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Coy Compositions
Connection through Music
If you are looking for an Orchestrator, Engraver, or Project Manager, I am excited to help you tell your story.
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Nice to meet you
I'm Karina Pardus, the founder of Coy Compositions, an orchestrator, project manager, singer/songwriter, story teller, and President of the Female Composer Safety League.I'm the Associate Director of Game Sound Con, Production Manager of the Game Audio Network Guild Awards, and am the music director for the Adaptive Needs Adults program at Tanner Dance through the University of Utah. I have been a panelist at the Salt Lake Gaming Convention, PAX East, GameSoundCon, and a contributor to the Silicon Slopes Tech Summit.As a mom of 3, I know that managing a family and a business requires a lot of creativity to not only balance my dreams, but to thrive among them.
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I believe
Music connects us in very unique ways. When you add music to your project, it creates an emotional landscape that immerses the audience in your story and world from the moment it begins, and keeps them engaged throughout. When live players are involved, they help breathe new life into the experience.I believe that your project deserves that engagement, and your audience deserves that connection. I'm excited to be the mediator of your story.
Orchestration
Having live players perform your music is a powerful experience. I help bring that opportunity to life by ensuring the language of your work is understood clearly, and implemented with passion.
Songwriting, Transcribing, and Composition
Music projects can often be complex and versatile. If you can hear the music but don't know how to get it down on paper, you need someone who can transcribe the ideas and make them tangible. If you have the music but don't have the words, you need a songwriter. And if you have the story but not the soundtrack, you need a composer. I am here to bring your project to life, because your story deserves to be heard.
Music Copy and Engraving
When you have all the music on the page, sometimes it can be tedious to get all the formatting and lines and text just right. The good news: I love doing this part! Making sure everything is in its place and ready for print is one of the joys I find in music.
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Examples of my work
Take your mock-ups out of the DAW and into a recording studio, or from a voice memo to a tangible product with professional sheet music ready to print.
Listen to some of my work here:
Fostering Safety and Inclusion in Audio: The Change We Want to Hear
The music industry runs on systems of habit that have historically been harmful to women and gender-expansive minorities, both physically and creatively. Many pathways to having a successful career in music are taken for granted, and as such haven’t been examined with critical thought for how they can be more safe and inclusive.
"Fostering Safety and Inclusion in Audio: The Change We Want to Hear" will explore the foundational principles of personal and collective responsibility and capability in change. It will outline the tools needed to remove barriers to inclusivity, and provide strategies to practice while creating a safer music industry for everyone.
This book is being created with the intention of bringing many voices to the table. If you want to be a contributing author, or to learn more about this book when it is released, please fill out this short form.
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Thank You
For all of your work, your creativity, and your passion that you are sharing. I believe in the power of music to change the world, and I'm so glad to be on this journey with you.If you need:
Orchestration
Transcribing
Engraving
Songwriting
Project management
Consulting
Speaking and workshops
Send me a message and we can work together to create a path for connection through music.
