Jane Varella is a native of Dayton, Ohio, and a graduate of Centerville High School. She holds a B.Mus. degree with a Performer's Certificate from the Eastman School of Music. Ms. Varella has recorded with the Eastman Wind Ensemble and performed with Marimba Masters.
She now teaches percussion at area colleges and performs with the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra--a group she joined while she was still in high school--as well as the Dayton Bach Society Orchestra and the Dayton Opera Orchestra. Jane also works as a free-lance percussionist throughout southwestern Ohio.
Ms. Varella is also the Personnel Manager of the Dayton Philharmonic and she maintains her own private teaching studio. She is a member of the Dayton Music Club, the Percussive Arts Society and Mu Phi Epsilon.