Bio

Skye Darling is a young professional violinist and singer-songwriter based in Boston, Massachusetts. Skye has a passion for exploring new ideas through improvisation, and she specializes in simultaneous voice and instrument. Her sound incorporates a blend of old-time fiddle, jazz, maqam, and celtic elements. Skye‘s journey as a song-writer has been anything but linear, as she picked up two degrees in violin performance along the way, and her heartfelt melodies have gone from being heard on the summer night air around campfires to reverberating historic concert halls. Skye’s music has been featured at Silkroad’s Global Musician’s Workshop Festival, sharing the stage with renowned musicians such as Jamey Haddad, Kala Ramnath, Mike Block, Edward Pérez, and Bala Kouyaté. Skye was recently selected as one of Portsmouth Music Hall’s Emerging Artists where she received grant funding to go towards her debut EP which she is currently in the process of recording with Almanak Creative.

Skye has collaborated with Alireza Khodayari, xander., Sneaky Miles, Ben Laine, Nick Rolser, Vanessa Hale, and Teesa, recording in studios such as Power Station NYC, Berklee College of Music, and recording studios around NH. Skye is an active orchestral player and has performed with Celtic Woman, Apollo Ensemble, Horizon Ensemble, and for numerous musical theater pits around the seacoast. Skye holds a Bachelor's degree in music education from the University of New Hampshire and recently completed her Master’s degree in violin performance at the Boston Conservatory at Berklee where she studied with Katie Lansdale.