Film & Dance

Summer Dregs has been commissioned by dance companies around the country to write original music for original choreography. These works have played everywhere from NYC to Paris to Rwanda. Genres cover everything from protest songs to modern classical. Explore some of my past work below. Here is a Spotify playlist of some of my dance work.

He has also worked on films including the NAACP Image Award Winning How to Sue The Klan, and the The Most Memorable Art. Commercials he’s scored include Office Depot, Oral-B, and Samsung.

How To Sue the Klan

This documentary of how five Black women used legal ingenuity to take on the Ku Klux Klan in a case still cited in courtrooms to this day.

Awards include an NAACP Image Award, a Harlem IFF Award and was the official selection at dozens of Oscar qualifying film festivals. It has aired on both PBS and Aljazeera English.

Sound Design & Mix || Film Website

This Machine

A song made from sewing machine sounds to tell the story of the garment industry in my hometown.

What You Want

A Ballet commissioned by Ariel Rivka Dance for their 2022 and 2023 Spring Seasons, debuting at Manhattan Movement and Arts and NYU.
Details and Full Score.

Elina Ballerina

A children’s ballet based on the book “Elina Ballerina” about an elephant whose only dream to dance on stage for her animal friends.

Remember this house Remix

Composed by Summer Dregs and Mon Rovia
For the dance film The Light We Share.
The fiim has aired on PBS multiple times.

One Small Step

A ballet exploring humanity and beauty through 1s and 0s. One small step is how it begins. Commissioned by Kevin Jenkins for Belhaven University.

Stream | Full Score & Details

Whiplash

A ballet by Kevin Jenkins and Ballet Counterpointe.
Full Score and Details

95 Bars

A collaboration with Chattanooga Ballet
Full Score and Details

Home

An immigrant story.
Music composed by Summer Dregs.