Composition & Sound Design
My work as a composer and sound designer explores the intersection of global musical traditions, technology, stories, and community engagement. In collaboration with ODC/Dance and 13 th Floor, Tina developed the soundscapes for their choreography in Island City Waterways:Uprooted, a series of site-specific performances of dance, theater and music, revealing the hidden stories of Alameda’s former Naval Air Station and Japantown that was fractured in 1941. Her sound design was featured throughout twelve 75-minute immersive performances that took 1500 audience members on a journey from the wings of peace to the wings of war and from boot camp to WWII internment camp.
Rhythmix Island City Waterways: Uprooted featured ODC/Dance in a series of public art performances on the former Naval Base in Alameda, CA
Rhythmix Rising Seas Performance with Batey Tambó at Seaplane Lagoon Waterfront Park, Alameda, CA. Choreography: KT Nelson and Dancers.
Select Composition & Sound Design
• Rising Seas 2025 – Rhythmix Cultural Works – Choreography: KT Nelson, Co-founder ODC/Dance
• Deep Dive Installation – 2025 West End Arts – Choreography: Tara Pilbrow, West End Arts District
• Island City Waterways: Uprooted 2022 Rhythmix/ODC – Choreography: Kimi Okada & Brenda Way
• May’s Letters: – Choreography: Kimi Okada & Brenda Way, ODC/Dance @ Yerba Buena Center SF
• Film soundtrack: “The Making of the Abyss Documentary” – 20th Century Fox
• “Captain Planet” and “Little Mermaids” – SEGA Video Game Soundtracks
• TV soundtrack: “Peanuts Spring Training Charlie Brown” – CBS TV
• Theme music for “Radio: The Marimba” – NPR (syndicated shows)
• Theme music for “Software/Hard Talk with John Dvorak” – NPR (syndicated shows)
• Theme music for Calendar Public Service Announcements – KPIX-TV, CBS affiliate in SF
• “Six Degrees of Freedom” award-winning Virtual Reality Documentary – Silicon Graphics Inc.