As an active composer/musician, I create original scores for the the live events that I work on, write original music for release, and compose for static medias such as films or podcasts. Obsessed with the composition process, I spend much of my time researching music theory, studying electronic music production, collecting field recordings, and creating extended techniques. I am a multi-instrumentalist playing the piano, clarinet, and jazz guitar. Often I record myself playing these instruments and mix this material into scores I create. When creating a sonic landscape for a production I usually start with the instrumentation and style of music, and from there I can interpolate the rest of the world.
Traditional Theater Composition:
As a composer for theater I have to be genre flexible. Below are three shows done in completely different styles written by exploring three unique creative processes.
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Non-Traditional Event Composition:
These are two non-theater events I composed for. Slow No Wake was composed by collecting field recordings from Lake Erie and then looping/editing them live each night. Akron Haunted School House & Laboratory is a 7 floor immersive "scare experience." Throughout the various floors and rooms there were two hours of customized material playing on loops in each room.
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Additional Composition Samples:
These are more samples of my music ranging from full blown orchestral scores to quiet songs about moving to California. They were either singles, example cues for directors, or a musical gesture in play that was not fully scored.
Orchestral Composition:
Electronic Composition:
Folk Composition:
Basement:
In early 2018 I wrote the music for the short film Basement directed by Rachel Ramras. It was upbeat electronic music composed in Protools. Here is the link to the IMDb page:
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