Daniel Abrams’ musical life has embraced many aspects of musical creativity. As a performer it ranged -- from a "debut" at age five with Sammy Kaye and his orchestra (which led to jam sessions with other greats of the big band era, including Gene Krupa, Lionel Hampton, and Harry James) -- to solo concert tours throughout Europe, Canada, the United States and South America, to performances with chamber music groups, and solo appearances with symphony orchestras. Some highlights included cycles of the complete Mozart piano sonatas (in New York City, Baltimore and Woodstock, NY), the five Beethoven piano concerti with the Baltimore Symphony, and the recording of twelve Beethoven sonatas for Whitehall Records in London (while on a Fulbright Grant in England).

Abrams’ compositions cover an equally broad spectrum -- from choral, orchestral and chamber works to nine musicals and an opera, Satan In Salem. His musical,  The Black Pearl,  was written aboard the QE2 during its’ 2001 World Cruise and  performed by the ship’s resident theatre company, Broadway Bound, toward the end of the 104 day voyage.  Recent performances of his compositions include a cantata, Women At The Cross, and selections from his Opera For Piano series at Martha Argerich’s Piano Festivals.  His  Musical Portraits From Wagner's Ring, as well as other works from his Opera For Piano series, were premiered in New York City in 2008.  A performance by pianist Alan Weiss of  Fantasia on Der Freischutz can be heard on YouTube, as well as four of a series of piano pieces inspired by  Shakespeare’s sonnets. Commissions include an oratorio The St Mark Passion, a cantata Women At The Cross, a string quartet, a trumpet concerto (published by Mills Music Ltd), and the musicals J & B and The Black Pearl.

During his professorship at Goucher College and The Johns Hopkins University, he taught courses in music history, musical theatre, and the history of jazz. While there, he founded a community symphony orchestra.(about 70 players) which he conducted for fourteen years. His enthusiasm for  teaching led to the release of a series of recordings for Homespun Tapes Ltd. http://www.homespuntapes.com on music history, improvisation, practice techniques, and beginning piano for adults. This last series has been specially transcribed for the blind at the request of the music division of The Library of Congress in Washington, DC. 

In the spring of ‘09, he presented a series of  Master Classes and performances in The Netherlands.