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.
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
Does Scary Music Mimic Biological Voice Signals of Threat?
Presentation for Society for Music Perception and Cognition (SMPC) conference on 5 August 2022.
Photo by Sergiu Baica on Unsplash
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
Photo by Carlos Nunez on Unsplash
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:
Photo by Neven Krcmarek on Unsplash
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:
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: