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Danielle Turano

Danielle Turano is a professional violinist, cellist who has performed in diverse venues throughout the world. She first appeared as the violin soloist with The World Scholar-Athlete Games Orchestra at The University of Rhode Island, and later as section leader with The New Britain, Waterbury, and West Hartford Symphonies as well as The Hartford Festival Orchestra. She has participated in various festivals including the Kulturfestival in Switzerland, the Sessione Senese per la Musica Festival, in Italy, and the Arcady International Music Festival in Maine. She has taken part in master classes at The Juilliard School of Music, Berklee College of Music in Boston and New York University with world-renowned classical violinists that include Itzak Pearlman, Almita and Roland Vamos. Danielle has studied violin with premier artists such as Anton Miller, Brunalinda Myftari, and Anthea Kreston at The Hartt School of Music from where she holds a Cum Laude Bachelors Degree in Classical Violin Performance. She was a recent participant in The Creative Strings Workshop at Otterbein College in Columbus, Ohio, where she worked with master violinists of Jazz and improvisation including Christian Howes, Billy Contreras, and Rob Thomas. Danielle has recently begun her in depth study of modern and folk cello playing with artists Julie Ribchinsky, at CCSU, and Mike Block in New York City. She is also founder and president of Divina Strings, her classical chamber ensemble that performs at over 40 private events every year. In May of 2010, Danielle will receive her Teaching Certification in Music Education from Central Connecticut State University. She is the current Chamber Orchestra Director at Newington High School in Connecticut where she coaches and conducts a very talented group of devoted string students.