Biography
Daniel Keene is a guitarist, lutenist, and composer.
Born and raised in New York, Daniel began studying the guitar at the age of nine. He studied the Classical guitar with Stephen Leonard, both Renaissance lute and Classical guitar with William Zito, voice with Jonathan Goodman, and composition with Sidney Boquiren, Joanne Metcalf, and Pulitzer Prize-winner Paul Moravec among many others. Daniel attended SUNY Nassau Community College and Adelphi University where he graduated Summa Cum Laude in the Fall of 2008 with a Bachelor of Science in Classical Guitar Performance. In the summer of 2009, he continued his studies on both lute and guitar in a workshop directed by William Zito in Seville, Spain.
Daniel has been teaching the guitar in New York and across Long Island since 2003 and currently offers in-home lessons in Queens and Nassau County. An active performer, Daniel has performed as a soloist and as a chamber musician for various events at the New York Historical Society, Nassau Community College, Adelphi University, churches, and other various locations in New York and across Long Island.