Dana Sandler

Assistant Professor

Affiliated Departments

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Courses Taught (4)

ENVC-122

ILVC-210

PIVC-XXX

RPVC-XXX

Career Highlights

Leader, composer, and vocalist of Dana Sandler Butterfly Ensemble
World premiere performance and recording of chamber jazz song cycle "I Never Saw Another Butterfly" in January 2020 in commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz
Featured and interviewed in Jewish Journal, The Jewish Advocate, Jewish Insider, Romania Culture Jazz, Vltava radio (Czech Republic) with national and international reviews including DownBeat, All About Jazz, Culture Jazz (France), JazzPort (Czech Republic), and Jazz Life (Japan)
Leader of the Dana Sandler Quintet on the Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines
Lead vocalist for internationally renowned klezmer clarinetist Michael Winograd's band Khevre, which included world class artists Carmen Staaf, Jorge Roeder, Richie Barshay and Eylem Basaldi. Released the album Oyfn Sheydveg (At the Crossroads) (2004)
Vocalist on acclaimed pianist and Yamaha artist Carmen Staaf's album Reflection (2008)
Certified in Levels I, II, and III of Somatic Voicework™ by the LoVetri Institute
Studied with Dominique Eade, Allan Chase, John McNeil, Frank Carlberg, Danilo Pérez, Kate Reid, and Jeremy Fox

Awards