Written by Fiona Spitowski, directed by Julian Dibley-Hall. 

One of those magical moments as a theatre sound designer/composer where the audience sits (in darkness for a large part of it) experiences a scene through sound. A fire grows and roars about us, and when the light comes up we sit together in the aftermath

Overture: The View From Up Here

Written for an act for burlesque star Jazida

Glamoflage

June's voice leaves her and flies into the air. This is the music that underpinned that sound piece. 

June

starring Caroline Lee,
written by Patrick McCarthy, 
directed by Emily Tomlins 
Theatreworks 2023

After spending a year in silence, June invites an audience into her world. At times charming, at others shimmering with rage, she arrives fully formed but alters at will. A gentle and challenging play about moving through the world and finding a voice that fits who you have become.


The sound design was based around two concepts: that the sound was to the ideas and the emotional overtaking of June; and the endless ticking (and tempo changing) of the passage of time. 

"Watching time expand and contract around my moods"

I forgive myself

I would have frozen time around them

A little lightness! June tells us 10 rules to stay silent 

June

starring Caroline Lee,
written by Patrick McCarthy, 
directed by Emily Tomlins 
Theatreworks 2023

After spending a year in silence, June invites an audience into her world. At times charming, at others shimmering with rage, she arrives fully formed but alters at will. A gentle and challenging play about moving through the world and finding a voice that fits who you have become.


The sound design was based around two concepts: that the sound was to the ideas and the emotional overtaking of June; and the endless ticking (and tempo changing) of the passage of time. 

"Watching time expand and contract around my moods"

Ten rules for living without a voice

Earth - full - INFUNDIBULAR

Film music for Oj and Masha (Lost and Found)

So I was bored and gave myself a 20 minute composition challenge. Very simple stuff, using a few vsts and a bunch of inbuilt effects. 

Thing

Played on a busking amp and recorded with a phone. I'm surprised it makes any discernible sound at all. 

I'm On A Boat (Water, Orlando)

Oh look, a wild goose! The Queen exits, Orlando begins to understand. 

Queen/End Draft1

First try at recording with the loop station. Plus edits. 

Unfinished draft

Lol 2020

Created for Unsuckle in Feb 2020 as a response to the awe and awfulness of Mother Earth and the destruction we are seeing in the climate crisis.

Feat guitar by Michael Bird. 

Photo by Greg Lorenzutti

Blurred edges

Blurred edges (2020) - Unsuckle

An approximation of the live event, this was "performed" by the stage manager, who triggered the evolution of the music in response to the movements on stage. 

Created by: Harriet Wallace-Mead, Isabella Vadiveloo, and Josiah Lulham
Music composed & produced by me, feat. guitar by Michael Bird 
https://lamama.com.au/whats-on/summer-autumn-2020/unsuckle/

Photo by Greg Lorenzutti

Dust and air (Ending) - Unsuckle 2020

Every sound in this began on a guitar. 

Created by: Harriet Wallace-Mead, Isabella Vadiveloo, and Josiah Lulham
Music composed & produced by me, feat. guitar by Michael Bird 
https://lamama.com.au/whats-on/summer-autumn-2020/unsuckle/

Photo by Greg Lorenzutti

Echinda (Mother of Monsters) - Unsuckle 2020

The first introduction of the palindromic theme, which appears, as a loop, throughout the show to give voice to the cyclic nature of life. 

Created by: Harriet Wallace-Mead, Isabella Vadiveloo, and Josiah Lulham
Music composed & produced by me
https://lamama.com.au/whats-on/summer-autumn-2020/unsuckle/

Photo by Greg Lorenzutti

Planting seeds (Opening) - Unsuckle 2020

I hummed into a Zoom at my kitchen table, and now there are ghosts.

Directed by Cathy Hunt
Written by Monica Byrne
Produced by Vivian Nguyen and Sophie Muckart.

Intro - What every girl should know

tarsier // sound designer // composer // cellist // theatremaker // interactive designer

Jess Keeffe

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