Original Score by Taylor Mefford

Directed by: Karri Anderson

An Experiment With An Air Pump is a play written by Shelagh Stephenson and approaches the themes of what scientific advancements can cost us. For the production at Commerce High School, I was asked to compose an original score that encompasses the style of the time periods and creates a unique personification of science through the music.

This is easily one of my most involved scores. I extensively studied music from both the 1790s as well as the 1990s to get a feeling for the instrumentation and orchestration. I was also able to explore an actual experiment to create the “Science Motif” present throughout the score.