Media

Research

Horror film music conveys at least two subtypes of fear

Invited talk at the Third Annual Aarhus Workshop on Recreational Fear hosted at Aarhus University on 9 August 2023. 

Links to the now published paper: html pdf

Arts Matter Research Series - College of Arts and Law, University Birmingham

Interview about my research on music and fear, released 24 March 2023

Twitter release: https://twitter.com/artsatbham/status/1639270488416370689

Differentiating Between Terrifying and Anxious Music in Emotion Research

Presentation for the Society for Music Perception and Cognition (SMPC) conference on 6 August 2022. 

Links to the now published paper: html pdf

Does Scary Music Mimic Biological Voice Signals of Threat?

Presentation for Society for Music Perception and Cognition (SMPC) conference on 5 August 2022. 

Horror Film Sound

Podcast interview on Across Acoustics about my work on scary film music, released 28 October 2021:

https://acrossacoustics.buzzsprout.com/1537384/9449322-horror-film-sound 

Fear, Music, and The Brain: What Makes Music Scary with Caitlyn Trevor PhD

Podcast interview on Music Tectonics about my horror film music research, released 28 October 2021:

https://www.musictectonics.com/post/fear-music-and-the-brain-what-makes-music-scary-with-caitlyn-trevor-phd 

Does Terrifying Film Music Scare us by Mimicking Human Screams?

Click on the link below to find a video of my public presentation on scary music for Scientifica on 5 September 2021:

https://scientifica.ch/event/does-terrifying-film-music-scare-us-by-mimicking-human-screams/ 

Scary music mimics alarming acoustic feature of human screams

Presentation for the 2nd International Conference on Timbre (Timbre2020)  on 3 September 2020.

Performance

Lalo Cello Concerto Mvt. 1 (2018)

Concerto Competition Winner Performance with The Ohio State University Symphony Orchestra

"Paul's Walk" by Katharine Norman (2018)

Performance with the Sonic Arts Ensemble at The Ohio State University

Bach Cello Suites, No.5, Allemande, Courante, Sarabande, Gavotte 1 & 2, and Gigue (2017)

Performance as part of CellOhio at The Ohio State University

Composition and Sound Design

SentiencE (2018)

A short film by Lakshika Udakandage for which I was the sound designer and composer: 

https://vimeo.com/213243266 

Los Angeles Independent Film Festival Awards (LAIFA)- Best Original Music Score, February 2018

Top Shorts - Best Score, April 2018

The Pearl (2017)

An excerpt of music and sound from the play Patience Worth (2017) for which I was the sound designer and the composer:

https://vimeo.com/225888398