DANA WINOGRAD

Cellist Dana Winograd received her Bachelors and Masters degrees in performance from the Julliard School in New York where she studied with Harvey Shapiro and Channing Robbins, as well as members of the Julliard String Quartet for chamber music. After graduation, Winograd led an active freelance career in New York City, including performances at Carnegie Hall with the American Composer's Orchestra and the American Symphony, Broadway appearances (both in the pit and on stage) with Phantom of The Opera, Cats, Beauty and the Beast, and Once Upon a Mattress, as well as playing backup for Rod Stewart, Luther Vandross, Lyle Lovett, Manhattan Transfer, and Harry Connick Jr. Since moving to Santa Fe in 1998, Winograd has been a member of the New Mexico Symphony and is principal cellist of the Santa Fe Symphony. She has appeared as soloist with the Chamber Orchestra of Albuquerque, and is very active as a chamber musician and teacher.