About Dana

Dana Sandler is a vocalist, composer and educator. She earned her master’s degree in jazz performance from New England Conservatory, during which time, she worked with Hankus Netsky and was lead singer for Michael Winograd’s klezmer band, Khevre. She founded the Dana Sandler Butterfly Ensemble in 2019, featuring internationally acclaimed jazz artists Carmen Staaf, Jorge Roeder and Austin McMahon, as a response to the rise in antisemitism. Her album, I Never Saw Another Butterfly, released in April, 2020 to rave reviews both nationally and internationally and was awarded “Best Release of 2020” in All About Jazz.

How you can collaborate with Dana

“I would love to connect about opportunities for presenting my original composition, I Never Saw Another Butterfly, especially as it relates to Holocaust Remembrance. In addition to the performance aspect, I look forward to engaging in discussion about the compositional process and how the young victims’ poetry guided these new jazz works, serving as as vessel for their memories.”