Since 2008, Daniel Sperry has been offering his unique gifts to the Ashland, Oregon community and to gatherings of people in living rooms around the United States. He is a composer of music that has been used for movie scores, and of “musical portraits” - compositions commissioned for individual people as gifts or to celebrate occasions.

Many of these compositions he plays during his seasons of performance in Ashland’s award-winning Lithia Park. He’s been playing in the warm months in the park for years; 2020 will be his 9th season playing most days of the week with the Ashland Creek behind him and a little meadow as his amphitheater.

In addition, Daniel has been called on to provide music for weddings, memorial services, art openings, and community dinners.

Daniel's mission is to bring beauty, elegance, grace and solace through music, to as many in his surrounding community as he can!

In the course of his work, he has to support, sustain and maintain recording equipment, several instruments, including his cello, with ongoing requirements for mic replacement, new strings, bow re-hairing, performance attire, and all the myriad technical needs that go into his artistry. You can support his work by purchasing CDs, commissioning a musical portrait, or hiring him for an event, or, if you are able to, making a one time, or ongoing donation towards his operating expenses and new projects. 

Since 2009, Daniel has been composing pieces for individuals, sometimes to honor an occasion or passage in the person’s life, sometimes as a gift for a loved ones. All of the compositions on “When Your Life Becomes Music”, “ Brothers and Sisters of the Soul” and “Love’s Hidden Demands”, as well as most of the compositions on “The Irrational Quest For Beauty” are musical portraits. The commission for a musical portrait is currently $2000. Daniel has interviewed as many as ten family members to get familiar with the person that is the subject of the portrait. He has also composed musical portraits in honor of a marriage, to celebrate a piece of land, to honor wildlife and endangered species, and as posthumous evocations of gratitude for a dear one passed on. Contact Daniel if you have questions, and visit the “Daniel Sperry” Youtube channel or https://danielaustinsperry.bandcamp.com/ to hear examples of these pieces.

During the warm season in Ashland, Daniel performs regularly in Lithia Park. You’ll find him in a spot beyond the duck pond as you enter the Park from the Plaza. As you get beyond the duck pond, there is a stone wall and some benches, a little meadow to your left, and the Creek to your right. Daniel generally arrives at around 9:30 or 10 am at that spot, and sets up facing those benches. Usually he will be there for a two to four hours. His days to play are almost always Tuesday through Sunday, weather permitting. You can find his schedule on the calendar. 

To date, Daniel has provided music for two feature films:

Life, Adjusted, directed by Sean Nipper. Watch the trailer here.

Toward The Source, directed by Norton Smith.