Danielle started her musical journey at age six with private classical piano lessons, trained in the Suzuki method. Music quickly became her passion and outlet and has been the center of her life every day since. She learned to play guitar at age twelve. After years of being fascinated by the harp, on her twentieth birthday she was given one as a gift and began studying with a string of key, influential teachers.

Danielle went on to study music in college attending Mesa College in San Diego, and Chapman University in Orange County. Music Therapy was her major and during this time she studied all three instruments. After college she started a private practice teaching music. From the outset, her teaching goals were to provide an atmosphere of enjoyment and to inspire her students to become self-regulating with their practicing at home. The next phase in her music was focused on performance; she played in a band for solo artist Mimi Zulu, (now Mimi Luv) and has opened for Macy Gray, Quantic, and Beats Antique to name a few.

Over the last two decades, she has performed with her harp at numerous weddings and events, and gets much enjoyment bringing her unique sound to enhance these special occasions. Since moving to Bend she has performed at the Tower Theater, Silver Moon, Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, and the Hanai Center. Danielle enjoys being a part of our music community here in Bend, and aims to inspire her students to become more than musicians, to develop into artists, as well.