Dan is a veteran of the United States Air Force; he was stationed at Travis AFB, California where he performed French horn with the USAF Band of the Golden West touring across the Western a United States engaging in recruiting and strengthening relationships between communities and the Air Force through music. Dan also began regularly attending yoga classes through the fitness center, finding yoga especially helpful in mitigating his chronic low back pain.
Since returning to Colorado, Dan completed his 200 hour yoga certification through the Kindness Yoga Studios, graduated from the National Personal Training Institute of Colorado, and has almost completed a doctorate in music from the University of Northern Colorado specializing in posture and injury prevention in horn players. When he is not performing and teaching music across the Front Range or training clients at the Golden Community Center, he enjoys hiking, skiing, and cycling in the mountains with his wife Erin.