Name: The Bear by Christian Dancy
Duration: 3 min 3 s
Description: This is a fun piece that I wrote and played guitar and bass on because I wanted to write a funk tune.

Live recording of my long form indie-rock-chamber piece "Do You Know Me" 

Performed Live at Vermont College of Fine Arts 
August 5th, 2016

Featuring:

Scott Barkan - Guitar, Vocals
Ken Thomson - Clarinet
Russ Johnson - Trumpet
Red Wierenga - Accordion
Gregg August - Bass
David Cossin - Drums

Composed by Scott Barkan

Engineered by Colin McCaffrey
Mixed by Scott Barkan

Do You Know Me

This was written for my first semester at Vermont College of fine arts. It is a jazz samba for jazz sextet, including myself on guitar.

live at VCFA

Enquanto Sonhando

This was a piece I wrote my second semester at Vermont College of Fine Arts. The piece was composed using one theme/melody with different variations and drawing upon many of my stylistic influences. The hope was to try and effortlessly transition for different harmonic, and rhythmic backgrounds while keeping the unifying theme evident.

Traces

This is a fun piece that I wrote and played guitar and bass on because I wanted to write a funk tune.

2016

The Bear

This piece is an attempt to combine instruments that have rarely been combined, if at all, especially in chamber music. Much of the melodic and harmonic content is based on Blues scales, as well as chords, grooves, and inflections common to that style, while also drawing heavily on contrapuntal textures, as well as improvisation.

Die Bedrohung with Transient Canvas

This piece was written for my masters thesis. It features Ken Thomson on Soprano Sax, Peter Hess on Alto Sax, Ed Rosenberg III on Tenor Sax, and Jay Ratman on Bari Sax. It's the second of three movements. This piece was written for my wife Chelsea.

FOR YOU

This piece was written for my masters thesis. It features Ken Thomson on Soprano Sax, Peter Hess on Alto Sax, Ed Rosenberg III on Tenor Sax, and Jay Ratman on Bari Sax. It's the first of three movements.

OOW OOH OQUAY

This piece was written for my masters thesis. It features Ken Thomson on Soprano Sax, Peter Hess on Alto Sax, Ed Rosenberg III on Tenor Sax, and Jay Ratman on Bari Sax. It's the third of three movements.

THE BANGER

I'm thrilled to say this officially won the Sammy Nestico Award, selected by Sammy and the Airmen of Note! The track is performed by the Toshi Clinch Big Band, and features:
John Sturino (vibes)
Connor Eisenmenger (trombone)
Jack Roben (guitar)
Brendon Moore (tenor sax)
Luke Berger (drums)
and the entire band playing the chart really, really well!

The Bear

Christian Dancy

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