Daniel Kozlowski

Biography

Daniel Kozlowski is a music theorist, educator, and professional percussionist whose work spans academic music theory, commercial recording, and concert performance. He serves as Adjunct Professor at Belmont University, where he has taught undergraduate and graduate courses in music theory and aural skills since 2013, covering coursework from Fundamentals through Graduate Theory Review.

As a session drummer, Kozlowski has contributed to over 200 recordings totaling more than 100 million streams across country, pop, and contemporary genres, including major-label projects and a #1 Texas country radio single for Grant Gilbert and Hudson Westbrook. He maintains an active performance career encompassing national touring credits and over 60 professional pit orchestra engagements in musical theatre.

Kozlowski holds a Master of Music in Percussion Performance from The Ohio State University, where he studied with Susan Powell and Joe Krygier and served as a Teaching Assistant in Music Theory. He received his Bachelor of Music in Percussion Performance and Music Theory from Belmont University, studying with Chris Norton and Richard Hoffman. His performance training includes study with marimba pioneer Leigh Howard Stevens, the Grammy-winning ensemble Sō Percussion, the Eastern Music Festival under former Seattle Symphony Music Director Gerard Schwarz, and work on Steve Reich's Drumming under Reich collaborator Russell Hartenberger, taught by rote in the work's oral tradition and coached by Reich himself.