Troy Herion

Baroque Suite is a composition that invites the audience to "listen to image" and to "see sound" in five synesthetic movements. The formal structure is guided by the traditional Baroque Suite: a set of musical movements as exemplified by Western European composers from the early 18th century. This Baroque influence also extends to the film's content; references to idiomatic musical gestures and painting techniques as well as common Baroque subjects/aesthetics are all present. The composition is built upon the guiding principle that creative collaboration in visual-music must have no boundaries of input between composer and filmmaker. Thus the process was to conceive and realize images and sounds simultaneously, in a serious attempt to create continuum between media while not sacrificing the most expressive conventions relative to each. SCREENING DATES August 5-7: Wassaic Project Summer Festival, NY September 1: International House, Philadelphia October 21: Sonic Festival, NYC + http://baroquesuite.tumblr.com/screening CREDITS Written and Directed by: Troy Herion and Alex Tyson Composer: Troy Herion Director of Photography: Alex Tyson Lighting Director: Zac Rubino Choreographer: Meg Foley Dance Producer and Consultant: J. Makary Dancers: Gregory Holt Lydia Adler Okrent Joanna Quigley Gabrielle Revlock Sharif Abdulmalik Photographer & Photochemist: Kateri Likoudis Editor and Graphics: Alex Tyson Musicians: Keyboards, Guitars - Troy Herion Drum Kit - N. Cameron Britt Clarinets - Jonathan Russell Strings - Rameau String Quartet Audio Engineer & Synthesizer programming: Alex Tyson Production Facilities: Woodshop Films Lightroom Photo Co-op Princeton Electronic Music Department Special Thanks: Elan Bogarin Sarah Abanor Cenk Ergün Sean Mattio Beth Beverly Marc Brodzik Matt Sanchez Josh Fox Andrew & Amanda Tyson Music Department at Princeton University

[Please view with headphones in full screen.] Baroque Suite is a short visual-music composition that invites the audience to "listen to image" and to "see sound" in five synesthetic movements. The formal structure is guided by the traditional Baroque Suite: a set of musical movements as exemplified by Western European composers from the early 18th century. This Baroque influence also extends to the film's content; references to idiomatic musical gestures and painting techniques as well as common Baroque subjects/aesthetics are all present. The composition is built upon the guiding principle that creative collaboration in visual-music must have no boundaries of input between composer and filmmaker. Thus the process was to conceive and realize images and sounds simultaneously, in a serious attempt to create continuum between media while not sacrificing the most expressive conventions relative to each. Written and Directed by: Troy Herion and Alex Tyson Composer: Troy Herion Director of Photography: Alex Tyson Lighting Designer: Zac Rubino Choreographer: Meg Foley Dance Producer and Consultant: J. Makary Dancers: Gregory Holt Lydia Adler Okrent Joanna Quigley Gabrielle Revlock Sharif Abdulmalik Photographer & Photochemist: Kateri Likoudis Editor + Graphics: Alex Tyson Musicians: Keyboards, Guitars - Troy Herion Drum Kit - N. Cameron Britt Clarinets - Jonathan Russell Strings - Rameau String Quartet Audio Engineer & Synthesizer Programmer: Alex Tyson Production Facilities: Woodshop Films Lightroom Photo Co-op Princeton University Music Department Special Thanks: Elan Bogarin Sarah Abanor Cenk Ergün Sean Mattio Beth Beverly Andrew & Amanda Tyson Matthew Sanchez Josh Fox International Wow Co. Music Department at Princeton University