Dan Farina

trumpet

Daniel Farina is a graduate of Shenandoah College and Conservatory in Winchester, VA. He has free-lanced as a trumpeter in a variety of orchestras, brass groups, jazz ensembles, recording studios, and as a soloist in the Northeast. He can be heard on composer Larry Siegel’s compilation CD “All Go Forward and Back!”, Disney’s DVD “Little Einsteins-Our Big Huge Adventure” (Dan recorded the trumpeting of character Quincy and the orchestral trumpet work for this DVD and & playhouse Disney episodes), and the Sacred Path Singers CD, “Walk In Peace”. He has performed in NH twice with singer Michael Card during his “Promise” tour. Live performances include principal trumpet with the NH Philharmonic Orchestra, Heritage Brass Quintet, Raylynmor Opera Company, Brattleboro Concert Choir Orchestra, Keene Chorale, Dartmouth Symphony Orchestra, New England Brass Ensemble, Tom Foolery Band and various show orchestras. His past teachers were Robert Cummings in NH, Ed Cooper and Scott Nelson in VA, and Charles Schlueter and Dana Oaks in MA. He was trumpet instructor at Keene State College for 7 years and currently teaches at Brattleboro Music Center, Dublin Christian Academy and Elm City Music. He performs on Bach instruments (Bb, C, & Eb) and a Shilke P5-4 (piccolo).