Dr. Dan Nebel is an accomplished French hornist, church organist, music director, and educator whose diverse career has taken him across the United States. In addition to the Greeley Philharmonic he is the principal horn of both the Monterey Symphony and Santa Fe Symphony, a busy freelance musician across the Front Range, as well as the music director of Smoky Hill United Methodist Church. He previously served as a bandsman with the United States Air Force Band of the Golden West, touring extensively throughout the Western United States, including regular appearances at the Hollywood Bowl. Dan has performed with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Ohio Light Opera, Colorado College Summer Music Festival, and New York String Orchestra Seminar, and has held positions with the Wichita Symphony Orchestra, Wichita Grand Opera, North State Symphony, and Fort Collins Symphony. Nebel holds a Doctorate of Arts in Music Performance from the University of Northern Colorado specializing in postural studies of horn players for his dissertation. Nebel also holds degrees in music performance from the Eastman School of Music and Wichita State University.