Joshua Levin, Ph.D. Joshua has served as resident artist with Firedance during its founding four years, as musical director for Fires Rising, and as a faculty member at the McBride School of Magic. He has performed in a range of contexts and configurations from the traditional Middle-Eastern music ensemble Sherefe, to the eclectic Seeds of Time. Along the way, he has traveled the world following the mysteries of drum, dance, and chant. He is regularly invited to share the rhythmic arts at community events around the country, and has had the opportuntity to learn, work, and play with many bright lights in this growing fellowship.
Together with Deborah Nervig, he is the co-founder of Sacred Arts Circles and New World Rhythmatism, which are ongoing collaborative community based art forms. Joshua plays doumbek/darbouka and he is an endorsee for Cooperman Framedrums. He is also student of the S. Asian tabla and its associated rhythmic sensibilities. Joshua is a cultural anthropologist with a Ph.D. from the University of Colorado, and is a full professor in the Department of Human Behavior at the Community College of Southern Nevada. Best of all, he is the proud father of his young son, Jazz!
"I follow the drum and it leads me to the most delicious people and places in the world. My passion is for the mysterious music of communication between rhythm playmates, whether they be a drummer and a dancer, a circle of drummers, or a single drummer exploring the labrynth of his own heart. Rhythm is one of the great archetypal metaphors."
