Danny Schur

Six-time Canadian Music Award-nominated-album composer/producer Danny Schur came to prominence in the Canadian music industry with a broad background in composition, production and performance.

Danny's recent successes include the composition of the Official Theme Song for the 1999 Pan Am Games, "Americas, Come & Play" as well as direct involvement in the careers of Chantal Kreviazuk (Sony), Tara-Lyn Hart (Sony) and McMaster & James (BMG).

Born in 1966 and raised in Ethelbert, Manitoba, Danny showed an inquisitive interest in music as early as age three. The solitude of his native rural area was responsible for his subsequent immersion in the study of piano and the synthesizer. He remains a gifted pianist and a respected authority on computers, electronic music and recording technology.

Danny studied composition with Doctor Michael Mathews and Doctor Robert Turner, and piano with Doctor Charles Horton at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Canada. It was Doctor Robert Turner who once said to Danny, "Your compositions show a certain Broadway influence".

Danny wrote "The Bridge" in 1991 as a commission to celebrate 100 Years of Ukrainian Settlement in Canada. With unprecedented boldness, Danny single-handedly secured venture capital to bring the work to its World Premiere in Winnipeg in October, 2000!

Danny is the founder of Boomtalk Musical Production, Inc. In addition to his work as composer, record producer and video director, Danny's work includes the oratorio, "Vlad of Kiev" (composed to commemorate the 1000th Anniversary of Ukrainian Christianity) and the musical "The Tree." Danny is currently writing his third musical "The Strike" based on the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike.