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About the Class: |
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The basics of music theory including Intervals, key signatures, time signatures, are all covered in this continuing course.
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About the presenter:
Daniel Leo Simpson
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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. He holds a Masters degree in Theory and Composition. In Los Angeles where he studied and wrote for motion pictures under the tutelage of Henry Mancini, Bill Conti, Joe Harnel and Allyn Ferguson at the Grove School of Music.
Mr. Simpson’s composition “Nocturne - A Poem for Symphonic Orchestra” was selected as a winning composition from over 500 entries to be and will be recorded by the Grammy Award-Winning Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra followed by released with worldwide distribution through Naxos record label the following year. His “Soliloquy” for Violin & Orchestra was chosen from over 600 submissions to recorded in 2010 by the Millennium Symphony Orchestra for worldwide CD distribution. He won First prize in the First Annual International Schillinger Composition Contest for his composition "The Art of Schillinger", composed wholly using Schillinger techniques and sponsored by The Schillinger School of Music in conjunction with the University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom.
His entry “Tuscaloosa Tango”, has been selected as the winner of the 2010 Alabama Orchestra Association Composition Competition which includes an all-expense paid invitation as composer in residence to attend the 2010 All-State Festival on February 11th-14th in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, participate in the Meet the Composer aspect of the Festival, and work closely with the conductor and ensemble that is premiering his work.
Most recently, Mr. Simpson’s music was chosen from over 650 entries for an opportunity to score the 1904 Thomas Edison silent film classic, “Maniac Chase” and will be released on DVD the following year. Daniel currently and happily resides with his wife, Palo Alto music teacher Mary Helen Simpson, in the San Francisco Bay area and is highly sought after as a composition teacher and educator.
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