This sound bed was used in Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra (Yale School of Drama, CT). It underscored the moment when Enobarbus tells Agrippa and Mecaenas about his stay in Alexandria.
[audio:http://2013.designmeeting.org/wp-content/audio/01_A&C_Golden_Barge.mp3]
This song was written for Shakespeare’s King Richard II (Yale School of Drama, CT). It was performed by Henry Bolingbroke after his father’s (John of Gaunt) death.
[audio:http://2013.designmeeting.org/wp-content/audio/02_Bolingbrokes_Song.mp3]
This was the theme music composed for Fracturing by Deanna Neil (Sweeter Theater, NYC). It is an adaption of Enemy of the People by Henrik Ibsen.
[audio:http://2013.designmeeting.org/wp-content/audio/03_Fracturing.mp3]
Palmer Hefferan is a sound artist that believes in the importance of silence as a canvas – composing small sonic gestures to build intensity and emotion. She found her way into Sound Design while majoring in Film & Television at Savannah College of Art & Design. Soon, she switched her major and found her niche designing original soundscapes for radio, animation and film. At Yale, she expanded her work to include sound design & composition for theater, sound art installations & theatrical concert pieces that merge original music with theater design. Her most recent production is Forming the Year’s First Sky, a multimedia percussion concert.
Yale credits include: American Night, The Piano Lesson*, and We Have Always Lived in the Castle* (Yale Repertory Theatre); Cymbeline, Antony and Cleopatra, A Midsummer Night’s Dream*, The Bachelors*, Cloud 9, and King Richard II (Yale School of Drama); and 14 productions at the Yale Cabaret.