The Barlow Endowment for Music has commissioned American composer Daniel Asia to write a substantive work for The Czech Nonet. The Czech Nonet, founded 1924 and the longest continuously performing chamber ensemble in the world, has had over 300 works written for it by composers such as Prokofiev, Lutoslawski, Martinu and others.

The work from Daniel Asia will mark only the third work from an American composer written for the Nonet. Mr. Asia's work will have been preceded by American works of Pulitzer prize winner Robert Ward and Peter Sacco (Mannes College of Music, NYC).

The Czech Nonet returns to North America in October 2009 in celebration of its 85th Anniversary. Sole agent for the Czech Nonet in North America is Stanton Management which brought about its return to touring here in 2002 following a 25 year absence. Since 2002, the Czech Nonet has visited over 70 venues in North America.

As of August 25,2005 the Daniel Asia Music Archive has been sold to Yale University, and will be housed in their Music Library. Current and future professional materials, including manuscripts, sketches, recordings, books, correspondence, etc. will thus be housed in the same institution as the archives of Charles Ives, Virgil Thomson, Kurt Weill and Lotte Lenya, and numerous other luminaries of the compositional and musical world.

An album of solo works by Daniel Asia was released by Summit Records May 2004. Works and soloists include:

Daniel Asia was named one of two distinguished alumni of the Yale School of Music for the year 2005. The award was made by Dean Blocker at the year end convocation dinner on May 8, 2005 in New Haven Ct.