Original Music – Birrell Jones

Original Songs

Pay Particular Attention: Words and music by Suzanne Birrell

Life Goes on Forever: Music by Suzanne Birrell, Words by Sarah Hall

Burnin’ This House Down: Words and music by Suzanne Birrell, Ryan Sapp, and Marc

Daddy’s Home: Words and Music by Suzanne Birrell

Rich Man’s War: Words and Music by Suzanne Birrell

Sub Prime Survivor: Music by Suzanne Birrell/ Words by Suzanne Birrell, Chuck Jones & David Everson

Other People’s Money: Words and Music by Suzanne Birrell

Grimm’s Girls: Words and Music by Suzanne Birrell

Just Sort of Wondering: Words and Music by Suzanne Birrell

Original Compositions

Incidental Music for the Stage Play “Proof” by David Auburn

Theatre is music of the soul and Proof is a particularly musical and soulful play. It calls for attention to tempo, dynamics, harmony, and dissonance; It is rich with colors, moods, shape, and form. With this in mind, I composed the Incidental music for Proof in the style of a twelve-tone serialism of Arnold Schoenberg.

An Interesting note. Many patrons commented with positive notes on the use of the twelve-tone music scale. All the reviewers except for one noted that the twelve-tone style fit the dynamics of the play beautifully. That reviewer wrote that the music sounded like a 7-year-old with a Casio. Oh, well. Perhaps I should have spelled it out in the program.