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{{short description|American composer (born 1959)}}
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'''Daniel Léo Simpson''' (born 28 December 1959) is an American composer.
==Background==
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Simpson first studied music theory with Wes Humphrey at Buena High School in Sierra Vista, Arizona and composed its Alma Mater which he conducted at the première performance there February 9, 2012.<ref name="alma mater">[http://www.svherald.com/ ''The Sierra Vista Herald'', February 2, 2012], (From an interview with Adam Curtis).</ref> He studied as an undergraduate with Anna Mae Sharp and Henry Johnson at the University of Arizona, Tucson and continued his graduate work there with Robert McBride and Robert Muczynski to receive his master's degree in composition.  He won first place in the First Annual International Schillinger composition contest sponsored by The Schillinger School of Music for his composition ''The Art of Schillinger''. He was also first-place winner of the 2010 Alabama Orchestra Association Festival competition contest for his composition
''Tuscaloosa Tango''<ref name="contest">[http://www.alabamaorchestraassociation.org/index.php/contest/composition Alabama Orchestra Association Festival competition contest]</ref> which received its world première at the [[University of Alabama]], February 14, 2011, (A division of Alabama Music Educators Association). It has now also been performed by the [[Iraqi National Symphony Orchestra]] conducted by maestro Mohammed Amin Ezzat as well as the [[Orquestra Sinfônica da Paraíba]] of Brazil conducted by maestro Luiz Carlos Durier.
His "Ave Maria" for two sopranos, flute and organ received its world première in Salem, Germany, in April 2011. Mezzo Soprano  Liliana Seyid-Boussonville premièred the "Alleluia" from his "Exsultate Jubilate" in Saarland, Germany, in April 2011.<ref name="tango">[https://www.nme.com/nme-video/youtube/id/j07UpoG9_kk Liliana Seyid-Boussonville]{{Dead link|date=July 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }},(Mezzo-Soprano)</ref> Simpson has composed the first complete String Quartet specifically to have included the [[Viola Profonda]], a new instrument invented by the Bolivian composer, director and instrument-developer Gerardo Yañez. In 2012, Simpson's complete cycle of 24 Inventions for piano was performed and recorded by Gustavo la Cruz in Berlin, Germany.
== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{Official website|http://www.danielsimpson.com|Biography on official website}}
*[http://www.classicalarchives.com/composer/1674.html#tvf=tracks&tv=about The Classical Archives profile]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-OSPLP_B6MTuscaloosa Tuscaloosa Tango - Alabama Allstate Orchestra]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwgReNjI3hU I.N.S.O \Conductor Mohammed Amin Ezzat \Daniel Léo Simpson -Tuscaloosa Tango]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQGIRfTRNRw Orquestra Sinfônica da Paraíba ~ Tuscaloosa Tango]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CavLDWiRuAk Viola Profonda Quartet 1-4 COMPLETE]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwIJbkP30-o "Soliloquy" for Viola Profonda & Piano]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MO87Pp6a04 Invention No. 3 in D minor ~ Gustavo la Cruz: Piano]
===Sheet music===
*[http://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Simpson,_Daniel_L%C3%A9o Free scores by Daniel Léo Simpson at the International Music Score Library Project]
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