Jeffrey Bihr
Composition for the Stage
for
Berkeley Repertory Theater:
TWELFTH NIGHT French impressionism
THE GOOD PERSON OF SZECHUAN oriental pop
SAVAGES indigenous Brazilian
TAKUNDA Zimbabwean music
THE GLASS MENAGERIE impressionism
HARD TIMES Victorian popular
STEP ON A CRACK children's fantasy
AS YOU LIKE IT Renaissance, blues
LION THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE children's fantasy
SUBJECT TO FITS Russian folk music
and comic opera
BLUE WINDOW contemporary popular
Other
Venues:
THE LESSON -- a French
swashbuckler designed by Action Entertainment
for Universal Studios/Hollywood sixteenth century French
FALL RIVER AXE MURDERS Word for Word various
MODILIGANI mediterranean/tango
MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM 21st century magic
THE ELEPHANT MAN Victorian romantic
TIS PITY SHE'S A WHORE Jacobean gothic
MANN IST MANN Expressionist marches
THE
ART OF THE SWORD dance/combat
SCAT jazz theatrics
ANTI-ORESTIA Ancient Greek
SHAKESPEARE SAMPLER Renaissance, jazz
THE TEMPEST Renaissance
THE MEASURES TAKEN Chinese folk
Awards:
Dramalogue: SAVAGES, THE GOOD PERSON OF SZECHUAN
Bay
area Theater Critics Circle:
SAVAGES
International
Federation of Performing Artists Cindy:
INSIDE THE WORLD OF JESSE ALLEN--(film)
Recordings: SPEAKEASY
inaugural duo CD
LISTEN
featuring MEL MARTIN
LISTEN: GROWING
Other: Filmscore
resumes available
I have written scores for about 30 plays and 15 films and have been the recipient of numerous awards
The following are some recent ideas I have set down for plays and for fun:
orchestral
including Dramlogue and Cindy Music Awards. My styles are ecletic and have much
to do with the mood, tempii, and emotional climate of the theatrical works I write for.
Voltige
Feeling Blue
String Dance
from the score for FALL RIVER AXE MURDERS