Daniel Stevens

Daniel Stevens (D.M.A.), Starkville, Mississippi, has joined Mississippi State University as the new head of the Department of Music. His accomplishments include serving as a tenured professor and director of the Peery Center for Orchestral Studies at the University of North Alabama; president of the Alabama Orchestra Association; and artistic director of the Shoals Symphony Orchestra in Florence, Alabama. At MSU, he plans on organizing an entrepreneurial approach to music education and serving as an advocate for the “enormous talents” within the program.