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DANIEL NEER

Artist - Educator

February 5, 2025  |  12noon

BEYOND THE NOTES: HOPPER HAIKU

Charles Library, Temple University  

1900 N. 13th Street, Philadelphia

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Join award-winning composer and pianist Ellen Mandel and myself as we present HOPPER HAIKU, a song set written and performed by Ellen and myself. This ongoing project is inspired by the artwork of American realist painter Edward Hopper, and provides a musical voice to the characters and environments depicted in Hopper’s iconic works. Set to narrative haiku by lyricist Daniel Neer, Ellen Mandel’s jazzy musical settings for piano and voice provide a soundtrack to the urban isolation and gritty landscape of twentieth century America, and explore the complexities of isolationism and human connection in modern society.

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October 23, 2024

BEYOND THE NOTES:

CHARLES IVES - AMERICAN ICONOCLAST

Charles Library, Temple University, Philadelphia

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September 22, 2024

RENDEZVOUS IN BANGKOK  |  World Premiere

by Sabina Clarke & Thom Nickels

Role of Abbott Fox

Irish Heritage Center, Philadelphia

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September 14, 2025

A PHILLY MIKADO

by W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan

Role of KoKo

Aurora Classical and Philly Fringe

Lutheran Church of the Holy Communion, Philadelphia

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