Mr. Daniel Valadie graduated with a Bachelor of Music in Music Education from James Madison University in 1995. He went on to become the band director at Christiansburg High School in Christiansburg, Virginia, and later became the associate band director at E.C. Glass High School in Lynchburg, Virginia.

In 2007, Mr. Daniel completed his Masters in Music at George Mason University. He has taught and composed/arranged music for a number of indoor and outdoor Percussion Ensembles throughout Maryland and Virginia, including: Huntingtown High School in Huntingtown, Maryland; Patuxent High School in Lusby, Maryland; LaPlata High School in LaPlata, Maryland; Thomas Stone High School in Waldorf, Maryland; West Springfield High School in Springfield, Virginia; and the James Madison Marching Royal Dukes in Harrisonburg, Virginia.

He has performed with such artists as Bill Watrous and Steve Houghton, and has performed with the Lynchburg Symphony and the Jefferson Choral Society. Currently, Mr. Daniel is a percussionist in the United States Air Force Band, Washington D.C., and is active as a judge and administrator in the Atlantic Indoor Association (AIA) drum line circuit.