Over the past two decades, Dan Moroz has established himself as one of Chicagoland’s top-tier private saxophone instructors, with students making district and all-state honor bands on a yearly basis, winning concerto competitions and scholarships, gaining acceptance to major university music programs coast-to-coast, and improving dramatically as players and well-rounded musicians. In addition to maintaining a large private studio in the western suburbs, he has given clinics at dozens of schools throughout the Chicago area, and served as saxophone instructor for Sherwood Music School at Columbia College for several years. He has also given masterclasses at universities throughout Illinois and beyond, including schools like Vanderbilt University and Indiana State University.

 

Dan is a published composer and innovative performer, with several independent recording projects available on all major streaming platforms. His original composition for saxophone quartet, Greener Pastures, is published by Opus Music Publishers and is actively performed at universities across the country. His performance and teaching experiences have taken him beyond the US to places like Canada, Australia, Malta, and England.

 

Some other compositional highlights include: a premiere with CUBE New Music Ensemble, premiering new compositions at Arizona State University, Northeastern Illinois University, Columbia College, University of Illinois, and Bowling Green State University, conducting 63 saxophonists in a premiere of an original work for sax choir, writing several commissions for chamber ensembles, and the scoring of an independent short that was screened at nine different film festivals, including the Macabro Festival in Mexico City. 

 

Dan holds a M.M. in Saxophone Performance from DePaul University, where for two years he served as principal saxophonist for the Wind Ensemble, New Music Ensemble, and Symphony Orchestra. He also holds a B.A. in Music Theory and Composition from Elmhurst College, where he was a three-time MENC Honors Recital winner and two-time Concerto Competition winner. He was also named a Sword Scholar and an ACI Humanities Fellow.