Daryl Silberman (“Ms. S”) is the orchestra director at Scullen Middle School in Naperville, IL (District 204) and the director of Sinfonietta Strings and Philharmonia Strings for the Youth Symphony of DuPage. Previously, she served as the orchestra director at Waubonsie Valley High School (2013–2023) and has been on staff with West Salem High School in Salem, OR, the Elgin Youth Symphony Orchestra, the Hyde Park Youth Orchestra, and the Kaneland Youth Orchestra in Illinois.
An accomplished musician, Daryl has performed professionally as a violinist with the Krizalido Piano Trio and the Fox Valley Symphony and currently performs with the City Lights Orchestra, Chicago Jazz Orchestra, New Vintage Strings, and other Chicago-based ensembles. She has collaborated with her husband, Danny Seidenberg, in two unique performing groups: the baroque duo DuettoDS2 and the two-viola jazz group UnBande. Her acoustic folk-rock band Naked to the World, co-founded in the 1990s with singer-songwriter Kevin Fisher, continues to record and perform. Daryl also performs with Los Angeles-based artist Arielle Silver whenever possible. Daryl plays and teaches with a 5-stringed violin.
Daryl studied viola at the University of Colorado Boulder, San Francisco Conservatory of Music, and the University of Southern California. Over her career, she has been a private studio teacher, high school orchestra director, and freelance violist and violinist in Salem, Los Angeles, the San Francisco Bay Area, and the Chicago area. She has performed with regional orchestras, movie studio ensembles, chamber groups, rock bands, and baroque ensembles. In California, she co-founded the Whittier Area Youth Orchestra.
A sought-after guest conductor and clinician, Daryl has worked with middle and high school orchestras across the country, including Michigan's MSBOA Middle School All-State Orchestra, Illinois ILMEA Districts 2, 3, and 9, and Ohio OMEA District 1. She has also presented clinics at national and state educator conferences and is part of the ILMEA Clinicians Network, offering workshops for area teachers. Currently, she serves as a Virtual Instructional Coach for early-career music teachers through the Illinois Education Association. In 2011, School Band and Orchestra magazine named her one of “50 Directors Who Make a Difference.”
Beyond teaching, Daryl is a certified yoga instructor (RYT® 200) and a mindful educator, having completed coursework through MindfulSchools and YogaRenew. She enjoys teaching yoga at VASA Fitness in Oswego, "Team Sport Yoga" and presenting workshops like "Healthy Teacher, Healthy Classroom" to educators nationwide. In her free time, she’s an avid yogi, a wine enthusiast, a gluten-free foodie, and a proud mom of two young adults.
Daryl is a D’Addario Artist, using Zyex, Helicore, and Kaplan strings. She co-authored Rock Philharmonic: Classic Rock Songs for the String Orchestra (Alfred, 2016) with Bob Phillips and is the author of Finger Fun: A Workbook for First Position Violin (Mel Bay Publications).
Ms. Daryl Silberman (“Ms. S”) is a professional violinist and violist, the orchestra director at Scullen Middle School in Naperville, IL, and conductor for the Youth Symphony of DuPage. An accomplished educator and performer, she mentors early career music teachers as a virtual coach for the Illinois Education Association and teaches private violin and viola lessons. Ms. S studied viola performance at the University of Colorado at Boulder, the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, and the University of Southern California. A D’Addario Educator Artist, she is passionate about teaching and performing in diverse musical styles using her 5-string violins. Outside of music, she enjoys teaching yoga and spending time with her two young adult children. Learn more at www.daryls.com.