Biography

Daniel Keene is a guitarist, lutenist, composer, and teacher.

Born and raised in New York, Daniel began playing the guitar at the age of nine.  He studied the guitar with Stephen Leonard, lute and guitar with William Zito, voice with Jonathan Goodman, and composition with Sidney Boquiren.  Daniel attended Nassau Community College and Adelphi University on scholarship and in 2008 graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in Classical Guitar Performance.  In the Summer of 2009, he continued his studies on lute and guitar in Seville, Spain.

An active performer, Daniel has performed as a soloist and as a chamber musician for an array of events at colleges, universities, churches, cathedrals, historical societies, dining halls, and many other locations in the New York City and across Long Island.  He can also be heard performing with Sal Locascio’s Mazzard Effect, a progressive rock band based on Long Island.

Daniel Keene, co-founder of Galliard Music, has been teaching students of all ages and levels in New York and across Long Island since 2003 and currently offers lessons in students’ homes in Queens and Nassau County.  His students have earned perfect NYSSMA scores, have started their own musical groups, and have been accepted to colleges, universities, and conservatories across the country.