Dan Ferreira is a steel drummer and percussionist living in the Fairfield County Area.  He  holds a B.A. from Loyola University (New Orleans) in Music Education and a M.M. in Ethomusicology from Temple University.

                    He currently runs the music program at St. Josephs High School in Trumbull CT were he directs the Concert Band, Jazz Band and Chorus. He also teaches drums and percussion at the Jim Royle Drum Studios in Bridgeport CT.  Other teaching duties include snare drum instruction for the Norwalk fire department's Scottish Pipe and  Drum corp.   

                                                          


            As a drummer Dan Ferreira has palyed in a wide variety of music ensembles ranging from live hip-hop and funk to gospel, jazz and Caribbean.  In 2004 he founded the music group Moment's Notice which he performs on steel drums. The group plays a mix style of bossa nova, Jazz, and Latin standards, perfoming  music clubs and private events throughout the the tri-state area.