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Daniel Walzer, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Music and Arts Technology at Indiana University Indianapolis. Originally trained as a percussionist, he maintains an active career as composer, audio engineer, session musician, and academic.

As a composer, Dr. Walzer has created works for small ensembles, solo instruments, and fixed media soundscapes. His compositions have been featured at the New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival, International Computer Music Festival, and Dennison New Music Festival. He won the 2016 360 Jazz Composer's Initiative from UNC Chapel Hill and has had premieres by the Adelphi University Flute Ensemble and at the New Music at the Bayou Festival. His discography spans over twenty albums across diverse genres.

From 2015-2017, Dr. Walzer served as co-Principal Investigator on a National Science Foundation AISL project with Dr. Jesse Heines (Professor Emeritus, UMass Lowell). Their project, "Teach a Computer to Sing," explored connections between singing and computer coding in after-school programs for middle school students.

Dr. Walzer has published over thirty peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, and conference proceedings on music technology and education, presenting at conferences in the US, UK, Canada, and Turkey.

He holds a Ph.D. in Leadership (University of the Cumberlands), MFA in Music Production and Sound Design (Academy of Art University), MM (University of Cincinnati), BM (Bowling Green State University), and a graduate certificate in Learning Science, Media, and Technology (IU Bloomington).

Dr. Walzer serves as Associate Editor for the Journal of Music, Technology & Education and on the editorial board of TOPICS for Music Education Praxis. He co-edited Audio Education: Theory, Culture, and Practice with Dr. Mariana Lopez and authored Leadership in Music Technology Education (both Focal Press).