From June 2018 until February 2022, Daniel served as Artistic Advisor to the V. Atkins Foundation, which maintained the Atkins Young Artists Fellowship at the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg. He advised on curriculum development, performance activities, and faculty selection, and helped identify individual artists to be considered for the Fellowship Program. As such, he observed the XVI International Tchaikovsky Competition in 2019 in Saint Petersburg and Moscow to scout possible new singers.