Torry Castellano
{{short description|American drummer}}
{{BLP sources|date=September 2007}}
{{Infobox musical artist
|name = Torry Castellano
|image = The Donnas by angela n 01.jpg
|caption = Castellano performing with The Donnas (2008).
|background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
|birth_name = Torrance Heather Castellano
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|01|08}}
|origin = San Francisco, California, U.S.
|genre = Rock
|occupation = Drummer
|years_active = 1993–2010
|label = Lookout!, Atlantic, Purple Feather[{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p279006/discography/main|pure_url=yes}} "The Donnas > Discography > Main Albums"]. Allmusic. Retrieved April 14, 2007.
|associated_acts = The Donnas
|website = {{URL|http://www.thedonnas.com/}}
}}
Torrance Heather Castellano (born January 8, 1979) is an American attorney and the former drummer of The Donnas. She announced her retirement from drumming in July 2010.
About
Castellano was born in San Francisco, California. She met future bandmates Maya Ford, Brett Anderson and Allison Robertson in junior high school.{{Cite web|url=http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Mayhem-and-mood-swings-a-day-with-the-Donnas-2676731.php|title=Mayhem and mood swings -- a day with the Donnas|website=SFGate|date=6 November 2004 |access-date=2016-03-21}} They formed a band in 8th grade called Ragady Anne, later calling themselves The Electrocutes at Palo Alto High School.{{Cite web|url=http://citybeat.com/cincinnati/article-18503-the_donnas_with_blondie_and_pat_benatar.html|title=The Donnas with Blondie and Pat Benatar|date=2009-08-11|website=citybeat.com|access-date=2016-03-21}}
Before the release of The Donnas' sixth studio album Gold Medal, Castellano developed tendonitis and in October 2003, she had surgery for it. During her recovery, she had to take drum lessons to re-learn to hold drum sticks the correct way.{{Cite web|url=http://www.moderndrummer.com/site/2008/01/torry-castellano-2/|title=Torry Castellano: The Grip Of Death|website=Modern Drummer Magazine|date=25 January 2008 |language=en-US|access-date=2016-03-21}} For Gold Medal, she recorded with her recovering wrists, but could only play for short periods of time.
A shoulder problem forced Castellano to withdraw from The Donnas' tour following a show on December 27, 2008 at the House Of Blues in Anaheim, California. Amy Cesari of the band The Demonics filled in on future tour dates. On July 9, 2010, Castellano announced on the band's website that due to her shoulder she would have to retire from drumming and performing with The Donnas. Castellano still attended events the band was involved with as well as promoted the last album she recorded with the band, Greatest Hits Vol. 16.
She attended Santa Monica College before transferring to Stanford University, majoring in political science.{{Cite web|url=http://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/magazine/article/?article_id=28185|title=Stanford Magazine - Article|date=2011-03-01|website=alumni.stanford.edu|access-date=2016-03-21}} Castellano graduated from Stanford with distinction and attended Harvard Law School.{{Cite web|url=http://www.stanforddaily.com/2015/01/16/top-five-stanford-alumni-in-the-music-industry/|title=Top five Stanford alumni in the music industry|last=Groth|first=Gabriela|website=Stanford Daily|date=16 January 2015 |access-date=2016-03-21}} While at Harvard, she interned for Adalah,{{Cite web|url=https://blogs.harvard.edu/clinicalprobono/2014/11/25/gallery-the-2014-chayes-international-public-service-fellows/torry-09-et-1800x1350/|title=2014 Chayes International Public Service Fellows|last=|first=|date=2014-11-25|website=The Office of Clinical and Pro Bono Programs at Harvard Law School|publisher=Harvard University|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2017-08-26}} Habeas Corpus Research Center, and Article 36. {{Cite web|url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/torrance-torry-castellano-8a2505a0/|title=Torrance (Torry) Castellano: Harvard Frederick Sheldon Traveling Fellow, 2017-18 Harvard Law School, J.D., Class of 2017|website=LinkedIn|access-date=2022-11-20}} As a Frederick Sheldon Traveling Fellow at Harvard, she designed a legal research project on the way cracks in domestic and international legal frameworks lead to a deprivation of rights for the residents of areas that are de facto no man’s land, created by protracted conflicts, focusing on East Jerusalem and eastern Ukraine. She interviewed key human rights attorneys working to protect human and civil rights, Israeli government officials, and local residents in the Kafr Aqab neighborhood. She is currently an attorney working at the Texas Office of Capital and Forensic Writs (OCFW) which serves as a post-conviction public defender.
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060101115701/http://www.thedonnas.com/ The Donnas’ official website]
- {{IMDb name|id=0144716|name=Torry Castellano}}
- [http://www.pearldrum.com/t_castellano.asp=Torry on Pearl Artist Roster]
- [http://www.vicfirth.com/artists/castellano.html on Vic Firth]
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