Fabricius has served the New York State School Music Association as both an All-State Percussion and Jazz adjudicator for many years. Fabricius is also a composer with several of his percussion compositions published by Kendor Music. Having also taught percussion at BU for many years, Mr. Smith, Tommy Tune, Jerry Vail, Lorrie Morgan, Ringling Brothers Circus, the Smothers Brothers, and Ella Fitzgerald. He has been a member of the Binghamton Philharmonic percussion section since 1982 and as a free-lance percussionist he has accompanied national touring artists such as Michael W. he is also highly regarded in the New York Southern Tier region as a percussion soloist and ensemble player. There were many honors for OFA under his leadership, including the OFA Jazz Band appearance at the Annual Symposium of the New York State Band Directors Association as well as multiple performances for both the NYS School Boards Association convention and the NYSSMA Winter Conference. At OFA both the concert band and jazz band programs consistently earning Gold and Gold with Distinction ratings at New York State School Music Association Evaluation festivals.

However, he is most known throughout the state as the now-retired Director of Bands at Owego Free Academy where he developed an outstanding model instrumental music program. He is also on the faculty at Binghamton University where he serves as conductor of the University Wind Symphony. After a long career as a public-school music educator Daniel Fabricius joined the Music Education faculty at Ithaca College beginning in Fall 2017.

Nyssma winter conference 2017