Dan Sachs holds a Bachelors degree in vocal performance and Masters degree in musical composition from California State Sacramento. He was the founder of the UO Vocal Jazz Ensemble, is currently in his 23rd year as an instructor of music at LCC, and is active as a choral clinician and adjudicator. Sachs performed in the Mount Hood Festival of Jazz from 1981-86 and has sung in many commercial endeavors over the past 25 years, among which was the nationally-acclaimed Clamation