Dan has a degree in Landscape Horticulture from University College Dublin. While at UCD he became a member of the UCD Choir and in 2005 received a scholarship for 1 year to the prestigious UCD Choral Scholars Choir under the leadership of Desmond Earley. He has travelled extensively with various choirs competing at a Choral Festival in Lake Garda Italy, performed a choir at a wedding in Johannesburg South Africa and the Victoria & Albert Waterfront in Cape Town South Africa, performed Mozart’s Requiem, Faure Requiem and the World Premier of the Karl Jenkin’s ‘Gloria’ at the Royal Albert Hall in London, the World Choir Games in Graz Austria of which his choir won a bronze medal. In 2009 Dan won an All-Ireland Title in Solo Singing at the Macra na Feirme National Talent Competition held at the National Concert Hall, Dublin. Most recently in 2010 Dan won the Presidents Perpetual Cup in Cork’s Feis Maitiú Competition. Dan has been undergoing voice training since 2008 with a former Cork professional soprano, Fiona O’ Reilly.