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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
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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
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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
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Fish Links, Travel Videos by Miles Fish

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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
For a complete list of M.Fish videos click on Youtube.com then google milesDfish.
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