Daniel Gee Cordova is founder and director of the Austin Suzuki Music School. He has extensively studied the Suzuki Method in Violin, Viola and Suzuki Early Childhood Education with a broad scope of teachers. He holds degrees from the Crane School of Music - SUNY Potsdam and the University of Texas at Austin. In May 2012, Daniel was awarded the Suzuki Association of the America’s Certificate of Achievement, a recognition given to teachers that demonstrate an outstanding commitment to excellence in their teaching.
Daniel is an active clinician giving presentations at National Conferences as well as guest teacher at workshops around the country. He has presented at the Suzuki Association of the Americas conferences (2010, 2012) ASTA conference (2010), Texas Music Educator's Conference (2014, 2016), Texas Orchestra Director's Association Conference (2015, 2016), and web conference presentations for the SAA Parents As Partners (2012, 2013, 2016). Daniel has been invited to guest conduct the Texas Region Middle School String Orchestras for Region 11 in San Antonio and Region 18 in Austin. In the summers, Daniel serves a Director for the Greater Austin Suzuki Institute and has been on faculty for different Suzuki Institutes around the country.
Daniel performs regularly serving as Assistant Principal Viola with the Austin Opera. Mr. Gee Cordova previously served as Orchestra Director at Chisholm Trail Middle School in Round Rock ISD from 2009-2019 infusing the Suzuki approach to students within the public school system. Outside of teaching and performing, Daniel enjoys spending time with his husband Jerry, their foster child, Liam, and their terriers Bamboo and Tristan, and finding the best tacos in Austin.