About Dana Fonteneau Lmft Books
Dana Fonteneau is rapidly establishing herself on the world stage as a thought leader for musicians on such topics as success, health and wellness, innovation and empowerment for sustainable careers in music. As a former concert cellist, Ms.Fonteneau has had a chamber music career formed by studying directly with founding members of the Amadeus, Juilliard, and Borodin String Quartets. After studying at the Oberlin Conservatory, Dana went on to study with Bonnie Hampton at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music where she graduated with a BM in cello performance and an MM in chamber music performance. Now a licensed somatic psychotherapist in the state of California (MFC49425) and founder of the WholeHearted Musician(TM), Ms. Fonteneau devotes her time to empowering musicians to have a successful, fulfilling and financially sustainable life in the arts. Current and past clients include Grammy award winners, Naumberg Prize winners and members of organizations including the Dallas Symphony, Charlotte Symphony, San Francisco Ballet Orchestra, San Francisco Conservatory of Music, the Juilliard School and some of today's most influential and prominent chamber music ensembles. She has been in residence at Yellow Barn, Chamber Music Institute at UNL and the Apple Hill Center for Chamber Music as well as guest presented for Chamber Music Americal, San Francisco State's Psychology Department, Rice University's Shepherd School of Music, UT Austin's Butler School of Music, the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Sonoma State University, California All-State Music Educators Conference and the International Somato-Respiratory Integration Symposium. Her writing can be found in Strings Magazine, Chamber Music Magazine, San Francisco Classical Voice as well as her own blog www.wholeheartedmusician.com.
