Daniel Keene

As a performer of historic lutes and guitars, I play on an array of luthier made instruments strung with gut and set to historic temperaments. The instrument(s) I bring, Renaissance Lute/Baroque Lute/Classical Guitar/etc, will depend on the repertoire which you are interested in having me perform; all details will be ironed out ahead of time. Though smaller resonant spaces are ideal for these instruments, I will provide light amplification for larger spaces/events. I like to arrive 60 to 90 mins prior to the start of the event as to let the instrument(s) acclimate to the room, to setup, tune and warm up.

New York native Daniel Keene is a lutenist, guitarist, arranger, composer, and chamber/consort musician.

A multi-instrumentalist, Daniel performs on an array of historic and modern plucked string instruments such as the Renaissance lute, Renaissance bandora, nineteenth century guitar, modern guitar, and extended electric guitars. He has concertized extensively as a soloist and chamber/consort player in New York and throughout the United States in a variety of settings; performing with lutenist Matthew Weinman, soprano Dr. Erin Heisel, pianist Dr. Fang-Yi Chu, The Red Door Chamber Players, Long Island Baroque Ensemble, The Golden Williams Duo, The Bacheler Consort, and many others. Recent performances include concerts at The Custer Observatory, Opera America, Groupmuse, The Vail-Leavitt Music Hall, Scholes Street Studio, The Tilles Center for the Performing Arts, Shapeshifter Lab, Christ Church of Oyster Bay, The Buttonwood Tree, Spectrum NYC, The Staller Center for the Arts, and at a multitude of other venues.

A dedicated teacher, Daniel has been teaching lute and guitar in New York and online globally for over twenty years. He has been on the music faculty at SUNY Nassau since 2013 and has also served on the faculty at Adelphi University.

Daniel began studying music on the electric guitar at the age of nine. He studied with Jerry Willard, Arthur Haas, William Zito, and Stephen Leonard. He attended SUNY Stony Brook University, Adelphi University, and SUNY Nassau.