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Hugging Composer David Behrman, photo by Cleek Schrey

who is he?

Daniel Fishkin’s ears are ringing. Composer of musical instruments. Daniel studied with composer Maryanne Amacher and with multi-instrumentalist Mark Stewart. He has performed as a soloist on modular synthesizer with the American Symphony Orchestra, developed sound installations in abandoned concert halls, and played innumerable basement punk shows. Daniel’s lifework investigating the aesthetics of hearing damage has received international press (Nature Journal, 2014); as an ally in the search for a cure, he has been awarded the title of  “tinnitus ambassador” by the Deutsche Tinnitus-Stiftung. He is the only luthier that studied directly with the daxophone’s inventor, Hans Reichel; Daniel’s instruments have traveled the world, including Canada, California, Norway, Germany, France, Japan, Kazakhstan, and Australia. Daniel received his MA in Music Composition from Wesleyan University, and has taught courses on instrument design and electronic music at Bard College, the Cooper Union, and more recently, Ramapo College of New Jersey. He is currently a PhD Candidate in Composition and Computer Music at the University of Virginia.

Contact

 daniel.fiction AT gmail.com

Bibliography, Written Words, Articles, Media

Essay on the Musical Oscilloscope for the journal eContact

https://econtact.ca/19_2/fishkin_oscilloscope.html

How to build a daxophone: instructional blog series for popular woodworking magazine

https://www.popularwoodworking.com/editors-blog/introducing-the-daxophone/
https://www.popularwoodworking.com/editors-blog/how-to-build-a-daxophone-soundbox/
https://www.popularwoodworking.com/editors-blog/the-mystery-of-the-acoustic-cantilever-building-a-dax-for-your-daxophone/

Composing the Tinnitus Suites: 2008 through 2016 (until death) — From the Society of American Music Bulletin

https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.american-music.org/resource/resmgr/docs/bulletin/vol423.pdf

Nature Interview on Tinnitus

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v505/n7482/full/505159a.html

KCRW Podcast

http://www.kcrw.com/news-culture/shows/the-organist/episode-19-composing-the-tinnitus-suites

Tinnitus Ambassadors!

http://www.deutsche-tinnitus-stiftung-charite.de/en/partners/ambassadors/

 

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