Daniel Steffey is a composer and percussionist located in Oakland, California. His music reflects his interests in sound, and has nothing to do with other things such as: literature, science, economics, nature, or grant writing. Daniel was awarded the opportunity to be an artist-in-residence at WGXC Wave Farm in Acra, NY where he completed his concert length radio opera Pneuma; and now co-produces a monthly radio hour called The Cutty Strange, which airs pieces rooted in transmission art from people across the world. His album of electronic works, Chloros was released on Edgetone Records in which Foxy Digitalis went on to say, “It is as abrasive as it is meditative, and bold as it is voyeuristic. He has surprisingly found new meanings within noise.” Daniel was also commissioned by the Fifth Wall Gallery in Las Vegas, Nevada to contribute a solo exhibition for their inaugural opening; the resulting sound installation, Sonic Trichromacy, was named one of the top ten art exhibits of 2011 by the Las Vegas Weekly. His music can be found on Edgetone Records, Self-Help Tapes, and Turmeric Magnitudes.

Daniel is also an active member of the William Winant Percussion Group where he has played the US premieres of works by Peter Garland and Christian Wolff respectively, and worked with several other composers and performers such as: The San Francisco Contemporary Music Players, Petr Kotik, Thomas Buckner, the Eclipse String Quartet, Bob Ostertag, David Abel, and Julia Wolfe. Daniel also served as director of the Royal Guard of Oman Drum Corps during the Spring 2015 season. He received his MA in Music Composition from Mills College where he studied composition and music theory with Roscoe Mitchell and David Bernstein, and percussion with William Winant. His BA is in Music Performance from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas where he studied percussion with Tim Jones and Dean Gronemeier.