Daryl Nuccio graduated from the Boston University School for the Arts, where she studied cello with Leslie Parnas and chamber music with Walter Trampler. She also attended the Meadowmount School of Music in upstate New York and studied chamber music at Kneisel Hall in Maine, where her coaches included Karen Tuttle and Artur Balsam.

Ms. Nuccio, who freelances with a variety of ensembles in the New York City area, also performed at Weill Recital Hall in 1999 as a member of the Cherubino String Trio. She currently plays with the Westchester Chamber Orchestra, the Regina Opera Company in Brooklyn, and is principal cellist of the New Rochelle Opera.