Miles Dayton Fish
Contact Information
PERSONAL
milesfish@mac.com
Cell: 479.366.3331
3002 Loring Street
Bentonville, AR 72712
NWACC
Professor of Music
NWACC in ITALY (Siena) School Director
mfish@nwacc.edu
NWACCinITALY.com
Phone: 479.619.2237
Fax: 479.619.4290
One College Drive
Bentonville, AR 72712
milesfish@mac.com
Cell: 479.366.3331
3002 Loring Street
Bentonville, AR 72712
NWACC
Professor of Music
NWACC in ITALY (Siena) School Director
mfish@nwacc.edu
NWACCinITALY.com
Phone: 479.619.2237
Fax: 479.619.4290
One College Drive
Bentonville, AR 72712
MFD
Brief Profile
Miles Dayton Fish
milesfish@mac.com
479.366.3331 (cell)
479.619.2237 (office)
EMPLOYERS
Northwest Arkansas Community College 1996 - Present
Professor of Music
NWACC in ITALY (Siena) School Director
Chamber Singers, conductor
2008 NWACC Sabbatical Award Winner
American Choral Directors Association (ACDA)
American Musicologist Society (AMS)
Society for American Music (SAM)
National Endowment for Humanities "America's Music Scholar”
First United Methodist Church of Bentonville 1996 - 2014
Director of Music
The City Wire 2012 - 2013
Classical Music Reviewer
Arkansas Philharmonic Orchestra 2008 - 2010
A Founding Conductor / Artistic Director
Civic Symphony of Benton County 2000 - 2008
The Founding Conductor / Artistic Director
More Past Employers
Upward Bound summer program for at-risk teens, U of A, Monticello
American School for College Musicians, Siena, Italy
Dumas (AR) Junior High School
Dumas (AR) High School
First United Methodist Churches: Star City, Dumas, Gillette, Cabot (all AR)
Professional Tour Guide / Tour Planner
U.S.A. 1985-present
International 2000-present
EDUCATION
GRADUATE / POST-GRADUATE
University of Louisiana at Monroe (formerly NLU), MA Conducting, Choir and Orchestra
Perkins Seminary, SMU Dallas, Church Music
Accedemia Chigiana, Siena, Italy, Master Classes-Conducting
UNDERGRADUATE
University of Arkansas
Journalism/Communications (BA)
Vocal Performance (BA)
Literary Magazine Editor
Who's Who American College & Universities
Sigma Nu Fraternity Rush Chairman University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
HIGH SCHOOLS
Star City High School (AR)
Library of Congress High School, Washington, D.C.
(Senior High School Year: U.S. Congressional Page for Hon. Oren Harris)
OTHER
National Endowment for Humanities "America's Music Scholar 2013”
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, “Vivaldi’s Spring Series,” Guest Lecturer 2014
"Mozart is Dying" NWACC Lecture Recital 2017
"The Amazing Mrs. Mozart" NWACC Lecture Recital 2018
"Tweeting Beethoven" NWACC Lecture Recital 2019
Professional Memberships:
American Choral Directors Association (ACDA)
American Musicologist Society (AMS)
Society for American Music (SAM)
Conductors GUILD (DG)
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Originally from Star City, Arkansas
Married Byretta Hurst of Hot Springs, Arkansas, September 2, 1971
Byretta, manager of "Superior Senior Care" in Fayetteville and Rogers for 18 years
We've lived in Bentonville, Arkansas, since 1996
Children: Milo, Jason, Spencer, Nicholas, Emily
Grandchildren: Halle, Eli, Oliver, Elianna, Evie, Alexa, Fitz, Remmy, Charlie
Vietnam Veteran, USN
479.366.3331 (cell)
479.619.2237 (office)
EMPLOYERS
Northwest Arkansas Community College 1996 - Present
Professor of Music
NWACC in ITALY (Siena) School Director
Chamber Singers, conductor
2008 NWACC Sabbatical Award Winner
American Choral Directors Association (ACDA)
American Musicologist Society (AMS)
Society for American Music (SAM)
National Endowment for Humanities "America's Music Scholar”
First United Methodist Church of Bentonville 1996 - 2014
Director of Music
The City Wire 2012 - 2013
Classical Music Reviewer
Arkansas Philharmonic Orchestra 2008 - 2010
A Founding Conductor / Artistic Director
Civic Symphony of Benton County 2000 - 2008
The Founding Conductor / Artistic Director
More Past Employers
Upward Bound summer program for at-risk teens, U of A, Monticello
American School for College Musicians, Siena, Italy
Dumas (AR) Junior High School
Dumas (AR) High School
First United Methodist Churches: Star City, Dumas, Gillette, Cabot (all AR)
Professional Tour Guide / Tour Planner
U.S.A. 1985-present
International 2000-present
EDUCATION
GRADUATE / POST-GRADUATE
University of Louisiana at Monroe (formerly NLU), MA Conducting, Choir and Orchestra
Perkins Seminary, SMU Dallas, Church Music
Accedemia Chigiana, Siena, Italy, Master Classes-Conducting
UNDERGRADUATE
University of Arkansas
Journalism/Communications (BA)
Vocal Performance (BA)
Literary Magazine Editor
Who's Who American College & Universities
Sigma Nu Fraternity Rush Chairman University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
HIGH SCHOOLS
Star City High School (AR)
Library of Congress High School, Washington, D.C.
(Senior High School Year: U.S. Congressional Page for Hon. Oren Harris)
OTHER
National Endowment for Humanities "America's Music Scholar 2013”
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, “Vivaldi’s Spring Series,” Guest Lecturer 2014
"Mozart is Dying" NWACC Lecture Recital 2017
"The Amazing Mrs. Mozart" NWACC Lecture Recital 2018
"Tweeting Beethoven" NWACC Lecture Recital 2019
Professional Memberships:
American Choral Directors Association (ACDA)
American Musicologist Society (AMS)
Society for American Music (SAM)
Conductors GUILD (DG)
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Originally from Star City, Arkansas
Married Byretta Hurst of Hot Springs, Arkansas, September 2, 1971
Byretta, manager of "Superior Senior Care" in Fayetteville and Rogers for 18 years
We've lived in Bentonville, Arkansas, since 1996
Children: Milo, Jason, Spencer, Nicholas, Emily
Grandchildren: Halle, Eli, Oliver, Elianna, Evie, Alexa, Fitz, Remmy, Charlie
Vietnam Veteran, USN
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eBooks & Online Published Works by Miles Fish
Available at Apple's iBookstore and online
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"20 Summers / No Words" Book One
"20 Summers / No Words" Book Two
Travel / Photography
"DODICI-The First Twelve Italian Summers"
Travel / Photography
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"Music and other Arts of War" Part 1
historical fiction screenplay; illustrated/annotated interactive for iPads/Macs
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"Discovering the Rediscovery of Antonio Vivaldi"
Choral Journal
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"LOOKING FOR VIVALDI" by Miles Fish
Travel / Photography
Cities of Antonio Vivaldi
Venice, Vienna, Prague, Dresden, Amsterdam and Florence
Available at Apple's iBookstore and online
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"20 Summers / No Words" Book One
"20 Summers / No Words" Book Two
Travel / Photography
"DODICI-The First Twelve Italian Summers"
Travel / Photography
_________
"Music and other Arts of War" Part 1
historical fiction screenplay; illustrated/annotated interactive for iPads/Macs
_________
"Discovering the Rediscovery of Antonio Vivaldi"
Choral Journal
___________
"LOOKING FOR VIVALDI" by Miles Fish
Travel / Photography
Cities of Antonio Vivaldi
Venice, Vienna, Prague, Dresden, Amsterdam and Florence
Fish Links, Travel Videos by Miles Fish
Most of the Videos are 2-3 minutes long and include music.
Best viewed HD / Full Screen.
Click on a title below to watch.
Ten Days in Tuscany Video
Venice Ten Days Trip Add-On Video
Vivaldi's Staircase, Venice
Three Minutes in Times Square, NYC
The Amalfi Coast, Italy
Prague Street Art
Venice, Italy
Florence, Italy
Amsterdam Art, Mark Raven Part 1
Amsterdam Art, Mark Raven Part 2
Dresden, Germany
Salzburg's Schloss Leopoldskron
Four Towers Castle in Siena, Italy
MoMA, NYC
Pompeii, Italy
Peggy Guggenheim's Garden in Venice
Best viewed HD / Full Screen.
Click on a title below to watch.
Ten Days in Tuscany Video
Venice Ten Days Trip Add-On Video
Vivaldi's Staircase, Venice
Three Minutes in Times Square, NYC
The Amalfi Coast, Italy
Prague Street Art
Venice, Italy
Florence, Italy
Amsterdam Art, Mark Raven Part 1
Amsterdam Art, Mark Raven Part 2
Dresden, Germany
Salzburg's Schloss Leopoldskron
Four Towers Castle in Siena, Italy
MoMA, NYC
Pompeii, Italy
Peggy Guggenheim's Garden in Venice
For a complete list of M.Fish videos click on Youtube.com then google milesDfish.
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