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Dan Nichols has become one of the most beloved and influential Jewish contemporary musicians in North America.  He performs over 200 events per year across North America to audiences from 20 to 5,000 people. He is a product of Jewish summer camp, having grown up at The URJ Goldman Union Camp Institute in Zionsville, IN. Dan has the unique ability to connect with Jewish youth in a meaningful and inspirational way.  Through his energy, his enthusiasm and his music, Dan electrifies and enriches each Jewish community that he visits.  Lay leaders and Jewish professionals around the country point to Dan’s music as an important and long-lasting influence in their lives.
 
Dan’s Jewish music has also become a vital part of the Reform Jewish world, with Jewish youth and clergy alike incorporating it into their study, worship, and communal celebrations. Songs like The Na Na SongB’tzelem ElohimKehillah KedoshahHoshia, and Sweet As Honey, are among the most popular songs in liberal Judaism today.
1969    Born in Indianapolis, IN
1976    Nichols Family converts to Judaism, Indianapolis Hebrew Congregation, Indianapolis, IN
1979-Present Camper/staff/and faculty for the URJ Goldman Union Camp Institute, Zionsville, IN
1992 Bachelor of Music, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
1996 Eighteen releases first CD, Life
1999-Present Serves as Artist-in-Residence at all 14 Union for Reform Judaism camps.
2001-Present Featured presenter at the Union for Reform Judaism Biennial
2001 Eighteen releases Be Strong
2001-Present Faculty member for Hava Nashira, the Jewish songleading workshop
2002  Eighteen releases Kol HaShabbat
2002 Featured presenter for Limmud, Nottingham, England
2003-Present Music Director and headline performer at NFTY National Convention
2004  Eighteen releases My Heart Is in the East
2004-2006  Director of Jewish Music for Temple Beth Or, Raleigh, NC
2006   Winner of the NFTY President’s Award, for outstanding commitment to Jewish Youth
2007   Eighteen releases The Roots
2008  Eighteen performs and records live Chanukah concert for broadcast at XM studios, Washington, DC
2008   Eighteen performs live simulcast concert at Masada in celebration of NFTY’s 50th anniversary of Israel programs and Israel’s 60th birthday
2009  Eighteen releases To The Mountains
2010 Eighteen releases 18 on 18
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PHOTOS AND MORE
Dan Nichols Solo Performing (JPG)
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Nichols Bio (pdf)
Press Articles (pdf)
A Slice of Paradise: Journey Along the Road to Eden
10/26/2011
web
Southern Jewish Life
10/6/2011
web
St. Louis Jewish Light
10/12/2011
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9/10/06
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9/10/04
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Jewish Times pdf icon
Oct. 2003
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11/6/02
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10/26/01
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1999
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2/20/99
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01/27/98
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11/17/96
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9/5/94
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