Sound Design.

Darren aims to create unique and memorable sound worlds that serve to compliment and enhance the projects he is involved in. His passion for collaboration has led him to create works alongside theatrical performers, filmmakers, dancers, and visual artists that have been performed on stages across Canada and played on screens internationally. Whether using dark synths, orchestral strings, guitars, bass, drums, or field recordings, his voice is distinct and identifiable.

WORKS

  • Heist (2024): Vertigo Theatre (Calgary, AB)

    A Christmas Carol (2023): Theatre Calgary (Calgary, AB)
    *associate (sound design by Allison Lynch)

    Se Pa Ra Ti Sm (2021): Swalow-A-Bicycle Theatre (Calgary, AB)

  • SHED | knowing each other as different and the same (2022): Dancers Studio West (Calgary, AB)
    *toured to Edmonton, AB / Vancouver, BC

    Aftermath (2022): Meghann Michalsky (Calgary, AB)

    Deep END (2020): Project InTandem (Calgary, AB)
    *toured to Vancouver BC / Camrose, AB / Regina, SK / Canmore, AB

    8 Bit: The Video Game Dance Show (2019): Cloudsway Dance Theatre (Calgary, AB)

    Know The Rules, Win The Game (2018): Cloudsway Dance Theatre (Calgary, AB)
    *premiered at Kickstart Festival in Toronto, ON
    **filmed for the National Arts Centre in 2021

  • Impossible Geometries (2023): AZMA Digital (Calgary, AB)
    *part of the permanent collection at The Museum (Kitchener, ON)

    GLUV (2022): AZMA Digital (Calgary, AB)
    *displayed April-May 2022 at Contemporary Calgary

  • Odeon (2024): dance film with choreographer Meghann Michalsky

    Empyrean (2016): full-length feature, score co-composed with Jung People
    *premiered at Calgary International Film Festival 2016

  • 12Ks of Christmas (2020): incidental sounds to accompany a Run Calgary virtual race (Calgary, AB)

Samples.