Audio Portfolio

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ORIGINAL MUSIC | CREATIVE AUDIO/PODCAST | LIVE-SCORING, THEATER & DANCE

RELEASED ORIGINAL MUSIC

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**Naomi Westwater**
**Cycles & Change (2025)**
violin and violin arrangement on “Tend”

**Half Gringa**
**Cosmovisión (2025)**
violin and violin arrangements

An Audible Original Theater Production
“Marrow” by Aditi Brennan Kapil (2023)
all composition, instruments and vocals, recording, and music production

The Phantom Broadcast
Bindings (2023)
violin, voice, co-writing, arrangements

OneBeat
Virtual Residency Fellow (2022)
violin, production
“Vacut”

Lucy Little For Now (2021) all instruments, composition, production — Lucy Little
For Now (2021)
all instruments, composition, production

Raw Material: A Podcast from SFMOMA ”Six Degrees Ep. 4: Nooshin” violin, electronics, composition — **Raw Material: A Podcast from SFMOMA**
”Six Degrees Ep. 4: Nooshin”
composition, violin, electronics

Bloodshot Records 25th Ann. Compilation Half Gringa, “Wearing’ White” (2019) violin, arrangements — **Bloodshot Records** **25th Ann. Compilation**
**Half Gringa, “Wearing’ White” (2019)**
violin, arrangements

Taylor Rogers “oldhills” (2019) violin, arrangements — Taylor Rogers
“oldhills” (2019)
violin, arrangements

Mike Ward
Particles to Pearls (2023)
violin and violin arrangements

OneBeat
Virtual Residency Fellow (2022)
violin, production
“Malele”

Half Gringa New LP (Summer 2020 Release) violin, arrangements — **Half Gringa**
**Force to Reckon (2020)**
violin and violin arrangements

“Temple of Tension” (Original Score, 2019) original score, violin, voice, piano, guitar, electronics, recording, mixing — **“Temple of Tension” (Original Score, 2019)**
original score, violin, voice, piano, guitar, electronics, recording, editing, mixing

City Mouth “For A Second” (single, 2019) violin — City Mouth
“For A Second” (single, 2019)
violin

Mike Ward We Wonder (2018) violin, arrangements — Mike Ward
We Wonder (2018)
violin, arrangements

An Audible Original Theater Production
“Daddies” by Paul Kruse (2022)
all composition, instruments and vocals, recording, and music production

McSweeny’s 64
The Audio Issue (2021)
music under Sayre Quevedo piece “Voicemails to the Editor”

Fat Night Live For Each Other (2020) violin — **Fat Night**
**Live For Each Other (2020)**
violin

DANI “The Mother Within” (single, 2019) violin, arrangements — DANI
“The Mother Within” (single, 2019)
violin, arrangements

The Phantom Broadcast Antiquities I & II (2019) violin, voice, co-writing, arrangements — The Phantom Broadcast
Antiquities I & II (2019)
violin, voice, co-writing, arrangements

CREATIVE AUDIO/PODCAST PRODUCTION & EDITING

I have a passion for all things creative audio storytelling, and alongside music, work as an audio and podcast producer. In this field, I work as a producer, editor, engineer, as well as sound designer and composer, and have experience working on hosted shows, conservation and interview-based shows, as well as working on narrative and creative longform pieces. My work can be found on these shows and more.

*TED Talks Daily* (TED Audio Collective)
Lead audio producer (full-time)
(current)

*The Mess* (TransLash Media)
Lead engineer (contract)
(current)

*TransLash Podcast* (TransLash Media)
Fill-in engineer (contract)
(current)

**Climate With Kiana Podcast (independent)**
creative consultant, co-producer, editor, engineer

The Daily Rally (Outside Magazine)
producer (freelance)
(2023)

**“The Axe Files” with David Axelrod (CNN)**
assistant sound engineer, editor, researcher
(2015-2018)

**Person of the Week (TIME Studios)**
as-needed engineer
(2024)

**On the Road with Penguin Classics**
field production and engineering
(2023)

Outside Podcast (Outside Magazine)
producer (freelance)
(2023-2024)

**Home Base Nation (Mass General Hospital)**
co-producer, editor, sound designer
(2021-2022)

Select podcasts work samples:

full production (pitched, interviewed, script writing, and narration) and audio editing/mixing

interviewed, produced, script writing, and episode assembly

engineered (mix/master)

full production and editing, including: story development with host; interview prep; interview engineering (in-person and phone); storyboard and script writing; directing host narration; tape cutting; sound design and original composition; full editing; mixing and mastering

full production and editing, including: story pitch and development; interview prep and research; interview engineering (in the field and online); participating in interviews with host; storyboard and script writing; directing host narration; tape cutting; sound design and original composition; full editing; mixing and mastering

production and editing, including: interview prep and research; conducting interview with guest (without host); recording; storyboard and script writing; directing host narration; tape cutting; sound design; full editing; mixing and mastering

engineered, edited, host direction

Select audio documentary sample:

This longform audio documentary was created, produced, and narrated by musician, educator, and podcast host Liz Knowles for inclusion in the journal Critical Studies In Improvisation. I was responsible for all of the editing (including storyboarding and working with Liz Knowles on script writing and narration recording), sound design, and mixing and mastering.

Select composition for podcasting sample:

Raw Material (SFMOMA) · Six Degrees Episode 4: Nooshin

LIVE THEATER & DANCE PROJECTS

Renversé Ballet Summer Works 2021 (Virtual Festival)
commissioned original composition and recording, choreographed by Jonathan Jackson

**On Air Fest (2024)**
live performance/scoring for both days of festival, including opening and closing events (violin, vocals, guitar, synths)

“Middletown” by Will Eno at the Kupferberg Center for the Arts at Golden Center, Queens College (2018) original score, violin, voice, guitar, percussion, live performance — “Middletown” by Will Eno
The Kupferberg Center for the Arts at Golden Center, Queens College (2018)
original score, live performance (violin, voice, guitar, percussion)

Manual Cinema’s “A Christmas Carol”
(2023 - present)
live performance (violin, vocals, and pedals)

“The Love/Death Plays” at the Rosendale Theater (2019) original score, violin, voice, guitar, live performance — “The Love/Death Plays”
Rosendale Theater (2019)
original score, live performance (violin, voice, guitar)

“On The Grounds of Belonging” at Long Wharf Theater (2019) violin, arrangements — “On The Grounds of Belonging”
Long Wharf Theater (2019)
violin, arrangements

“Temple of Tension” premiered at Burning Man (2018) original score, violin, voice, piano, guitar, electronicsListen here or below — “Temple of Tension” (circus show)
Premiered at Burning Man (2018)
original score (for violin, voice, piano, guitar, electronics), recorded all instruments, edited/mixed
*Listen here*