Sarah Sharp - Vocals
Mitch Watkins - guitar
Pat Harris - Bass
Masumi Jones - Drums
Oliver Steck - Organ

Sway EP

1. Done (feat. Stephanie Lambring)
2. The Island (feat. Mary Bragg)
3. All We Need (feat. Jaimee Harris)
4. Give A Damn 
5. I Couldn't See
6. Superstitious
7. What We Daydream Now (feat. David Ramirez)
8. In My Dreams
9. Don't Give Up On Me
10. See You Again

Produced by Mary Bragg, at the studio of Jon Estes in June 2021.

All songs written or co-written and performed by Natalie Price. 

Other writers: Zach Berkman (Track 7), Matt Odmark (Track 6).

Other featured musicians and performers: Jon Estes, Liz Estes, Josh Kaler, Megan Coleman, Ryan Madora, Mary Bragg, Jaimee Harris, Stephanie Lambring, David Ramirez, Lang Freeman.

Natalie Price

Give A Damn

04 - Give A Damn

Deception was composed in 2012.  It was awarded first place in the 2013 Susanville Symphony Composition Competition, American Composer Category.  The Symphony premiered the work at their Modern Composer concerts on April 19, and 21, 2013 with the composer conducting.

This recording is from a live performance by the UC Davis Symphony Orchestra at the Music and Words festival on January 31,2015.

Some of the thematic material in Deception began as underscore for a film.  The opportunity to expand on these ideas sparked the inspiration to create the piece.  Deception is a musical interpretation of the emotional progression felt when deceived: confusion, shock, anger, and disbelief.  The composition begins with a motif of intense slow glissandi, exploiting the microtones between the notes. Tone clusters shifting in dynamics, register, and timbre provide the harmonic background.  Immediately following is an expressive theme stated by the Cellos. These melodic fragments become the foundation of the work.  As the themes are developed, new motifs are presented in a series of dynamic and rhythmic peaks and valleys.  The ultimate climax is reached with a culmination of the main thematic ideas heard simultaneously in a rhythmic frenzy.  In the conclusion, the oboe now performs the expressive theme, while the intense glissandi become a whisper when stated by the violins as harmonics.


Deception

RECONNECTING is a programmatic composition that tells the story of participants in a unique rehabilitation program for juvenile and adult offenders with mental illness or substance abuse issues. The Treatment Court of the Delaware County Juvenile Court, Delaware County Municipal Mental Health Docket, and Maryhaven Treatment Center are designed to help participants gain control over their illness or addiction, to take responsibility for both their offense and their personal development, and to reconnect as healthier individuals to their families and community. The Central Ohio Symphony's Reconnecting program developed the groundbreaking therapeutic drum circles for all three of these programs. I traveled several times to Delaware to conduct research for the composition. I attended juvenile and adult court hearings and met with the program’s support team comprised of the Magistrate, Probation Officer, Therapist, and Treatment Services Department Head. This allowed me to gain valuable knowledge of the program and see firsthand the efforts taking place to help rehabilitate the offenders. I also attended a drum circle session and was able to speak directly with the participants about their experiences in the program, as well as witness the type of drumming techniques they were learning. From these discussions and observations I created the structure for RECONNECTING, which is built on the progression of the participants though the court program: their initial Offense, three rehabilitation phases, Graduation, and the Future.

The three rehabilitation phases possess common symbolic elements that create cohesion within the piece. The “Call and Response” sections represent the progress of the participants through the program and their relationship with the court and wider community. In phase one there is a “Call” from the orchestra but no response from the drummers. In phase two the orchestra’s “Call” is met with a mutual “Response.” In phase three the “Call” is initiated by the drummers and the “Response” is from the orchestra. The support team theme likewise becomes more positive and nurturing with every iteration. A gavel strike, in the percussion section, represents the frequency of the court hearings in each stage of the program, and is heard less regularly as the participants are granted more independence. Each phase also contains a “Story” which is directly inspired from my observations while conducting research for the composition. In addition to “Call and Response," other drumming techniques common to drum circle sessions that appear in the score include “Heartbeat,” “Shaker Pass,” and “Speaking” of names. The “Heartbeat” goes through several emotional transformations throughout the piece ranging from terrified to proud. The “Shaker Pass” is used in the Promotion sections to symbolize the passage of time. During the Graduation portion of the piece, the drummers announce themselves individually by improvising a musical interpretation of “Speaking” their names with the drums. This gives them an opportunity to express how they would like to be perceived on graduation day.

This recording is from the world premiere performance.  The orchestra was performed by the Central Ohio Symphony.  The drum circle was comprised of participants and staff of the court rehabilitation program from which the composition was inspired.  The drummers did not read music, but were able to learn the drumming patterns through word phrases that matched the written rhythms in the piece.  Flash cards were used to inform the drummers which techniques and rhythmic patterns would occur next.

RECONNECTING

Recorded by Fat Fuse Music (Grant Johnson + Chris Cox)

pedal steel: Simon Page

nashville moon

Franz Schubert - Impromptu in G flat major op.90 No.3
Sofja Gülbadamova (piano)

Franz Schubert - Impromptu Ges-Dur op.90 Nr.3

You Don't Dare

Marnie has a unique perspective and gives an impassioned delivery of her experience, strength, and hope. This is a must-hear, for sure.

Story Marnie  20180302

Little Green Bag

Written by Sarah Sharp, Slim Richey, & Kristopher Lee Wade

Sarah Sharp - Vocals
Mitch Watkins - guitar
Pat Harris - Bass
Masumi Jones - Drums
Oliver Steck - Organ

Let's Make Up

Written by Sarah Sharp and Hannah Johnson, with help from Sophia Johnson and Buffalo Speedway. 

Sarah Sharp - Vocals
Mitch Watkins - guitar
Pat Harris - Bass
Masumi Jones - Drums
Oliver Steck - Organ

Your Girlfriend Hates Me

Everytime We Say Goodbye

Oh, What a Beautiful Morning

Always On My Mind

Our friend RR recorded on 1 track off the board last week. You can hear us there every Tuesday, 6-8pm.  We didn't have our dear drummer this night. 

Mitch Watkins - guitar
Pat Harris - Bass
Sarah Sharp - Vocals

For No One

By Kaliyo - Andrea Perry & Sarah Sharp
Vocals: Sarah Sharp, all other vocals and instruments, production, mixing: Andrea Perry

Come On (Surely We Can Work it Out) - Kaliyo

Sarah Sharp is a multiple Austin Music Award winning songwriter and Jazz singer. As a former member of Jitterbug Vipers, the DIY release of her album of Viper inspired originals “Phoebe’s Dream” earned her top 5 placements in the 2014 Austin music awards for Best Female Vocalist, Producer, Songwriter, Album of the Year, Song of the Year, Band of the Year, Best Jazz Band and was Featured on NPR’s Song Travels with Michael Feinstein. Feinstein suggested that her original songs were destined to become part of the Great American Songbook.

Sarah’s songs have been featured worldwide in ad campaigns for Chanel, Dell, Kia, ABC’s “Revenge”, E.L.F. cosmetics, among many others and on TV shows such as “The Good Wife”, “Grandfathered” and more.

Sarah recently recorded her 1st solo album in over a decade in Brooklyn and Austin. Expected release in 2018.

Let's Make Up

SarahSharp

Related tracks