Assistant Professor
Director of Bands, Music Education

E-Mail: daniel.lee.3@ndsu.edu
Office: 227 Challey Hall (former Reineke Fine Arts Center)

Degrees

• D.M.A., Texas Tech University (Wind Conducting)
• M.M., Colorado State University (Music Education and Wind Conducting)
• B.M.E., University of Colorado at Boulder

Dr. Daniel Lee joined the faculty at North Dakota State University to serve as the Director of Bands in Fall 2024. At NDSU, he conducts the Wind Symphony, the University Symphony Orchestra, teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in music education and conducting, and supervises student teachers. Prior to joining the NDSU, Dr. Lee served as the Assistant Director of Bands at Kennesaw State University, conducting the KSU Wind Symphony and teaching music education courses. In addition to his duties at KSU, Dr. Lee also served as a conductor with the Georgia Youth Symphony Orchestras for the 2023-2024 season. His recent publications and presentations include presenting a session on wind repertoire at the 2024 GMEA conference (“Repertoire Roundtable: Where We’ve Been, Where We Are, and Where We’re Going”), presenting at the 2022 TMEA Poster Session (“Relationships Between Conducting Course Experiences and Attitudes Toward Other Academic Courses”), an article in the Instrumentalist (April 2020, “The Ensemble Pianist”), and a lesson plan published on the Journal of Music Theory Pedagogy resources page (“Introduction to Modes”). He recently conducted the Minnesota All State Concert Band in their camp week (August 2025), and will be conducting the group again at MMEA 2026 in Orchestra Hall (Minneapolis).

Dr. Lee has over a decade of experience teaching band and orchestra at the middle and high school levels, and has conducted both opera and musical theatre (including two shows in collaboration with the TTU School of Theatre and Dance) throughout his career. Originally from the Denver area, Dr. Lee has taught in Colorado, Washington, Oregon, Texas, and Georgia. He holds memberships in Kappa Kappa Psi, Pi Kappa Lambda, Phi Kappa Phi, and is an Honorary Member of Phi Mu Alpha, Tau Beta Sigma, and Kappa Kappa Psi. Dr. Lee earned his D.M.A. in Wind Conducting at Texas Tech University with Dr. Sarah McKoin, his M.M. (in music education and conducting) at Colorado State University with J. Steven Moore and Wes Kenney, and his B.M.E. from the University of Colorado at Boulder with Prof. Allan McMurray.