Lockdown: A Compositional Response To COVID-19

Lockdown is a compositional songwriting and recording project made during and in response to the COVID-19 lockdowns, which have presented many unique challenges for composers. These challenges include the illegality of many rehearsals and performances, the necessity to create music from home, and the lack of incentives to remain productive. Lockdown, a personal solution to these challenges, is a collection of seven songs inspired by the COVID-19 photography of Brian Kessler. It takes the form of an audio album and a songbook of lead sheets and photographs.