Chanda Dancy
Chanda Dancy | |
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Dancy in 2014 | |
| Background information | |
| Also known as | Chanda Y. Dancy |
| Born | Chanda Yvette Dancy November 14, 1978 |
| Origin | Cleveland, Ohio, United States |
| Genres | Classical, rock, film |
| Occupations | film, television and classical concert composer |
| Years active | 2002–present |
| Labels | CYD Music (2005–present) |
| Website | http://www.chandadancy.com |
Chanda Dancy (born Chanda Yvette Dancy; November 14, 1978) is an American film and television composer, and classical concert composer.
In 2022, Dancy's score for the Sony Pictures film Devotion was shortlisted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for Best Original Score for the 95th Academy Awards.
In 2024, Dancy's score for the Paramount+ miniseries Lawmen: Bass Reeves was nominated for Outstanding Original Title Sequence for a Television Production for the 2024 Society of Composers and Lyricists Awards.
Arts Boston named Dancy one of "10 Contemporary Black Composers You Should Know" in 2018, and Dancy has "quickly [been] gaining recognition as a foremost black American contemporary composer" (Anthony Parnther, Conductor, San Bernardino Symphony).