The Seattle Wind Symphony performed my composition "The River of Doubt" in a wonderful concert that included works by Percy Grainger and Leonard Bernstein. Special guest artists included Steve Mostovoy (trumpet) and Jovino Santos Neto (piano). The concert was conducted by Maestro Larry Gookin. I'm looking forward to writing new music for them for a performance in 2016.

April 2015
I'm looking forward to two composer-in-residence gigs this spring. In May I will be in residence at the Visby International Centre for Composers on the island of Gotland in Sweden. Then I will spend the month of June in Chelva, a small midieval village in Eastern Spain. After the residencies I will travel to Lisbon for the International Association of Schools of Jazz annual meeting, returning to Seattle in early July with new music to rehearse and perform!

In March 2015 I toured Brazil. The tour  included rehearsals and a concert of my compositions in Rio de Janeiro with the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Jazz Band under the direction of Jose Rua. In addition I visited UNICAMP in Campinas where I rehearsed with the big band, offered a workshop and presented a concert. See tour photos here: Brazil 2015

When: October 26, 2014 : 8pm
Where: the Plestcheeff Auditorium at Seattle Art Museum

 

Daniel Barry’s Celestial Rhythm Orchestra will debut as part of the 2014  Earshot Jazz Festival. CRO combines colorful orchestral writing with the free-blowing spirit of jazz, all grounded in rhythmic structures from Africa, Cuba, Brazil, Peru, Romania and beyond. The 20-piece orchestra is Daniel Barry (composer/conductor); Steve Treseler, Gordon Brown, Mark Taylor, Paul Gillespie, James DeJoie (saxophones); Steve Mostovoy, Mike Mines, Al Keith, Thomas Marriott (trumpets); Scott Brown, Naomi Siegel, Nathan Vetter, Dave Bentley (trombones); Dennis Rea (guitar); Jovino Santos Neto (piano); Chris Symer (bass); Greg Campbell (drums); Ben Thomas and Chris Monroe (percussion).

 

"During the last 5 years I've been honored to conduct performances of my jazz orchestra compositions in Iceland, Norway, Peru,Brazil and Denver. I am really  looking forward to sharing this work so much closer to home, and with such an elite roster of musicians! We will present the world premeire performance of my composition the "Lovely Silver Goddess" alongside pieces written over the last two decades. A nice mix of old, recent and brand spanking new."

Daniel Barry

 

Thanks to the Fulbright Foundation, 4Culture, Artist Trust and Earshot Jazz.