Dan got his start playing Paul Simon covers at the campus coffeeshops of Dartmouth College. After a degree in engineering and a few years teaching high school physics, he took a radical turn toward Boston’s Berklee College of Music. There, he studied guitar and songwriting, and in 2003 was the recipient of Berklee’s top songwriting scholarship.
Today, Dan is an award-winning singer/songwriter who calls Charlotte, NC home.
Awards…
• Winner--New Jersey Folk Festival Singer/Songwriter Contest
• Finalist--Plowshares Songwriting Contest
• Radio Crystal Blue Best of 2007 recording artist
• Finalist--Telluride Troubadour Contest
• Finalist--Wildflower! Performing Songwriter Competition
• Finalist--Rose Garden Coffeehouse Performing Songwriter Competition
• Runner Up--We Are Listening Singer/Songwriter Awards
• Semi-Finalist--Starbucks Music Makers Competition
• Honorable Mention--We Are Listening Lyric Writer Awards
• Performing Songwriter Magazine Top 12 DIY album for Public Square
• “One to Watch" Rob Reinhart’s Acoustic Café
• Honorable Mention, Rocky Mountain Folks Festival Songwriting Contest
• Radio Crystal Blue “Future Star, 2006
• Winner, Lizard Lounge Open Mic Challenge
• Feature, NPR’s All Songs Considered
• Honorable Mention, American Songwriter Magazine Lyric Competition
• Scott Benson Scholarship for Songwriting, Berklee College of Music
• Winner, Berklee College of Music Songwriting Competition
• Winner, Berklee College of Music Performer/Songwriter Contest
Notable venues played…
• Telluride Bluegrass Festival (Telluride, CO)
• Club Passim (Cambridge, MA)
• Tupelo Music Hall (Londonderry, NH)
• Berklee Performance Center (Boston, MA)
• Nameless Coffeehouse (Cambridge, MA)
• Me & Thee Coffeehouse (Marblehead, MA)
• Rose Garden Coffeehouse (Mansfield, MA)
• Bitter End (New York, NY)
• Knitting Factory (New York, NY)
• Johnny D’s (Somerville, MA)
• Canal Street Tavern (Dayton, OH)
• Wilbert’s (Cleveland, OH)
