About

An interdisciplinarian by nature, Danielle (Dani) Kramer is a writer, hornist, copy editor, and musicology student based in the Midwest. Her work ranges from transcriptions of pieces by underperformed female composers, to ethnomusicological research, to working with top music publications on writing and editing projects.

Kramer received a Bachelor of Arts in music and an English writing minor from Southeast Missouri State University. She is currently working on a Master of Arts in musicology at the University of Iowa. Her research interests include the horn in film music, community music ensembles, holiday music, adaptation studies, and the music of Christian communities in 16th and 17th century Japan. In 2023, she presented her paper on the Peoria International Choir at the poster session of Southeast Missouri State University’s Student Research Conference, where she was awarded second place in the undergraduate division. In the same year, she published a column in the February issue of the International Horn Society’s journal The Horn Call, where she discussed college writing from her perspective as a music student and a writing center tutor. Currently, she is finishing a transcription project in which she selected several art songs written by female composers and arranged them for horn and piano. 

Kramer is always managing to find ways to bring writing into her music and vice-versa. Her short stories are often alternative retellings of events in music history or critiques of the modern music industry. She is currently working on her first novel. As an editor/proofreader, she has worked with The Horn Call, and College Prep for Musicians.  
As a hornist, Kramer has performed in the University of Iowa Horn Choir, University of Iowa Natural Horn Quartet, SEMO Horn Choir, SEMO Marching Band, Southeast Wind Symphony, and the Southeast Missouri Symphony Orchestra. Her horn teachers include Nicholas Kenney, Annie Bosler, Rachel Hockenberry, Lauren Hunt, and Sherill Filzen.