Recorded from a reading with Del Sol String Quartet in San Francisco, Fall, 2022. 

Dreaming Phoenix is my first string quartet I have composed in 8 years, and it was so exciting to write one again, especially for the incredible Del Sol String Quartet. This piece is an expression of my rebirth, or reawakening, as a composer. The pandemic from 2020 to 2022 took a huge toll on my life and well-being, so this piece is me ‘rising from the ashes’, reconnecting with myself and my imagination. I am deeply influenced by Korean and Indian music and explore rhythm cycles Utmori and Jhaaptal, timbres, and melodic shapes drawn from various traditions. The image and story I am exploring is a beautiful bird emerging from the embers through rays of light filtered through forest trees.
Written for Del Sol String Quartet, Santa Cruz, Fall 2022
Cover Image by J.H. Williams III

Dreaming Phoenix (2022) featuring Del Sol String Quartet

I am a composer of acoustic and electroacoustic music currently living in Rochester, New York.

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Composer | Musician | Educator
Composer of Contemporary Art Music inspired by the philosophies and cultures of our beautiful world. 
Plays and collaborates with the violin, piano, hammered dulcimer, accordion, steel-tongue drum and hulusi.
Aspiring educator of music from many corners of our musical and expressive world. 
Chapman University BM Music Composition '16
University of Oregon MM Music Composition '19
UC Santa Cruz DMA Music Composition '27

Danny Leo is a composer and music educator. He began playing the violin at age 5 and composing at 12. Recent compositions include a work for the USC Thornton Symphony, a collaboration with yMusic and the Kaufman School of Dance, and an orchestral commission by the Grand Rapids Symphony. His music has been performed at Carnegie Hall, Symphony Space, the Manhattan School of Music, Mannes College, and University of California Berkeley. Danny has taught a variety of subjects including Classic Rock of the 1960s, classical music theory and composition, piano, and violin. He participated in the American Composers Orchestra EarShot program and is a recipient of the Carl Kanter Prize in Orchestral Composition, Presser Foundation Scholarship, Jean Schneider Goberman Award, and Winner of the CIRCE (Composer-in-Residence Chamber Ensemble) competition. Danny earned his Bachelor of Music at Mannes College, his Master’s of Music at Manhattan School of Music, and is currently pursuing his Doctorate of Musical Arts at the University of Southern California.

Dreaming Phoenix (2022) featuring Del Sol String Quartet

Michael J. Fleming