Welcome
Danielle lives, works, and writes
from Long Beach, California
and is available to travel
for speaking engagements.
Contact Danielle for more info.
dcollins.music@gmail.com
949-381-1643
Work
Music Media Entertainment Technology Chair - Academy for the Performing Arts -Huntington Beach High School
Board President
Pulse Percussion, Inc.
California Dept of Education
Arts Media Entertainment Audio Lead, Board Member
Career Technical Education
Previous
Contract Consultant, Los Angeles County Office of Education
Board member, CBDA & Innovations Council CMEA
VAPA Coordinator, Instrumental Music Director, Rosemead High School
Adjunct Professor, CSU Long Beach & CSU Los Angeles
Awards
2022, Yamaha’s 40 Under 40 Educators
2018, Grant Winner, National Endowment for the Arts, Experiential Ensembles
Presentations
“A Place to Belong: Reaching your Students Where They Are”
Midwest Clinic, 2023
Host- National Pop Music Workshop, Sponsored by Yamaha
“Pop Music Learning Lab Intensive”
San Diego Summer Music Institute, 2023
“$100,000 Reasons to Expand Your Market”
National Association of School Music Dealers, 2023
“Advanced Tools and Strategies for Commercial Music Programs, Featuring Student Performers”
NAMM 2023
“Steps to Amp Up Your Music Program: Featuring Students Performers”
NAMM 2023
“Hometown Heroes”
San Diego Arts Empower Mega Conference
“Expanding Markets with Popular Music”
Nick Rail Music Seminar, 2022
“Technology in a Post-Covid World”
NAMM, 2022, Partnered with Yamaha Corporation of America
“Expanding Your Markets”
AIMM Conference, 2022
“Hometown Heroes”
Educators Collective Conference, 2021
“Popular Music in the High School Classroom”
California Music Educator Bay Section Conference, 2020
Arts Schools Network Conference, 2019
“T-Shirts not Tuxes: Reaching the Other 80% of Students on Your Campus”
International Music Education Summit, 2020
California All-State Music Educator Conference, 2019
“Creating Your Community”
Keynote Speaker, National Association for Music Education Regional Conference 2019
“Creativity and Project-Based Learning”
California All-State Music Educator Conference, 2019
“Conversations and Insights: Breaking Through Tradition”
California All-State Music Educator Conference, 2018
“Diverse Approaches to Developing a Nontraditional Ensemble”
California All-State Music Educator Conference, 2017
Southern California Schools Band & Orchestra Association, Garden Grove, CA, 2017
Association for Popular Music Education Global Conference, Berklee College of Music, Boston, MA, 2016
Association for Popular Music Education Regional Conference, CSU Long Beach, 2016