About Danielle
Danielle is a multi-disciplinary performing artist with diverse professional qualifications. She acts on-camera in TV, film and commercial productions; and on-stage in musicals, plays and operas. She is also a choral singer, choral conductor, vocal arranger, songwriter and soloist.
Currently based in Los Angeles, Danielle was born and raised in Santa Cruz, California, where she began acting in youth theatre productions and singing in youth choirs at age 5. Danielle graduated cum laude from UCLA with a BA and highest honors from the musicology department. She then pursued a masters degree from San Jose State University in Voice Performance, where she was privileged to study with mezzo-soprano Layna Chianakas. Danielle was the vocal winner of the 2010 Concerto Competition at San Jose State and the national anthem soloist at commencement.
Film/TV
Danielle co-starred in two episodes of the Hulu original series Chance starring Hugh Laurie, and has appeared on shows for networks such as The Food Network, the Travel Channel, The Fine Living Network, MTV, and TV Norge, as well as in independently produced films and music videos. IMDB.
Theatre
Favorite theatrical roles include Jem in Truly Outrageous: A Jem and the Holograms Parody Musical at the Hollywood Fringe Festival, Morticia in The Addams Family Musical, the Governess in The Turn of the Screw, Maria in The Sound of Music, Sarah Brown in Guys and Dolls, Cecily Cardew in The Importance of Being Earnest, Marian Paroo in The Music Man, and Aeneas (a trouser role, with a beard!) in the West Coast premiere of La Didone, a baroque opera. Danielle has a special interest in premiering new works, and performed in five seasons of the annual short new works festival “8 Tens at 8” in Santa Cruz, CA, as well as two world premiere operas and two world premiere musicals.
Vocalist
In 2019, Danielle released Nordic Evening, an EP of her own arrangements of traditional Scandinavian folksongs in a jazz style. Streaming everywhere.
A classically trained soprano of Norwegian heritage, Danielle has specialized in art song from Nordic countries and she sings in Norwegian, Icelandic, Danish, Finnish, and Swedish. She also enjoys performing standard lyric soprano repertoire in English, German, French, and Italian, as well as less-commonly performed pieces in Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan and Russian. She has received recognition for her art song work by the National Association of Teachers of Singing-Bay Area, and a grant from the Scandinavian Cultural Center of Santa Cruz for her work in Scandinavian song.
She has been a classical soloist with the San Jose Wind Symphony, Monterey’s Del Monte Brass Band, and San Jose State’s Wind Ensemble, Jazz Orchestra, and Symphony Orchestra. She performs .
Danielle added jazz repertoire to her performer profile in 2017, and performs American songbook and vintage standards from around the world in French, Spanish, Italian and German; with niche bookings for “Roaring ‘20’s” and “Parisian Cafe” themed events and shows. She has performed with these acts at iconic Los Angeles venues, such as the Paramour Estate in Silverlake, the Huntington Hotel in Pasadena, the Mission Inn in San Bernardino, and high-end weddings and private events, and at popular restaurants in Santa Monica, Beverly Hills, Culver City, and Downtown.
Choral Singer
Danielle has sung in or directed a choir nearly every year of her life since the age of eight. As a choral singer, Danielle has performed in Vatican City, Rome, and Assisi, Italy; at Davies Hall in San Francisco; Disney Hall, Royce Hall, and the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles; San Jose City National Civic and St. Joseph’s Basilica in San Jose; and the Santa Cruz Civic and Kuumbwa Jazz Center in Santa Cruz. She has worked with diverse ensembles such as Areté Singers, Awaken A Capella, Superdevoiche (a Bulgarian women’s choir), and as a choral member and soloist with the UCLA Chorale and Chamber choir, and the SJSU Concert Choir. She served as the choir director at the Congregational Church of Soquel for many years, and has worked with other church, public school and after-school ensembles as a vocal director, music director, and voice teacher.