Sitcom

Sound Designer and Composer

• The first highlight for this show would be the piano underscore for the split monologue scenes. This three part story served as the show’s only through line, so each piano piece maintained a congruent style while  also exploring different moods and tonalities as the storylines progressed. Note that the examples are long because they needed to be looped in some places to cover the full length of the monologues.

Monologue 01 (The beginning)

 

Monologue 02 (Starting to falter)

 

Monologue 03 (Falling apart)

 

• The second highlight was arranging the channel-surfing-inspired interludes presented a unique sound design challenge to a variety of my skill sets. I was forced to think out of the box to create a natural variety of “programs” and channels one might flip through when searching for something to watch. This provided us a narratively eloquent way to cover scene changes that felt right in context.

Interlude 1 (Note that this was used at the very top of the show as a way to hook the audience into our televised world.)

 

[HEADPHONE WARNING for Int. 2 through 4] Interlude 2

 

Interlude 3

 

Interlude 4 (Note that unlike the other transitions, the end of this trails off into the scene that follows it.)

 

• Next, here are three pieces I created to act as scoring for the two scenes in the show that involved choreography. Seeing my music set to movement was one of the honors I was able to experience for the first time with this show!

Movement 01

 

Movement 02 Part I

 

Movement 02 Part II

 

• Finally, I’d like to point out some of the sitcom intros I was asked to make that took inspiration from songs we wanted to use in order to avoid copyright claims. Adapting to challenges like this is something I am practiced at, and I firmly believe in abiding by copyright laws wherever I am contracted.

Intro 01

 

Intro 02

Show: Sitcom
Company: “The After School Club”
Lighting Designer and Director: Annaleesa Telford
Premiered at the Omaha Fringe Festival, 2021

For this original devised theatre piece, I worked with a director and talented team of local actors to create unique sound elements to support the segmented storylines that we envisioned. It debuted at the Omaha Fringe Festival to one of the largest houses at the festival (as I was told). I designed several transition sequences inspired by channel surfing and also composed underscore for both monologues and dance / movement pieces. I enjoyed the challenge and am very proud of the work I have to show for it!