Dan Costello

Blending classical, bluegrass, progressive rock, jazz, and folk may be difficult, even hazardous, but singer-songwriter and guitarist Dan Costello is up to the challenge. His performance experience ranges from hard rock bands to jazz ensembles to medieval instrumental troupes. He earned a Bachelors of Music degree in classical guitar in 2001 and works both in and out of the scholastic realm as a performer, accompanist, editor, composer, arranger, lyricist, teacher, and manager. Costello has shared the stage with Steve Miller, Third Eye Blind, Darius Rucker, Robert Earl Keen, Chris Botti and other excellent national and local talent.



Recently Dan performed as a guitarist for the 2009 Special Olympics World Winter Games, and was featured as a soloist on local access TV Channel 11's Boise City Limits and on the radio both as a performer and as host for KBSU's Music from Stanley. He also serves on the faculty at Boise State University's Department of Music. A myriad of other musical endeavors make for an eye-popping 250-shows-per-year performance schedule. Costello is an outspoken advocate of local grassroots music.