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Daniel A. Weitz (b. 2002) is an American musician — composer, performer, improviser — whose works can be described as contemplative, theatrical, and narrative-driven. Throughout his works can be found a particular interest in the relationship between chaos and order, how one contorts and folds into the other, as well as the reproduction of everyday sounds leveraged to sonify narratives of destruction, collapse, and rebirth.
Daniel’s work has been performed by acclaimed ensembles such as The Rhythm Method, the Brazilian National Symphony (Orquestra Sinfônica do Teatro Nacional Cláudio Santoro), PinkNOISE, ensemble PHACE, TAK ensemble, W4RP trio, DECODA, and the New York Youth Symphony Jazz Ensemble.
In addition to being a recipient of Columbia University’s Charles S. Miller Award in music composition and the Richard & Brooke Kamin Rapaport Music Fellowship, Daniel has received a Bachelor of Arts in Music and Physics from Columbia University.
Currently, he works as a Teaching Artist for the Harmony Program, teaching violin, cello, and general music classes.
FILM SCORE SAMPLES
excerpts from the score of Maybe Today, Maybe Tomorrow…
WORKS & PERFORMANCES
Concert
Music-at-Large, if I recall correctly (2024)
String Quartet ( ~6:00 )
Premiered by the The Rhythm Method at The Carriage House, Lake George, NY, United States
Wooden Dominoes and Other Homes (2024)
Orchestra ( ~7:00 )
Premiered by the Orquestra Sinfônica do Teatro Nacional Cláudio Santoro at the Teatro Plínio Marcos, Brasília, Brazil
Lungs Subscription, Vending Machine (2024)
Wind Quintet ( ~4:00 )
Premiered by members of DECODA at the Italian Academy, New York, NY, United States
You May You May You (2023)
Piano Trio, Drum Set, Electronics ( ~10:00 )
Premiered by W4RP trio at Broadway Presbyterian Church, New York, NY, United States
A puddle grew teeth (2023)
String Quartet ( ~4:30 ) Premiered by Treske Quartet at Salisbury Congregational Church, Leicester, VT, United States
You’ve Got Rosy Fingers (2023)
Piano, Drum Set, Bass, Guitar, Trumpet, Saxophone, Trombone ( ~4:15 ) Premiered by the New York Youth Symphony Jazz Ensemble at National Sawdust, New York, NY, United States
Flicker of Farewells (2023)
Chamber Orchestra ( ~4:15 ) Composed for reading by members of DECODA Orchestra and members of New York Youth Symphony at the DiMenna Center, New York City, NY, United States; Included in the Score of Maybe Today, Maybe Tomorrow...
infants of further life (2022)
Flute, Clarinet in Bb, Violin, Cello, Piano ( ~7:30 ) Premiered by PinkNOISE at Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theater, Symphony Space, New York, NY, United States; Performed by ensemble PHACE at Ehrbar Saal, Musik Quartier 1040, Vienna, Austria
What Actually Goes On In There (2022)
Miniature for Solo Harp ( ~1:30 ) Composed for reading by Emily Levin at the Juilliard School, New York, NY, United States
Glass (2022)
Soprano, Flute, Violin, Bass Clarinet in Bb, Violin (~5:00) Premiered by TAK ensemble at Maison Française, Columbia University, New York, NY, United States
Film
Maybe Today, Maybe Tomorrow … (2023)
Film directed by Trevor Siegel, premiered March 2023 at the Roone Arledge Auditorium, Columbia University (45:00)
What Changes With The Leaves (2022)
Film directed by Trevor Siegel, Screened at 2022 Upstate New York Film Festival and the Lift-Off Filmmaker Sessions at Pinewood Studios (29:23)
Dance
Cellophane ( 2024)
for Instrumentalist & Dancer (7:00 - 25:00) Premiered by Daniel Weitz and Nadia Benes at the Central Park Naumburg Bandshell, New York, NY, United States; to be performed at the 2025 Dance Astoria Winter Festival, New York, NY, United States
as of Novemeber 2024
RATROCK Magazine
Interview and 2023 Artist Feature
