About

Daniel Gonko is a freelance audio engineer, classically trained percussionist, and composer who resides in New York.  He has 2 decades of experience in studio, live sound, and education.  He is currently the Head Audio Mixer and Assistant Sound Supervisor at ACT of Connecticut.  He has worked extensively for the past 3 years furthering his skillset in content creation and streaming through his work with organizations such as SUNY - New Paltz, The York Theatre, Broadway Cares, and the Foundation for Performing Arts. 

Mr. Gonko has mixed and/or mastered over 600 songs including over 50 full albums and 10 E.P.s for artists hailing from many places including North Carolina, New York, Chicago, Texas, Michigan, Colorado, and the Czech Republic.  He enjoys utilizing his background in composition coupled with technology to score short films, as well as write music ranging from solo performer to jazz ensemble to full wind ensemble. 

Mr. Gonko maintains an active performing career that oscillates between jazz combos, orchestras, and musical theatre.  He has performed percussion books for numerous regional shows including Bat Boy, Into the Woods, Songs for a New World, and the off-broadway production of I Spy a Spy. In 2018, he was the resident percussionist for the Nutmeg Summer Series at Connecticut Repertory Theatre where he performed 7 shows a week of Disaster!, Sweeney Todd, and Jesus Christ Superstar.  

Originally from Michigan, Mr. Gonko attended Central Michigan University where he studied orchestral and jazz percussion with Dr. Andrew Spencer and Robert Hohner.  Graduate work in Commercial and Electronic Music was completed in North Carolina at Western Carolina University.  He has taken lessons with many notable percussionists such as John Riley, Peter Erskine, Adam Nussbaum, and David Hall.  He studied composition under Dr. David Gillingham, Dr. José-Luis Maúrtua, and Dr. Bruce Frazier and is published through C. Alan Publications.

CV and Resume available upon request.