Daniel Bayless holds the Master of Music degree in Organ Performance and Literature from the University of Notre Dame and the Bachelor of Music degree in Church Music and Organ Performance from the University of Kansas. He has studied organ, harpsichord, and carillon with esteemed teachers including Craig Cramer, David Dahl, Darlene Catello, Susan Marchant, Michael Bauer, Barbara J. Brown, and Elizabeth Berghout. Daniel won first prize in the collegiate division of the 2002 Greater Kansas City AGO Competition and was a finalist in the 2001 Ottumwa National Undergraduate Organ Competition. Daniel has served churches in Kansas, Indiana, Connecticut, and New Hampshire. He is passionate about not only instrumental music, but also vocal, having performed with the University of Kansas Oread Consort, Chamber Choir, and Collegium Musicum under the direction of Simon Carrington, and the University of Notre Dame Basilica Schola. He has played recitals and served as guest organist for services and performances throughout the eastern part of the country. Daniel may be heard on the recording Ave Maria: Music in Honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary singing with the Basilica Schola and the Notre Dame Liturgical Choir. He is a member of the American Guild of Organists, the Royal School of Church Music, Pi Kappa Lambda Music Honor Society, the National Association of Pastoral Musicians, and serves on NPM’s Standing Committee for Organists to promote the use of the pipe organ in church, set and uphold standards for organist certification and training, and to assist organists of all levels to uphold their baptismal call through their ministry as musicians.