Daniel Mahoney is an Irish-American conductor, tenor and guitarist whose work spans the British and American choral traditions, from historically informed performances of Baroque repertoire to ambitious contemporary commissions. He is Assistant Chorus Director of the London Symphony Chorus and Music Director of Wimbledon Choral, Reading Bach Choir and Dorking Choral Society. Recognised for his imaginative programming, he brings together repertoire across centuries, exploring unexpected connections between musical traditions and placing established masterworks in dialogue with new music.

In 2026, Mahoney conducted the world premiere of Tarik O’Regan’s Critical Mass with Wimbledon Choral and City of London Sinfonia at Cadogan Hall, in a programme pairing the new commission with Mozart’s Solemn Vespers, Elgar’s Sospiri and Mahler’s Adagietto. The work extends O’Regan’s Agnus Dei, written for the Coronation of Their Majesties King Charles III and Queen Camilla, into a full-length Mass for chorus and orchestra. Other recent highlights include Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms with Wimbledon Choral, and a programme of American sacred music with Reading Bach Choir.

In 2025, Mahoney made his Cadogan Hall debut conducting Wimbledon Choral and City of London Sinfonia in Haydn’s Nelson Mass, alongside music by Grace Williams and Dobrinka Tabakova. That summer, he led Dorking Choral Society in Mozart’s Requiem at the Sibiu International Theatre Festival and the Organ Summer Nights Festival at the Black Church in Brașov, Romania. With Reading Bach Choir, he brought together Caroline Shaw’s To the Hands and Bach’s Christ lag in Todes Banden, in a collaboration with Concerts in Caversham.

Mahoney’s commitment to contemporary music is reflected in his 2024 London orchestral premiere of Cecilia McDowall’s Music of the Stars with Wimbledon Choral and City of London Sinfonia, and his 2023 UK premiere of Kile Smith’s a cappella work The Arc in the Sky with Reading Bach Choir. Earlier engagements include conducting the Zamir Chorale of Boston at the 2019 Louis Lewandowski Festival in Berlin, guest conducting Birmingham University Singers on tour in Germany, and conducting the UK student premiere of Jonathan Dove’s The Enchanted Pig at the Barber Institute of Fine Arts.

Forthcoming engagements include Duruflé’s Requiem and the UK premiere of Virtues by Nathalie Joachim with Reading Bach Choir, Martín Palmeri’s Misa a Buenos Aires with Wimbledon Choral and City of London Sinfonia, and Vivaldi’s Gloria and Bach’s Magnificat with Dorking Choral Society and the Oxford Bach Soloists. In 2027, Mahoney leads Bach’s Mass in B Minor for Reading Bach Choir’s 60th-anniversary celebrations, as well as returning to Cadogan Hall with Wimbledon Choral and The Hanover Band with Beethoven’s Symphony No. 1 and Cherubini’s Requiem in C Minor.

As a chorus director, Mahoney has prepared ensembles for the London Symphony Orchestra under Sir Antonio Pappano, Thomas Adès, and Gianandrea Noseda, as well as Gustavo Dudamel and the Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra. He made his Symphony Hall (Birmingham) debut preparing University of Birmingham Voices for the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra’s Leonard Bernstein centenary celebration with John Wilson. In the United States, he has appeared as guest conductor with The Boston Cecilia and prepared One City Choir for the Boston Landmarks Orchestra.

As a tenor, Mahoney has performed at the BBC Proms with Sir Simon Rattle and Edward Gardner as a member of the CBSO Chorus, and has sung with the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s Tanglewood Symphony Chorus, Boston’s Cantata Singers and Renaissance Men, and at Trinity Church Wall Street’s Compline by Candlelight and Bach at One series.

Mahoney studied conducting with Simon Halsey CBE and Simon Carrington at the University of Birmingham and George Case at the Boston Conservatory. He holds a Bachelor of Music in Music Education from Ithaca College, where he studied classical and jazz guitar.