Background
Daniel Asia was born in Seattle, Washington, in the United States of America.
Daniel Asia was born in Seattle, Washington, in the United States of America.
Yale University.
He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Hampshire College and a M.M. from the Yale School of Music. He formerly served on the faculty of the Oberlin Conservatory of Music from 1981 to 1986. In 1986-1988, a United Kingdom Fulbright Arts Fellowship and a Guggenheim Fellowship enabled him to work in London as a visiting lecturer at City University.
Since 1988, he has been Professor of Composition and head of the composition department at the University of Arizona in Tucson.
His notable students include David A. Yeagley. In addition to composition, he conducts the New York-based contemporary chamber ensemble The Musical Elements, which he co-founded in 1977.
As a blogger, Asia contributes opinion articles to The Huffington Post. In 2013, he gained notoriety after receiving criticism for an April 25 article entitled "Carter is Dead." The responses to his article led to a subculture of Twitter jokes under the hashtag #DanAsiaArticleIdeas.
He has composed four symphonies, a piano concerto, and numerous chamber and solo works.
Asia"s works are published by the Theodore Presser Company and recorded and released on Summit Records.
1973 � Sound Shapes, for SSAATTBB chorus and pitch pipes1974�75 � On the Surface, for soprano, piano, harp, cello, and percussion1975 � Dream Sequence I, for amplified trombone1976 � String Quartet No. 11976 � Miles Mix, for tape1979 � Orange, for viola1980�81 � Rivalries, for chamber orchestra1984 � Three Movements, for trumpet and orchestra1985 � String Quartet No. 21987 � Symphony No.
11988 � B for J, for flute, bass clarinet, trombone, vibraphone, electric organ, violin, viola, and cello1989 � Quartet for piano, violin, viola, and cello1988�90 � Symphony No. 2 "Celebration" (Khagiga: In Memoriam Leonard Bernstein)1990 � Black Light, for orchestra1991 � At the Far Edge, for orchestra1992 � Symphony No. 31993 � Gateways, for orchestra1993 � Symphony No.
41994 � Concerto for Piano and Orchestra1995 � Embers, for flute and guitar1997 � Concerto for Cello and Orchestra2001 � Sonata for Violin and Piano2002 - "Momentary Lapses", for Ben Verdery (guitar and violin)2004 � New Set, for guitar and violin2008 � Symphony No.