JILL DALEY
Jill Daley began studying piano at the age of three and violin at the age of six with her mother. She received a Bachelor's Degree in Violin Performance from the State University of New York at Buffalo, and attended graduate school at Boston University's School for the Arts under the tutelage of Peter Zazofsky. As winner of the Cameron Baird Concerto Competition, Jill was soloist with the UB Symphony.
She has also been a featured soloist with the Clarence Festival Orchestra, Classic Albums Live at Hard Rock at Universal Studios, ZeRo TaiKo, McDonald's Global Conference, Disney's Magic Music Days, and regularly performs as a strolling violinist for Disney's Intimate Weddings.
Her piano teachers include: Shirley Irek, Jonathan Bass and Roland Martin. Jill has performed with groups such as the New Hampshire Symphony, Cape Cod Symphony, Orlando Philharmonic, Flagler Symphony, Atlantic Classical Orchestra, Palm Beach Pops and has served as concertmaster of the Walt Disney World Orchestra. She has toured with the Mantovani Orchestra (Japan 2001 and China 2007), and the New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players.
As an accompanist, she has been a staff pianist for the Boston Ballet School, Orlando Ballet, Seminole Community College and Valencia Community College. Jill participated in the National Tours of "The Producers", "The King & I" and "The Light in the Piazza". Jill was chosen to costar in the atmosphere show entitled "The Story Walkers", at Disney's Animal Kingdom in early 2007. Jill has recently relocated to Toronto, Canada.
Artists Jill Daley Has Worked With
- Donna Summer
- Duran Duran
- Andrea Bocelli
- The Irish Tenors
- Peter Cetera
- John Secada
- Frank Sinatra Jr.
- Trans-Siberian Orchestra
- Dave Brubeck
- Eartha Kitt
- Gary Sinise
- Ray Price
- Poncho Sanchez
- Marco Antonio Solis
- Stephanie Powers
- Marlee Matlin
- Bucky Pizzarelli
- Denyce Graves
- Fernando Bujones
- Gelsey Kirkland
- Rita Moreno
- Brian Dennehy
- Mario Lopez
- Mannheim Steamroller
- Marie Osmond
