MUSIC
One Death in Seven Doorways is currently in the composing and workshopping phase. The team of collaborative composers, lead by Licity Collins, are working to create a score for the libretto. Suzy and each Sam has a unique composer, illuminating the emotional range within this single character. Each composer’s unique style is unified by Licity's vision and leitmotifs. This intensifies the message of shared humanity— that inside one of us, is all of us.
Due to the intricate connection between spoken text and music, which requires slightly different pacing and scripting than traditional vocal-instrument sheet music, our process requires composers, musicians, and vocalists/actors to work together in real time to develop the music, which is then integrated into a written score. It's an exiting and challenging process.
As music samples are available they will appear here. Stay tuned.
INSTRUMENTATION
Sam—Soprano Saxophone
Sam 1—Double Bass
Sam 2—Metal Percussion
Sam 3—Bassoon
Sam 4—Recorder
Sam 5—Baroque Violin
Sam 6—Synthesizer
Suzy, Mezzo Soprano—Electric Guitar
Musically, One Death in Seven Doorways sits in the genre of New Music/21st Century Classical. The sound is acoustic and organic—a solo, resonant, acoustic approach that speaks directly to the audience’s bodies, rather than merely filling the space. Not functioning as narration, punctuation, or background, but as an inner voice of each character—each instrument communicates unspoken feelings that lies underneath the words. When more than one instrument is on stage, they dialogue with each other, at times creating duets, trios, and quartets of our inner dialogue with ourselves.