Dario Broccardo – South Africa

Musicians Association of South Africa

Dario Broccardo has been involved in the music industry as a teacher, performer,
 conductor, composer and studio owner since he completed his BMUS at
 WITS in 1997. He has played with some of South Africa’s finest 
ensembles (including the NSO, JFO, JPO, KZNPO) and has always sought to bring his experience to his many
 students.

At the end of 2009, Dario made the decision to move to
 Grahamstown, renowned for it’s annual National Arts Festival, to take full-time employment at Kingswood College and in
 2011 he moved to the nearby city of Port Elizabeth where is lives now with his wife and 
children. He is employed as a teacher on the outreach project and
 principle percussionist of the Eastern Cape Philharmonic Orchestra (sponsored by the National 
Lottery) and enjoys the privilege of being a tutor for the South African National 
Youth Orchestra.

Dario remembers with fondness and deep gratitude the lessons of his
 teachers and the opportunities that came his way with the National
 Symphony Orchestra (albeit that he only played in its last years). He remembers also 
with sadness when the NSO played it’s last concert. Since then it has
 been a dream of Dario’s that the music industry would one day be
 restored to its former glory, that musicians would once again be 
afforded the freedom to work and bring joy to audiences.

With so much
 to contribute to the almost certain death of the arts as a true and
 honest discipline and healthy career choice, what can anyone do to try 
to stop this? MASA was formed to be one such small hurdle in the way 
of decline… a small group of concerned and committed music
 professionals who were called together by a common goal. Dario felt 
compelled to be a part of the process and to offer his skill as an 
educator. It is his goal to use his talents to teach especially young
 and new musicians across South Africa how to make a success of their
 ambitions in the difficult yet immensely rewarding service of music.