Dr. Daniel Goodman received his Ph.D. in Physics from MIT in 1989. He is currently the Director of Advanced Technology at Nexx Systems, a local company that produces computer-chip-making equipment.   This is the twelfth “Participatory Piano Recital” since he introduced the format to MIT audiences in 1983.

Jack McCreless recently retired from the Massachusetts Department of Developmental Disabilities (formerly DMR) where he worked as a staff trainer. He sings and plays with the Revels Repertory Company, a touring ensemble that offers programs on the sea, harvest, immigration, and Appalachia, and the Hutchinson Family Singers of New Hampshire.

Dan and Jack have enjoyed performing together for more than twenty years.  In the 1980's they performed international folk music and toured New England as musicians with the Mandala Folk Dance Ensemble.  In the 1990's they formed a Klezmer and Jazz band named "Neshama."   They appeared together in the 1991 Universal Pictures film, "Once Around," which starred Richard Dreyfuss and Holly Hunter.