Speakers Dr. DANIEL IMMEL, professor of music, has taught at KU for nearly 15 years and has performed around the world. His solo and collaborative piano performances have led him to perform in the U.S., Europe, Canada and Russia. Immel’s previous appointments include a solo recitalist in the Allen Forte International Piano Festival at Yale University, and a guest artist-in-residence at the University of Macedonia in Thessaloniki, Greece. Immel was awarded a prestigious invitation to perform a solo recital at the Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest, Hungary. He was a finalist at the 16th annual Vienna International Music Competition, and was awarded second place in the Bradshaw and Buono International Piano Competition in New York. His collaborations include performances with the Cypress String Quartet and saxophonist Todd Oxford at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall. Immel has also appeared with the Case Ensemble at Carnegie Hall and with the KU Wind Ensemble at the Kennedy Center. He performed Beethoven’s “Emperor” Piano Concerto with the KU Orchestra. Immel frequently lectures for the “Know Your Symphony” series in conjunction with the Reading Symphony Orchestra’s concert seasons. He also serves on the music faculty at Albright College as an adjunct piano instructor in the Department of Music. Immel earned a Doctor of Musical Arts from the University of Texas at Austin in 2002. He earned a Master of Music from Indiana University-Bloomington and a Bachelor of Music from Boise State University. REILEY WALTHER of Johannesburg, South Africa, graduates today with a Master of Science in computer science: software development, focusing on data science and artificial intelligence. Walther earned a Bachelor of Science in computer science with a mathematics minor in 2022 from KU, graduating magna cum laude. He has also completed a graduate certificate in data analytics. During his time at KU, Walther was a member of the Honors program, including two years as president, and chaired the New Student Services Committee on the Honors Executive Board. He worked as a student worker for the Department of Computer Science and Information Technology and as a graduate assistant lead. He also was a member of the men’s rugby team. Between his degrees, Walther worked as a mobile application developer in the oil and gas industry in Houston, Texas. Walther continues to collaborate on active research with faculty in areas including data relationships, predictive analytics and initialization, and backpropagation of neural networks.
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