We are thrilled to announce More Art’s 2025/26 Commission Artist: Danielle Jagelski!

More Art’s Engaging Artists Commission is an opportunity for early career artists focused on the incubation and commissioning of a public art project and carries an $8000 award to realize the project, plus curatorial, conceptual, budgetary, and logistical mentorship. The infrastructure and laboratory provided by More Art allow one selected early career and underrepresented artist (or collective) to gain a deeper understanding of the history and vitality of public and socially engaged art. Click here for more info on the Engaging Artists program.

Meet Danielle Jagelski

Danielle Jagelski is a composer, conductor, and creative producer. She is the Artistic Director and Co-founder of Renegade Opera, Producer for First Nations Performing Arts, and Founder of Simmer Arts.

“Danielle Jagelski is a prime example of socially responsive artistry in the 21st century.” – I Care
If You Listen

Her work has been performed at distinguished art spaces including Performance Space New York, Roulette Intermedium, The National Gallery of Art in Washington DC, and Green Room 42. Recent commissions and collaborations have been with Voices of Ascension, New Native Theatre, North American Indigenous Songbook, Colleen Bernstein- Percussionist, MUSE Cincinnati Women’s Choir, Hear Us Hear Them, and the Sister Singers Network. Upcoming commissions include works for Portland Opera, Boston Opera Collaborative, and More Art.

An enrolled citizen of the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin and Red Cliff Band of Ojibwe, Danielle often collaborates and performs with other Indigenous and Native American artists. She is passionate about kinship building and decolonization through interdisciplinary projects.

As a conductor, Danielle is sought out for her execution of contemporary works. Recent conducting engagements include NextGen3 with Beth Morrison Projects, Ḵutulagaaw by Ed Littlefield, Missing by Brian Current at Anchorage Opera, Scalia/Ginsberg at Opera Ithaca, Dark Sisters by Nico Muhly, world premieres of Adam’s Run by Ruby Fulton and Garden of Alice by Elizabeth Raum, and guest conductor for the Manhattan School of Music Symphony, and National Music Global Culture Society at Lincoln Center. Upcoming projects are Waking the Witch by Ashi Day, Indians of Vacation by Ian Cusson at Edmonton Opera.

She is currently an Opera America IDEA grant recipient with playwright Rhiana Yazzie, for their new opera “Little Ones.” She has received grants from Opera America, The Plimpton Foundation, and Oregon Community Foundation, among others. She was a resident artist at the 2024 Berkeley Repertory Theatre- Groundfloor Residency, and has earned awards for her work in contemporary opera from the National Opera Association.

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