Daniel Buckley
Born 1953 (73 years old)
American
Opera
Lifeboats played a crucial role during the sinking of the Titanic on 14–15 April 1912. The ship had 20 lifeboats that, in total, could accommodate 1,178 people, a little over half of the 2,209 on board the night it sank. 18 lifeboats were used, loading between 11:45 p.m. and 2:05 a.m., though Collapsible Boat A floated off the ship's partially submerged deck and Collapsible Lifeboat B floated away upside down minutes before the ship upended and sank.
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Career Trajectory
Daniel Buckley emerged in the mid-1980s Tucson underground as a genre-defiant performer and composer, creating experimental opera and multimedia works that synthesize classical form with vernacular American idioms and conceptual art practice. Beginning with his 1985 debut as Blind Lemon Pledge at Club Congress and the 1987 premiere of his chamber opera "West]," Buckley has built a four-decade career as a working artist across composition, performance, film, and sound design, earning regional recognition while maintaining an uncompromising commitment to interdisciplinary practice. His work—from documentary films to compositions for the Kronos Quartet to ongoing operatic projects—reflects a deep engagement with American social history, regional culture, and the possibilities of hybrid artistic forms.
Career Highlight
Inducted into the Mariachi Hall of Fame by the Tucson International Mariachi Conference (2013)
At a Glance
- Discipline
- Composer
- Nationality
- American
- Born
- 1953
- Active since
- 2013
Training & Education
University of Arizona (lunar and planetary geology)
Engagements
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