chant under Fr. Vincent Farrer Began, O.P., and had the privilege of singing under world-renowned choral conductor T. J. Harper. Daniel completed his undergraduate degree at Southern New Hampshire University during the COVID-19 pandemic. He currently studies composition and improvisation with Dr. Peter Latona, Music Director of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. As the modern phrase goes, Daniel’s “9-5” is working in financial planning, and his “5-9” is serving as Director of Sacred Music and Organist at St. Anthony of Padua Parish in New Bedford, Massachusetts, where he directs an adult choir and SAB Schola Cantorum for English and Spanish Masses. He also coordinates an ongoing concert series to raise funds for the restoration of the church’s 1912 Casavant Frères Pipe Organ (Opus 489). Those interested in performing or learning more about the organ may visit www.gloriadeo.org/1912-casavant-organ.
Previously, Daniel served as Director of Sacred Music and Principal Organist for St. Joseph and St. Michael’s Parishes in Fall River, Massachusetts, where he worked with the pastor towards an ongoing revival of traditional sacred music. At the time of his departure, the parish had established a Sunday High Mass with Latin propers, sung Introit and Communion antiphons, and Mass celebrated ad orientem. Daniel specializes in helping parishes transition from contemporary to traditional music and incorporate other traditional liturgical elements.
Having entered seminary for a time during college with the intention of becoming a liturgist, Daniel’s deep love of the liturgy extends well beyond music. He maintains a thorough understanding of liturgical rubrics and holds a particular fascination with liturgical vestiture. He is committed to doing everything possible—even from beyond a musical standpoint—to ensure that the liturgy is celebrated reverently and beautifully. Daniel has composed liturgical works in English, Spanish, Latin, and Portuguese. He is passionate about music engraving as an art form and is committed to ensuring that liturgical music is both beautiful to hear and stunning to behold on the page. He is currently composing a Mass setting that blends traditional and contemporary styles, with the Kyrie available for download at www.gloriadeo.org.
