Ariele Macadangdang

Ariele Macadangdang is a Filipina-American, multi-genre violinist, educator and proud introvert. She has performed with touring artists such as Disturbed, Flobots, Kygo, and Kali Uchis. Ariele enjoys collaboration with musicians in contemporary, folk, and Euro-classical styles, performing locally as an orchestral musician and as an improvising violinist in various Colorado-based bands. Passionate about songwriting, she performs her original music frequently with folk trio Salomé Songbird. During her undergraduate degree at Western Michigan University, she was a featured soloist in the 2012 Walmart Annual Shareholders meeting. As a Henry Mancini Fellowship recipient, she has shared the stage in live orchestra concerts with Ben Folds, Gloria Estefan, Terrence Blanchard, Maria Schneider and James Newton Howard. Ariele has become more passionate about children's access to the arts, largely due to her experience working with young violinists in after-school programs. In her most recent educational endeavor, she led an elementary violin program while serving as general music faculty at St. Philip’s Episcopal School in Miami.