Daniel is an award-winning drummer, Vanier Canada Graduate Scholar at the University of Alberta, and Ethnomusicologist. His PhD dissertation href="https://www.academia.edu/26968301/Hidden_Words_and_Sounds_An_Ethnography_of_the_Music_Program_at_the_Bahai_Institute_for_Higher_Education_in_Iran" target="_blank"Hidden Words and Sounds An Ethnography of the Music Program at the Bahai Institute for Higher Education in Iran is on the exploration of musical representations of the persecution of the Baha'i Community in Iran. We play musical pieces in the interview that present Daniel's performance capabilities as well as musical pieces related to his musical studies on the Baha'i persecution in Iran.