Musical Bio: Daniel Pascoe Aguilar
Daniel Pascoe Aguilar, PhD, MDiv, developed a passion for music since childhood, performing in a diversity of churches and religious and professional groups/choirs over the years. These opportunities led him to: a) compose dozens of reflective/inspirational songs and five musicals he put on stage with Mexican youth groups, b) record 6 albums of his songs and 7 albums of classical music, and c) focus recently on performing baritone and bass arias from various operas and oratorios.
Daniel’s latest albums include opera arias from selected classical operas, bass arias from Handel’s Messiah and other operas, Mendelssohn’s Elijah, and Bach’s cantatas for bass. Earlier in his career, Daniel had the opportunity to play Suiss recorders with a Baroque music group, sing in the men’s group ASAF and the AMEN choir, and begin his engagement with opera as part of Mexico City’s Coro de la Catedral. Recently, Daniel has had the opportunity to sing Handel’s Messiah and Orff’s Carmina Burana at Carnegie Hall in New York City, as well as to sing at LUISS University in Rome, Italy, at Santo Tomás University in Santiago, Chile, at the Comunidad Teológica Seminary in México, and at multiple community organization events in the New York Capital Region.
Currently, Daniel is Excelsior University’s founding director of the Center for Social Justice & chief diversity officer. Before this, he served as associate provost for immersive learning and career design at Drew University, director of the University of Oregon Career Center, director of Career Services at Seattle University, chair of career courses at Indiana University, director of the crisis center for homeless families of San Francisco County, and minister in diverse religious organizations in México and the US.
He completed a Bachillerato in Physics & Mathematics at the Escuela Moderna Americana in México, a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Design at the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana in México, a Master of Divinity at Palmer Theological Seminary in Philadelphia, and a Master of Science in Education and PhD in Educational Systems Technology at Indiana University in Bloomington.
Academic Background
Education
- Bachillerato en Física & Matemáticas, Escuela Moderna Americana, México City
- Certificate in the Teaching of English (ESL), Instituto Anglo-Mexicano de Cultura, México City
- Bachelor of Arts in Industrial Design, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, México City
- Master of Divinity, Palmer Theological Seminary
- Master of Science in Education, Indiana University, Bloomington
- Doctor of Philosophy in Educational Systems, Indiana University, Bloomington
