sound design

with skills and training in music theory, QLab programming, and digital composition, Calvin is also a freelance sound designer. For some work samples, see below:

Henry VI pt. 1 by William Shakespeare

direction & sound design by Calvin

Shakespeare’s first war epic presented on Zoom as an old-school Nintendo RPG. Original chip-tune style compositions by Calvin were set to fight sequences designed by artist NeonCloudTime. The full production is viewable here!

Moonlight Becomes You by Jaymie Bellous

directed by Lindsay Alterman, sound design by Calvin

A couple visits an Airbnb and discovers that it’s haunted by a drag queen’s ghost. A thunderstorm and a faulty record player conjure the poltergeist. Below are various sketches of the thunder and record player interacting to create a haunted ambiance, all created in collaboration with the director.

Perish in the Flood by Mo Holmes

direction and sound design by Calvin

In the 1920s in Harlem, a gathering of Black artists and intellectuals is derailed by a reading of their White friend’s new novel, entitled N***er Heaven (his version, uncensored). As the ensemble comes face-to-face with their own biases and fears, the theatrical reality blurs and the fourth wall dissolves. In “Part V,” you can skip through a 16-minute underscoring where the music takes us out of the historical fiction of the 1920s.

The play also had a live song written into the script, and Calvin composed a simple piano part for an actor to play as accompaniment. The rehearsal track is below.