Dana Sandler  Voice

    B.M. in Studio Music and Jazz Voice, University of Miami, Coral Gables; M.M in Jazz Performance with a concentration in Music-In-Education, New England Conservatory.  Jazz vocal studies with Dominique Eade and Rachel Lebon.  Jazz composition studies with Allan Chase, John McNeil and Frank Carlberg.  Classical Voice studies with Nobleza Pilar and Lois Yavniele and classical piano studies with Esperanza Brigante.  Performed on Royal Caribbean Cruise lines as leader of the Dana Sandler Quintet.  Performances in Jordan Hall, Queens College, Riverside Park, NY and clubs in NY including Tonic, the Stone and Stain Bar as lead vocalist for Khevre, a boston-based  Klezmer group and other various jazz groups.  Master classes at Berklee and performances with pianist, Carmen Staaf.  Former voice faculty at the Musical Suite in Newburyport, MA specializing in jazz and musical theater.  Recordings with Carmen Staaf (Reflection 2008, released on Fractamodi records), Khevre (Ofyn Sheydvig-At the Crossroads 2005) and with University of Miami’s Downbeat award winning Jazz Vocal 1 ensemble.  

Dana Sandler, faculty, New School of Music