Chanda Dancy Explained

Chanda Dancy
Birth Name:Chanda Yvette Dancy
Alias:Chanda Y. Dancy
Birth Date:14 November 1978
Origin:Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Genre:Classical, rock, film
Occupation:Composer, violinist, keyboardist, singer
Years Active:2002–present
Label:CYD Music
(2005–present)
Website:http://www.cydmusic.com

Chanda Dancy (born Chanda Yvette Dancy; November 14, 1978) is an American film composer, violinist, keyboardist and singer.[1]

The founder and president of CYD Music, Dancy is an artist and composer for film and other multimedia.[2] She is also a member of the rock band Modern Time Machines.[3] She was a Fellow of the 2009 Sundance Film Composers Lab,[4] a winner of the 2002 BMI Pete Carpenter Fellowship for Aspiring Film Composers[5] and the 2004 APM/YMF Music Business Award[6] where she was honored alongside film composer John Williams. Dancy has scored several films, including the official Sundance Film Festival selection MVP,[7] the documentary What Are We Waiting For?, and the film Chandler Hall.[8] Music by Chanda has been heard all over the world in such festivals as Cannes Film Festival, Jackson Hole Film Festival, Sapporo Short Film Festival, Slamdance, Sundance and Pangea Day 2008. Dancy has composed music for the role playing games Arabian Lords and Tariq's Treasures by BreakAway Games, as well as the sound implementation for the PC role playing game Neverwinter Nights 2 by Obsidian Entertainment and Atari.[9]

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  1. Web site: 2022-11-15 . How 'Devotion' Music Composer Chanda Dancy Used the Score to Emulate the Thrill of Flying . 2023-08-17 . Awardsdaily . en-US.
  2. Web site: McNary . Dave . 2014-08-11 . SAG Foundation Taps Time Inc. Veteran Cyd Wilson as Exec Director . 2023-08-17 . Variety . en-US.
  3. Web site: Ears Wide Open: Modern Time Machines. May 6, 2010 .
  4. Web site: Sundance Institute Announces Six Fellows for the 2009 Sundance Institute Composers Lab. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20091208155049/http://festival.sundance.org/2010/press_industry/releases/sundance_institute_announces_six_fellows_for_the_2009_sundance_institute_co/. December 8, 2009.
  5. Web site: BMI News – Chanda Dancy. February 20, 2003 .
  6. Web site: John Williams Honored by YMF. August 8, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20110629141817/http://mixonline.com/news/headline/williams-ymf-apm-1102041/. June 29, 2011. dead.
  7. Web site: MVP The Film. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110207121457/http://mvpthefilm.com/. February 7, 2011.
  8. Web site: Rotten Tomatoes Chanda Dancy . .
  9. Web site: 2006-10-31 . Chanda Dancy . 2024-06-19 . www.metacritic.com . en.