Samuel Beebe
Composer
| Years at Source: | 2019 |
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| Biography: | Samuel Beebe is a composer, sound designer, and performer whose work explores the dramatic possibilities of music. His work has been performed by Yarn/Wire, Stony Brook Opera Workshop, Chelsea Symphony, Castle of Our Skins, Boston Choral Ensemble, Sound Icon, WordSong, Texas Flute Society, and Calliope's Call. Beebe was a resident at the 2019 Collaborative Composition Initiative with Unheard-of Ensemble and the 2019 Source Song Festival with Libby Larsen. His song cycles Rocking Chair Child (2017) and The Woods (2018) were finalists for the American Prize. He has collaborated with stage director Mallory Catlett (Current Location, 2018), filmmaker Kelly Creedon (In This World, 2015), and the Boston-based movement theater company Imaginary Beasts. His music for the play Bully Dance earned him the 2014 ArtsImpulse award for best music/sound design. As a performer, Beebe accompanied mezzo-soprano Natasha Nelson at the 2020 Sparks & Wiry Cries SongSlam in New York City. Additionally, Beebe is a member of the electronic music collective SynthBeats. He holds a M.M. in Composition from Boston University, a B.S. in Music Technology from Northeastern University, and is currently a Ph.D. candidate in Composition at Stony Brook University, where he studies with Sheila Silver and Matthew Barnson. |
| Website: | www.samuelbeebe.com |
| Source Moment: | As a composer, the opportunity to share my work with the dedicated community Source has cultivated over the years was the highlight – I felt like my music was really being heard.. |
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