 Originally from Los Angeles, 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 locally as a chamber
musician and teacher.
A Wingate student gets an impromptu cello lesson from Winograd during the intermission of the New Mexico Symphony Orchestra performance at the Sacred Heart Cathedral.
Photo by John A. Bowersmith |
