Tag: music
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a story about getting it right
The dreaded book dance cue. 5 years. 5 long years. It’s not often that we get the chance as designers to re-work our creations over a long period of time. We are usually constrained by timelines, the influence of the visioneer, etc… I was fortunate to have that rare opportunity to work on a show…
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Dances for a Small Stage
Dances for A Small Stage has been an ongoing collaborator/2004-2016. Dance for a small venue has appeal particularly when it meets the essences of Weimar Cabaret. Small Stage shows have often acted as an incubator for artists to experiment and create work, often technologically challenging in front of a live audience in a more casual…
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Live Music and Songs
The productions below highlight some of my ongoing exploration of integrating live and pre-recorded songs into the design using text from the script and coaching actors to deliver. Many productions I’ve been involved in have demanded some kind of live element and/or live, mixed with recorded. This has been a worthwhile challenge and one of balance,…
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Bard on the Beach
My ongoing work with Bard on the Beach in Vancouver over the years has challenged me to compose music and design sound for a tent. Subwoofers beneath audience members, speakers pointed in all manner of places, inside and outside the tent…actors performing instruments, rhythmic voice and choral work using the text as inspiration. All have…
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Virtual Stage
The Virtual Stage is an interdisciplinary theatre company pushing the boundaries of what is and what is not reality. Click here for a short film co-produced by the Virtual Stage for the Vancouver Short Film Festival. The stills below are from our first collaboration. Future collaborations include a combination of live theatre with VR exploring…
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Dancers Dancing
Dancers Dancing/Various selections/2005-2015. I’ve created many compositions working with choreographer and educator Judith Garay. A trailer for Fine Line: Twisted Angels can be seen here. Hypersonic speakers directing music to specific locations in the space, infrared triggering of projection and lighting. Playful, dynamic, and evocative, the track below is one of several to accompany dancers…
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Studies in Motion
Studies in Motion/Electric Company Theatre/2006-2010. Five separate productions based on the life of Edweard Muybridge. 120 Cues. Over 75 originally composed works. Video highlights here. Compositional highlights available here on iTunes:
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Rapid Prototyping & the Performing Arts
Facilitating a rapid prototyping process at the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts with Small Stage this past week has been a rewarding and challenging experience. The varied talents of dancers, choreographers, musicians, composers, songwriters, actors, triple threats, and teachers brought the lab to life in unexpected and brilliant extemporaneous works. The wondrous Cori Caulfied &…