Dan Siegler is a Composer & Sound Artist from NYC.

His work combines electronic and organic elements, incorporating references to jazz, blues and folk. These sound-first compositions are strongly influenced by musique concrète, employing a mixture of analog synthesizers, orchestration for concert instruments, glitch sound material and field recordings. His music has been described as "luxuriously mercurial" by Artforum and “frequently haunting” by The New Yorker.

Siegler studied with trumpeter/composer Bill Dixon and drummer Milford Graves. He came of musical age immersed in the boundary-pushing New York scene, absorbing the abrasive hip-hop of Public Enemy and the sound experiments of the No Wave movement.

Siegler received a Bessie Award for his work with Pam Tanowitz. Their collaborations have been performed at The Joyce Theater, Danspace Project, Central Park Summerstage, Lincoln Center Out of Doors, and many other venues from Brooklyn to Buenos Aires. In 2015, they were awarded an EtM Choreographer + Composer residency administered by Exploring the Metropolis. Siegler has composed music for String Noise, Crossman Dans(c)e and Yanira Castro. 

Siegler is a 2020-21 Artist-in-Residence at CAP/UCLA. Other awards and residencies include a 2020 (WPA) Virtual Commission from Works & Process at The Guggenheim Museum, a 2019 Composer’s Fellowship to Art Omi, The Abe Olman Scholarship from The National Academy of Popular Music and a Composer’s Residency at Wildacres. Siegler is a Part-time Lecturer at Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University.

At his studio in Chelsea, Siegler has worked with HBO, Showtime, David LaChapelle, Topic Magazine and a wide range of singer/songwriters.

To discuss a project, email dansiegler1@gmail.com