DANA LYN

Dana Lyn is a violinist/fiddler, pianist, and composer; collaborators include Stew and Heidi Rodewald, Ethan Hawke, Vincent D’Onofrio, avant-cellist Hank Roberts, D’Angelo, and poet Louis de Paor. She has received commissions from Brooklyn Rider, A Far Cry, Palaver Strings, and the Apple Hill String Quartet. Lyn’s projects include the sextet Mother Octopus, a collaboration with D’Onofrio called Slim Bone Head Volt, and a duo with guitarist Kyle Sanna. She was an artist-in-residence at the Baryshnikov Arts Center in 2017, an award winner of the 2018 ACF Create Commission, a recipient of the 2020 NYFA Women’s Fund Award, and a 2021 Sundance Composer Lab Fellow. Also a visual artist, Lyn has made stop-motion animations for Taylor Mac and jazz musician Ben Goldberg, as well as for her own projects. In 2022, she released her eighth album, A Point on a Slow Curve, via In-a-Circle Records. Lyn is also a well-versed fiddle player in the Irish tradition.