While Danielle keeps pretty busy performing and recording jingles and publisher demos in the studio, her 'day gig' is as a public school teacher who has enjoyed many honors, including being a Newsweek WDIV Teacher of the Year.
Danielle has a Masters in Music, and a wide array of musical experiences to match her stylistic versatility. She also sings in a professional vocal recording ensemble, EverGreen. Performances with numerous choral or vocal jazz
greats include Ward Swingle, John Rutter, Norman Luboff, and more.
Although she was raised and lives in the metropolitan Detroit area, Danielle calls Chicago her second home, having lived there while working on her masters. One of her favorite things to do on break from her studies was to sit in with Chicago piano icon, Buddy Charles, at the Drake Hotel, a relationship that continued to give her great joy during every visit to Chicago until Buddy's retirement not so long ago.
She was sitting in with Buddy when she met Erwin 'Dutch' Wenzlaff. The fact that he was a producer with Mercury Records made for some great conversations. Dutch's knowledge of all the music spots in Chicago made him the perfect guide. Along the way, Danielle discovered that Dutch was also an artist and composer. Dutch included Danielle in one of his painted murals of Chicago jazz musicians that was on display in 2 restaurants. He also shared several songs with her, "Foggy Night" ending up on this CD!
Danielle is already working on her next recording of original material, and has a list of at least 5 other album projects she's always wanted to tackle. Sign the guestbook to keep in touch with her creative activities. |