Joshua Geisler plays bamboo flute, guitar, bass, and builds custom made musical instruments. With a flowing, highly ornamented style, his music crosses cultural boundaries by embracing both chromaticism and microtonality.

He began his musical journey playing the guitar in high school. Next came 4 years at the Berklee College of Music, where he majored in Music Production and Engineering. It was at Berklee that he started playing bamboo flute and developing an interest in Indian music. At the same time, he was influenced by the teachings and philosophy of percussion master Jamey Haddad. After graduating in the fall of 1998, he moved to upstate New York and studied North Indian Classical Music with bansuri master Steve Gorn. Then in the fall of 1999, he traveled to Bombay, India, where he studied flute playing and flute making under the great Pandit Raghunath Seth for 4 months. Another trip to India followed in the winter of 2000-2001, where Josh worked as musical director for the documentary film, Take Me to the River, about the Maha Kumbh Mela, the Hindu festival that attracted the largest crowd of any event in the history of the world. There he performed and recorded with Allahabad based singer Ganesh Kumar, and perfected his skills at flutemaking. During this trip, he also studied in Varanasi with sarod virtuoso Pandit Vikash Maharaj.

Presently, Josh is living in Brooklyn, NY where he teaches and performs regularly. He has shared the stage with the likes of Steve Gorn, Pandit Raghunath Seth, Kenny Endo, Falu, Alessandra Belloni, David Nichtern and Drala, Rich Stein, Peter Stoltzman, Matt Kilmer, Adam Strum and the Trees, Mathias Kunzli, Alan Grubner, Shane Shanahan, Brandon Terzic, Diana Herold, Mark Egan, Mitch Cohn, Marco Benevento and Joe Russo, The Dub Trio, Mike Savino, Stu Brooks, Phil Kester, Joe Kaplowitz, Joe Kaminsky, Andy Sinise, Matt Rubano, Jennie Laws, Luke Notary, Tom Rossi, Zac Lee, Dave Bowen, Matt Hope, Fred Flowerday, Steve Wenzel, Jamie MacDonald, Jimmy Wohl, Sheldon Landa, Jacob Key, and many others. He has performed music for dance with Aleta Hayes and Parijat Desai. He is also a featured performer on Peter Stoltzman's 3 disc release "Cycles".

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