Colorado based composer and musician, Dylan Fixmer, is a genuine and passionate artist whose works reflect his diverse music career. Classically trained at University of Colorado and Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, Fixmer’s music is inspired by the beauty of nature and the human spirit, and draws upon a multitude of musical styles and traditions from Western Art Music to Rock n’ Roll, Jazz to Irish Trad, Electronic to Raga, Bluegrass to Hip-hop, and beyond.

Recent works include commissions and premiers from Opera Guanajuato, the Greeley Philharmonic Orchestra, the Front Range Chamber Players, the Crested Butte Music Festival, The Burroughs, Towards a Shining Light, Old Machines Duo, UCHealth and the University of Northern Colorado Faculty Recital Series.  Dylan is currently the Composer in Residence for the Greeley Philharmonic Orchestra who premiered his Concerto for Violin: In Memory of Terri Sternberg with violinist Sarah Off, “which received a rapturous reception when it was performed” (The Times of London) on September 24, 2022. Previous residencies include the Mt. Blanca Fine Arts Association and the North Fork Community Chorus.  As a multi-faceted and imaginative composer, Dylan writes for multifarious contexts from orchestral and traditional solo and ensemble work, to theater, choir, film, and narrative including the soundtrack for the audio book “Adventures of a Mystic Warrior” by Robert Rocco D’Ordine, and author Craig Child’s multi-media production “Dark Night”.  Dylan’s Four Portraits for Strings was selected as Editor’s Choice by J.W. Pepper in 2023 and his music has been featured on Colorado Public Radio Denver and CPR Classical, Radio Classique - Paris, The Times of London, Le Figaro - Paris, KAFM-Grand Junction, Rifle Community Television, KVNF-Paonia, KDNK-Carbondale, KAFK - Greeley, and on albums by Sarah Off, The Embodying Rhythm Marimba Ensemble, Paul Elwood and Alice Simmons, The Scones, Sarah Louise Pipelow, The Mollie Scholars, and many more.

An active and dynamic performing artist, Dylan currently performs with the Embodying Rhythm Marimba Ensemble, and “Traditionish”, in addition to various solo and ensemble performances.  He has appeared with artists from Glen Valez and Loire Cotler to Blackie O’Connell and Cyril Cyril O Donoghue to Gao Hong, and in performance venues from the Montrose Pavilion and Boettcher Hall to The IBar Ranch, Blue Sage Theater, Rob Miller’s “Pickin in the Park”, The New Ute Event Center, and Paradise Theater.  He has recorded numerous albums including Embodying Rhythm Marimba Ensemble’s “Music for Everyday Life”, Traditionish “Traditionish”.