Daniel Tessy (he/him) is an Iraqi-Jamaican-Canadian sound/projection designer, composer, recording artist and educator. Coming up in the traditional and unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), səlil̓ilw̓ətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) First Nations (“Vancouver”), he worked a huge variety of roles in the theatre industry before finding his niche as a sound designer and composer, delivering atmospheric and immersive soundscapes with background music.

In addition to all things sound-related (live tech, recording and mixing engineering, producing), his work as a lighting designer, production designer and director graced the Vancouver stages for years. His collaborators have at times referred to him as “a visionary director,” “totally genius,” a “great sound designer” and “always calm and patient…so kind and professional.” Daniel has also found another calling as an educator, teaching Sound Design and Theatre Tech classes for Capilano University. He recently relocated to Toronto, and is a Sessional Lecturer for University of Toronto’s Center For Drama, Theatre & Performance Studies. He’s been making a splash in the Toronto theatre scene, working for companies such as Crow’s Theatre, Young People’s Theatre, The Shaw Festival and King Theatre Company.

Daniel is also an active musician and recording artist, performing and releasing music in projects such as Fuzzy P, Tesstopia and DELICATESSY, as well as some session work (guitar, keyboards, bass, trumpet, synth). He frequently adapts and changes through different genres and influences with an eclectic body of work. He’s also getting into some cool film scoring work. He conducts all of his composition and recording work from a home studio in the city.