Daniel Fletcher

Daniel Fletcher began his flute studies by stealing his mother’s flute out of her closet and printing out a fingering chart. Little did he know that he would end up falling in love with it and pursuing it as a career.

A laureate of many competitions, Daniel was a first-prize winner of the 2022 Mid-South Young Artist Competition, 2021 San Diego Flute Guild Winter Retreat Young Artist Competition, 2020 Da Capo Alliance Young Artist Competition, 2020 NFA Masterclass Competition, and the 2020 DMTA Performance Prize Contest. He was also a prizewinner in the Seattle Flute Society Young Artist Competition, the Oklahoma Flute Society Collegiate Artist Competition, and the Wisconsin Flute Festival Collegiate Competition.

Daniel has a passion for teaching. It is important to him to inspire a community-wide appreciation for music. He previously served as President of the North Texas Music Educators’ Association. In this position, he helped coordinate instrument petting zoos for elementary aged children, hosted guest lectures, and oversaw the Jazz Pedagogy program and the Eagle Ensemble. He is also a current volunteer for Through The Staff, a program designed to provide free music lessons to underprivileged students. He also teaches undergraduate non-majors at Yale University.

Daniel is an active orchestral and chamber musician, and he has performed under the batons of Leonard Slatkin, Peter Oundjian, Rodolfo Saglimbeni, Richard Rosenberg, and many others.

Outside of the flute, Daniel is an avid reader of many genres, and completed some additional study of classic and contemporary Japanese Literature while a student at Yale. He also loves hiking, biking, and surrounding himself with friendly faces. Oh, and Netflix.

Daniel's primary teachers include Ransom Wilson, Tara Helen O’Connor, Terri Sundberg, James Scott, Won Lee, Brittney Balkcom, and Tia Jaynes. He is currently attending the Yale School of Music to pursue his Master’s Degree in Flute Performance, and is grateful to represent Haynes Flutes as a Haynes Young Artist.