Faculty

Daniel Berkery
Accompanist
AMDA Faculty since: 2020
Accompanist
AMDA Faculty since: 2020
Dan Berkery is a Freelance Drummer/Percussionist based in New York City with a Master's Degree in Jazz Studies from Philadelphia's University of the Arts.
Dan substitutes on multiple Broadway Drum/Percussion chairs including Hamilton, Moulin Rouge, Book of Mormon, Wicked, Dear Evan Hansen, and Mean Girls.
Prior to joining the AMDA faculty, Dan originated the drum book for the Off-Broadway musical "Ride The Cyclone," and helped develop the Broadway-bound musical "Lempicka." You can hear him playing drums on Trixie Mattel's "Two Birds/One Stone" and Brandon James Gwinn's "Not Too Late" albums, available on iTunes and Spotify.