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DAN WESSLER

Dan Wessler is a barbershop arranger, singer, and chorus director who currently resides in Long Beach, California. He has been arranging for barbershop quartets and choruses since 2011. Several groups have sung his arrangements on the Barbershop Harmony Society contest stage, at both the district and international level, to high acclaim. He writes arrangements for BHS contest, as well as for general show performance, and writes arrangements for men's and women's barbershop groups alike. Dan holds a Bachelor's Degree in Music Education from Bradley University in Peoria, IL, a Master's Degree in Choral Conducting from Western Illinois University in Macomb, Illinois, and a Doctor of Musical Arts in Choral Conducting and Literature from University of Colorado Boulder. He serves on the adjunct faculty of Concordia University Irvine.

Dan sings bass in After Hours, the 2018 Barbershop Harmony Society International Quartet Champion, for whom Dan frequently arranges music. After Hours has performed for a variety of barbershop an non-barbershop shows all across the United States, and strives to simply bring joy to all types of audiences through their music.

 

Visit After Hours at their website:

www.afterhoursqt.com

or at their Facebook page:

www.facebook.com/ahquartet

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Dan is the musical and artistic director of the Westminster Chorus, the 2009 "Choir of the World" Pavarotti Trophy winner and the International Chorus Gold Medalist of the Barbershop Harmony Society for 2007, 2010, 2015, 2019, and 2024. They are a male performance and competition chorus of the Westminster, California chapter of the Barbershop Harmony Society, with a mission to preserve and advance the barbershop art form, while providing and encouraging an inclusive community for youth in Southern California and around the world to engage in lifelong singing, music, and artistic expression.

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Visit the Westminster Chorus at their website:

www.westminsterchorus.org

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