~ Daniel Leo Simpson ~

"An American Composer With a Flair For Creating 'Contagious' Music. . ."

Daniel Leo Simpson, an American Composer with a flair for creating "contagious" and engaging music, specializes in unusual, interesting and dynamic works of every genre. From concerti and symphonies to commercials and film music, he is distinguishing himself as unique in his field.

He has had extensive music training, having studied under such esteemed American composers as Robert McBride and Robert Muczynski. Mr. Simpson holds a Masters degree in Theory and Composition from the University of Arizona in addition to holding both Elementary and Music Teaching Credentials from Arizona State University and a California State Teaching Credential in Music Education.

He was also accepted for study at the Grove School of Music in Los Angeles, where under the tutelage of Henry Mancini, Bill Conti, Joe Harnel, and Allyn Ferguson, he mastered the craft of writing music for motion pictures. There he worked as a commissioned artist creating music for featured films, television talk shows and commercials.

In addition to his creative genius, Mr. Simpson has received recognition as a well established and brilliant computer music software expert, gaining the praise and confidence of such notables as Carlos Rodriquez with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Tom "Bones" Malone from Paul Shaffer's CBS Orchestra with the David Letterman Show, Akira Endo of the Miami City Ballet and guest conductor for the San Francisco Ballet, and Barry Manilow among others.

Some of his commissioned works have already been premiered in the San Francisco Bay area while others are presently being prepared to be showcased by bay area musicians. His Poéme for Cello and Orchestra was performed at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts by the El Camino Youth Symphony with world renowned cellist Michail Gelfandbein as soloist. Most recently, he was commissioned to compose the school song Terman Tigers for Terman Middle school and The JLS Way Alma Mater for Jane Lathrop Stanford Middle School both in Palo Alto, California.

Currently Daniel is concentrating his efforts on his songwriting skills. He and his wife have purchased a home in Hillsboro Village, minutes away from Nashville's famed "Music Row" and he is working hard on his craft of songwriting in order to lay a foundation of being able to pitch his songs to Nashville publishers and artists.

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"If there is anything virtuous, lovely, or of good report or praiseworthy,
I seek after these things..."

"...out of small things, proceedeth that which is great..."

Daniel Leo Simpson

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Note to Performers: I am looking to PAY skilled pianists to record the Piano Inventions and Etudes found on  this page. It must be a sterling performance. I will pay for a recording studio for you to record it professionally. Please email for more details.

Listen to His Most Recent Compositions

• Invention No.23 in Gb MajorFollow music and score
• Terman Tigers Follow music and score    LIVE - Terman Choir & Orchestra under the direction of Mary Helen Simpson
  (School Song Commissioned by Palo Alto Unified School District)


• Invention No.22 in C# minor
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• Invention No.21 in Db Major
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Click here for: Complete Chronological Catalog Of Works Piano Solo Ballade Etude No.5 ---> Score Etude No.11 ---> Score Invention No.12 ---> Score For Frances Four Hands Piano Polonaise in E Solo Instrument & Piano Duo for Violin & Pianoforte in Bm ---> Score Ain't That Good News ~ Bassoon & amp; Piano Solo Instrument & Orchestra Soliloquy ~ Violin & Orchestra ---> Score Gypsy Fantasy Variations ~ Violin & Orchestra ---> Score Florence's Farewell ~ Double Bass & String Orchestra ---> Score ---> Part Souvenir of Salzburg ~ Pianoforte & String Orchestra 1.Allegro Brillante ---> Score 2.Larghetto ---> Score 3.La Tarantella ---> Score Songs Losing You >>> Lyrics Beautiful Dawn>>> Lyrics Robyn>>> Lyrics Bright Flame If You Lived Here (MIDI) >>>Lead Sheet Thanks Be To God (MIDI) Without Happy (MIDI) It's Got To Be Right Tonight (MIDI) >>>Lead Sheet Vocal Berceuse for soprano & piano Live: C. Nitz, soprano; Daniel Hughes, piano; NACUSA Concert - Palo Alto, November 11, 2000 Lyrics Film Music Women In Biz Film 90's Commercial: Psychic (aggressive version) TV exercise program March of the Krolls ~ From: Power Music The Hero's Homecoming ~ From: Power Music The Arcadian Threshold ~ From: Power Music Chamber Music Flute Quartet in C Sacred Mass in F Major ~ SATB & Orchestra 1.Kyrie eleison 5.Agnus Dei ---> Score Venite Creator Spirtus ~ Choir & Orchestra Orchestral Nocturne in C# minor ~ Full Orchestra ---> Score Stage From the Musical: "7 Jars of Gold" ~ Lyrics by EDWARD BORGERS My Hobby ~ Pandu Lyrics My Weakness ~ Pandu Lyrics Our Love ~ Love Duet: Ramji & Visakha Lyrics Audio CD's available for purchase Selected Pieces for Violin ~ Daniel Leo Simpson Collected Works (2-CD Set) ~ Daniel Leo Simpson If you're looking for the Sheet Music to Mr. Simpson's CD entitled Selected Pieces for Violin Then please click HERE

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NOTE: Every piece on this site is available on the "Daniel Leo Simpson: Collected Works 2-CD Set" to be played in any CD-Rom drive and includes a special Table of Contents indexed with HTML links to all selections (Windows only). In addition to all the MIDI files contained in this website, it also includes MP3 files of all selections as well as scores and available performance parts in Adobe Acrobat Reader's easy to read and print PDF format (over 2,200 pages of music!). Print as many as you like and follow along with the audio or use freely for your own performance or performance group. The Mp3 files contained on this Double-CD Set considerably improve the sound of the MIDI files found on this site. You will not be disappointed with this purchase. Satisfaction is guaranteed.

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Chronological Catalog Of Works
The Law of the Arts
Thousands of pages of Classical Sheet Music on CD.....under $20!
~ The Composer & His Lovely Wife ~
(Photo by James Thorpe)

Daniel Leo Simpson

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Mr. Simpson's compositions are distributed world-wide through
Copy-us Verlags GmbH in Kleve, Germany.
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