Stardust Big Band Featuring Daniel Barry at Olympic Theatre Arts Center

Stardust Big Band Presents The Music of Daniel Barry

Stardust Big Band is excited to perform the contemporary jazz music of Daniel Barry. The composer will conduct and perform his original compositions with Stardust Big Band and special guests Rachael Contorer, bass and Angie Tabor, drums.

“Barry’s strength as a composer lies in his ability to develop simple motifs into intricately arranged musical stories.”
~ John Barron / All About Jazz

“Superbly crafted charts . . .fresh, imaginative approach.”
~David Franklin / JazzTimes

“A gorgeously unique listening experience.”...

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Stardust Big Band Presents The Music of Daniel Barry

Stardust Big Band is excited to perform the contemporary jazz music of Daniel Barry. The composer will conduct and perform his original compositions with Stardust Big Band and special guests Rachael Contorer, bass and Angie Tabor, drums.

“Barry’s strength as a composer lies in his ability to develop simple motifs into intricately arranged musical stories.”
~ John Barron / All About Jazz

“Superbly crafted charts . . .fresh, imaginative approach.”
~David Franklin / JazzTimes

“A gorgeously unique listening experience.”
~ Dan McClenaghan /All About Jazz

“…the composer produces “A wide spectrum of colors, creating an aural rainbow of moods””
~ Jovino Santos Neto, pianist and Jack Blowers / All About Jazz

This concert is supported in part by the Washington Arts Commission and The National Endowment for the Arts.

Daniel Barry conducts concerts of his compositions for large jazz orchestra with professional and student ensembles throughout South America, Europe and North America. He is the recipient of an Artist Trust Fellowship, a Fulbright Scholarship, a 4Culture grant, and Composer-in-Residence appointments in Campinas, Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and Visby, Sweden, and Chelva, Spain.

He composes and performs regularly in the Seattle area with the Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra, and his chamber music groups 2 Hemispheres and Walk All Ways, and was the music director for the Seattle Women’s Jazz Orchestra.

Daniel holds a Ph.D. in Music Composition from the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Stardust Big Band is the North Olympic Peninsula’s premier big band jazz orchestra made up of many top jazz musicians in the region. The 17-piece band presents vibrant renditions of the finest in big band jazz. Repertoire spans the era of American popular music from 1935 to the present. A typical performance includes many beloved classics from swing era luminaries such as Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Glenn Miller, and many more. 

Based in Sequim, WA, the band prides itself on creating a quality musical product for people of all ages and backgrounds to enjoy. Stardust is fiscally sponsored by Shunpike.

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