Established 1999
Pro Art Music LLC
Elite musicians and DJs for extraordinary moments
About Our Company
Pro Art Music began operations in 1999 in Cincinnati, Ohio. Pro Art Music musicians comprise the most talented and pedigree educated musicians in central and southwestern Ohio, and Los Angeles, CA who are performing members of elite arts institutions and recording sound stages.
Pro Art Music is in business to provide the most talented musicians and groups available at reasonable costs, while maintaining outstanding customer service and excellence in performance to each customer. In almost two decades of business, Pro Art Music has provided music and musicians for thousands of individuals, companies, and performing artists for weddings, musical tours, holiday parties and more.
Founder & Managing Member
Daren Fuster
Daren Fuster is the managing member of Pro Art Music LLC. In addition to being a conservatory trained violinist and violist graduating with a MM from the Cincinnati-Conservatory of Music, University of Cincinnati, OH, and with a BM from the Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester, NY, Daren also has more than a decade of DJ experience and serves as lead DJ and MC for Pro Art Music.
Daren’s passion for entertaining and DJing is fueled by his never ending quest for producing the highest quality sounds using today’s most up-to-date sound and lighting equipment.
In addition to his roles as violinist, violist and DJ, Daren serves as CEO, artist manager and agent for Pacific Artists Agency LLC, an international talent agency that books touring artists and attractions for performing arts centers and orchestras around the globe.
In the past, Daren served in roles as agent – western territory North America for CAMI Music LLC, Lead Booking Agent for TCG Entertainment booking Sheena Easton, Nelly, Common, members of Prince’s New Power Generation Band, and others. He has served as Director of Artistic Administration for the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra Personnel Manager and Community Engagement Manager for the Columbus Symphony Orchestra, and Artistic and Orchestra Operations Manager for the Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra.
Today, Daren regularly performs with the Redlands (CA) Symphony, Deadline Hollywood Orchestra (CA), Eugene Symphony Orchestra (OR), and Sinfonia Gulf Coast (FL), in addition to serving as a freelance recording violist in Los Angeles, California and as violinist, violist and DJ for Pro Art Music LLC in the Pacific Northwest, California and Cincinnati, OH.
Personnel Contractor & Lead Violinist
Manami White
Manami White has been an integral part of Pro Art Music since its inception in 1999. Manami performs as first violinist of many Pro Art Music performances and has recorded with Pro Art Music as first violinist on many recordings and performances, including with KD Lang and for WGUC. Manami currently manages personnel and music preparation for Pro Art Music Cincinnati.
Manami White has performed both nationally and internationally with orchestras, chamber ensembles, and in numerous recital settings. An associate member of the Columbus Symphony Orchestra and an extra violinist with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Manami is also concertmaster of Collegium Cincinnati, the Kentucky Symphony Orchestra and acting Principal Second violinist of the Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra.
She has also toured internationally with the American Sinfonietta. Manami’s solo performances include appearances with the North Florida Symphony Orchestra, MUSE, and the Kentucky Symphony Orchestra.
Manami won First Prize honors in the Hemphill-Wells Sorantin Young Artist Competition, the Dorothy Starling Competition, and the concerto competition at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. An accomplished chamber musician, Manami has performed in the CCM Faculty and Alumni Chamber Music Series, the Taft Chamber Music Series, the Contemporary Arts Center Chamber Music Series and the Knox Music Series.
Manami is Adjunct Professor of Violin and Viola at Xavier University. Originally from Seattle, Manami received her bachelor’s degree from CCM and continued post-graduate work there. Past teachers have included Dorothy DeLay, Naoko Tanaka, Makoto Kaneshiro, and Katsutoshi Nakamura.