Composition

SLEEP WHEN YOU'RE DEAD: A MULTIMEDIA CHAMBER OPERA IN ONE ACT - EXTENDED TRAILER

Sleep When You're Dead: A Multimedia Chamber Opera in One Act
Myles Emmons

composition//combination//re-organization of media-aesthetics and the Kübler-Ross model

Starring Eastman Presser - victim, bass clarinet

Caroline DeVries, Tony Risotto, Sivan Silver-Swartz - spirits, iPod touch

Conducted by Devin Frenze

Jessie Downs, soprano

Candy Chang, flute
Matthew Marchand, trombone
Justin Gunter, vibraphone
Randall Chavez-Camacho, percussion
Peter Kramer, piano, organ
Will Overcash, Yuri Popowycz, violin
Boris Popodiuk, cello
Joseph Schlam, bass

Myles Emmons, electronics, video

Will Roane, camera
Charlie Abbott, lighting
Regina Larre Campuzano, tech-crew
Eli Stine, live audio recording
Robeben Muñoz, poster design

22.5 min
Completed March 2013 for Composition and TIMARA Junior Recital at Oberlin Conservatory
©Myles Emmons 2013
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Visual Music

Another brief test video made w OpenGL and raw footage in MaxMSP/Jitter and Final Cut Express
Ad and Jorp discover a more wondrous planet. Filmed at Santa Monica Beach. Music from Native Eloquence

Composition

Sleep When You're Dead
Multimedia Chamber Opera in One Act

"He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as god as dead; his eyes are closed". 
-Albert Einstein  

composition//combination//re-organization of media-aesthetics and the Kübler-Ross model 

Thank You Performers:

Eastman Presser, Candy Chang, Matthew Marchand, Justin Gunter, Randall, Peter Kramer, Will Overcash, Yuri Popowycz, Boris Popodiuk, Joseph Schlam, Jessie Downs, Caroline DeVries, Tony Risotto, Sivan Silver-Swartz

Thank You Production Team:
Charlie Abbott, Devin Frenze, Regina Larre Campuzano, Robeben Muñoz, Will Roane

Thank You Teachers:
Comp - Eric Wubbles, Daniel Tacke
TIMARA - Tom Lopez, Peter Swendson

My unending gratitude to everyone who has supported me in this and other projects, especially family and friends.