Composer/Conductor/Educator

Daniel Barry

9604 California Ave SW

Seattle, WA98136

USA

Education

Ph.D., Composition/1984, M.A., Composition/1982, B.A., Music/1980, University of California, Santa Barbara

Education Abroad Student/ 1975-76, University of Lund, Sweden

Honors / Awards

Certificate of Appreciation for Outstanding Service to Jazz Education: The International Association of Jazz Education, 2007 and 2006

Fampop Festival, Sao Paulo, Brazil, Best Instrumental Composition for 2 Emispheres, by Paulo Flores and Daniel Barry, 2002

Imperials Music & Youth Organization: Outstanding Faculty Award, 1995

Earshot Jazz Golden Ear Award: Best Concert, 1994 for A Tribute to Jim Pepper

First Prize – Music Teacher’s Association of California Composition Contest, Soundscapes For Orchestra, 1987

Jazz Orchestra Commissions

Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra: Spirit World, 2009

MountSi High School Jazz Orchestra: View From The Top, 2003

ShorewoodHigh School Jazz Ensemble: Cry Out Loud, 2003

ColvilleHigh School Jazz Ensemble: May Day, 2003

BellevueHigh School Jazz Ensemble: Milky Way Mambo, 2000

Musicworks Northwest: Dreamcatcher, 1998

Seattle Arts Commission: Of Ancestors, Children & Spirits, 1994

Professional Music Director/Conductor

Music Director: Seattle Women’s Jazz Orchestra, 2002 – present

Conductor/Performer: Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra, 2004 - present

Guest Conductor: Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra, Denver, CO., 2010

Guest Conductor/Performer: TheAmazonas Band, Manaus, Brazil, 2007, 2005 and 2002

Guest Conductor/Performer: Conservatorio Dramatico e Musical “Dr. Carlos De Campos” De Tatui, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2000 and 1999

Conductor/Performer: The Jazz Police, 1988 - 2007

Teaching Experience

Experience Music Project, Seattle, Washington

Director, Young Jazz Composers Program, 2002-2003

Master Artist, Artist Apprenticeship Program, 2000-2002

Musicworks Northwest, Bellevue, Washington

Director, Advanced Jazz Combo, 1997-2002

Seattle Center Academy/Earshot Jazz

Instructor, Hands On Jazz, 1992-1998

WashingtonState Arts Commission, Arts in Education

Artist in Residence, 1989-1996

University of Washington Experimental College

Instructor, Jazz Improvisation workshop, 1995-1997

Santa BarbaraCityCollege

Instructor, Jazz Combo Workshop/Improvisation, 1986-1988

University of California, Santa Barbara

College of Creative Studies, Lecturer in Music: Afro-Cuban Music / Understanding Latin Rhythms, 1983-85

Ongoing Adjudicator/Clinician forPacific Northwest regional jazz festivals

Developmental / Administrative

Music Northwest, Seattle, WA

Board Member, 2002 – present

Marina Music Service, L.L.C., Seattle, WA

Owner, 1992 – present

Daniel Barry Publications, Seattle, WA

Founder/Owner, 1991 – present

Major Compositions

Orchestra

Soundscapes for Orchestra (1984)

Jazz Orchestra

Saint Cecilia’s Day (2010), The Happy Cemetery (2010), Hello Buddha (2010), Spirit World (2009), The Mighty Urubamba (2006), Encontro das Aguas: Meeting of the Waters (2004), Cry Out Loud (2003), May Day (2002), 2 Emispheres (2002), Milky Way Mambo (2000), In The Beginning (1999), Black Bean Boss (1998), Dreamcatcher (1998), The Hiding Place (1996), Ancestors (1996), Of Ancestors, Children and Spirits (1994), Phantom Suite (1993), East Palm Drive (1989), Baby Weezer (1982),

Electronic

Nandini, Nandini, You Must Not Speak (1989)

One Such Shadow, My Metal Soul (1988)

Chamber Music

Mermaid Suite (2009), Somewhere Far Away (2004), Prayer (2004), Nandini (1996), Walk All Ways (2006), Junebug (2004)

Piano

Overture to O’Keeffe (1987)

Sketches in Black and White: Three Movements for Piano Solo (1982)

Invention, Canon and Fugue (1980)

Vocal

Bloodgutter Gossip, Four voices and percussion, 2009

Music Theatre

Hibiscus (1990) Co-composer

Film

Passage (1993), a dance film produced and choreographed by Tonia Shimin

Major Recordings

Daniel Barry: Music of the Spheres, Origin Classical, 2009

Daniel Barry: Walk All Ways, OA2 Records, 2007

The Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra: In Progress, Pony boy Records, 2006

The Jazz Police: The Music of Daniel Barry, Origin Records, 2002

Daniel Barry: Red Fish Blue Fish, Daniel Barry Publications, 1997

Daniel Barry:Phantom Suite: The Music of Daniel Barry Performed by the Jazz Police, Daniel Barry Publications, 1996

Print Music Publications

46 Jazz Orchestra (Big Band) pieces published by Daniel Barry Publications

Christmas Morning: A Round in Four Parts, Theodore Presser Co., Bryn Mawr, PA., 1998

Major Performances

Denver, CO

Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra presents the music of Daniel Barry, conducted by Daniel Barry, Denver, CO, 2010

Baimbridge Island, WA

Bloedel Reserve presents Daniel Barry & Walk All Ways, 2009

Yakima, WA

Seasons Performance Hall presents Daniel Barry & Walk All Ways, 2008

Seattle, Washington

Music Northwest Concert series presents Daniel Barry & Walk All Ways, Olympic Recital Hall, Seattle, WA 2007, 2006, 2005

A Tribute To Jim Pepper: the Jazz Police and members of the Duwamish Indian Tribe with narrator Cecile Maxwell, Kane Hall, University of Washington, 1994

Manaus, Brazil

Theatro Amazonas: composer/conductor/performer in residence for the Banda Amazonas: 2007, 2004, 2002

Lima, Peru

Lima Jazz Festival: conductor/performer with the Seattle Women’s Jazz Orchestra, 2003, 2007

New York, New York,

La Mama ETC, Off Off Broadway: Hibiscus 1992

Edmonds, Washington

Cascade Symphony Orchestra: Soundscapes for Orchestra, 1990

Professional Organizations

Jazz Education Network, International Association of Jazz Educators, International Association of Schools of Jazz, Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, Latin Grammy Association, Washington Music Educators Association, American Federation of Musicians – Local 76-493, American Music Center, BMI, College Music Society, International Trumpet Guild, Retail Print Music Dealers Association