Born in Albany in 1986, Dan has spent the majority of his life in the greater capital region of New York.  A musician by nature, he specializes in percussion and piano, and has taught instrumental music in the Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk Central School District since September 2023, and in the Germantown Central School District from the fall of 2008 through June 2023.  Dan also maintains a private music lesson studio out of his home. 

 

In addition to his engagements as a music educator, Dan has worked with several theatre groups in New York State as a music director, orchestra conductor, audition accompanist, and pit orchestra musician, and has won TANYS (Theatre Association of New York State) awards as a music director.    He has performed with several musical groups as a pianist and percussionist, and continues to perform at local venues whenever possible.  

 

Outside of music, Dan is an automobile enthusiast, master of corny jokes, and a self-proclaimed foodie, and he is the author of a blog entitled Cars, Chow, and So Much More

 

 

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