dear white america
by Danez Smith

Featuring Nicholia Q. Aguirre and Noah Michal
Sound Design by Bradford Chapin, Rebecca Kessin, and Aaron Harris Woodstein

This collaborative piece was designed for the 2020 TSDCA Creative Challenge.  Three designers were teamed up and presented with a poetry prompt.  Smith's powerful text, as well as a failed scan of the text itself provided the impetus to explore and develop an excerpt as a sculptural form of sonic poetry.  I was especially interested in "carving out" negative and positive space with extreme panning and spatialization.

BLACK LIVES MATTER

dear white america by Danez Smith

CCM Radio Theatre 2022's production of "Unfortunate Mechanism"

Originally Aired on NPR's WVXU Cincinnati

Writer: Toni Judnitch
Director: Dustin Parsons
Audio Producer: Aaron Harris Woodstein
Kate: Nora Kovasckitz
David: Ben Sherman
Ghost 1: Kat Kinman
Ghost 2: Maria Leigh
Ghost 3: Sydni Solomon
Dr. Carl: Nathan Flesh
David's girlfriend: Debra Najor
Man: Nick Casey

Unfortunate Mechanism (Clean Version)

Foot Juggler and Clown Artists-in-Residence at the Madison Circus Space

I made a new opening theme for my musical "The Fires of Nero"

"The Fires of Nero Theme" in Ab

Music Venues

From Ashland Avenue at the Goodman Theatre, Chicago, IL - Sept 15 - Oct 12

Petes TV And Video Jingle Commercial

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. spoke at Illinois Wesleyan University's Fred Young Fieldhouse on Feb. 10, 1966(audio courtesy of WJBC Radio)

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.  at Illinois Wesleyan University - 1966

See more of my work through: https://linktr.ee/ahwdesign

"The Fires of Nero Theme" in Ab

Aaron Woodstein