Danielle Lemieux

Danielle Lemieux is an active performer in the Puget Sound and is a tenured member of the Pacific Northwest Ballet Orchestra and Auburn Symphony Orchestra and Principal Horn of the Northwest Sinfonietta and Vashon Opera. She also plays as needed for the Seattle Opera, 5th Avenue Theater, Paramount Theater, Symphony Tacoma, and other arts organizations in the area. One of Danielle’s favorite gigs is the annual “Music for Black Folks” concert in Seattle in celebration of Juneteenth.

Danielle graduated from the University of Puget Sound with a Bachelor’s degree in music education and went on to complete her Master’s degree in horn performance at the New England Conservatory of Music (Boston, MA). Danielle spent a year in Oslo, Norway as a Fulbright Scholar, studying with renowned hornist, Frøydis Ree Wekre at the Norwegian State Academy of Music.

As a teacher, Danielle has taught private lessons on both horn and piano for over 26 years through UPS Community Music, Federal Way School of Music and through a private studio. She has spent over 22 years as Director of Music Ministry at various Lutheran churches where she plans music and leads the choirs (instrumental and vocal, all ages). Danielle is also adjunct faculty at Tacoma Community College where she has taught Music in the Classroom, Music Appreciation, Digital Music and World Music classes.