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janalmusic.bsky.social
Thanks @sxsw.com for all the amazing, challenging, authentic conversations this past week. Showcasing #TheChoiceVR Chapters 2 & 3 was really special! #gratitude #composer #SXSW
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March 15, 2025 at 3:26 PM
janalmusic.bsky.social
It’s exciting to have #TheChoiceVR return to @sxsw.com with Chapters 2 & 3 after receiving the audience choice award in 2022! Huge congrats to @joanneaska.bsky.social #SXSW25 #xr #composer
joanneaska.bsky.social Joanne Popinska @joanneaska.bsky.social · Jan 22
Super proud and honoured to be premiering the next two chapters of The Choice #VR at @sxsw.com this March ❤️
#sxsw #xrexperience #immersive
January 28, 2025 at 11:41 PM
janalmusic.bsky.social
Thank you to the Alliance for Women Film Composers #AWFC for the feature!

In this interview I talk about scoring Nelvana’s animated series #MillieMagnificent, composing music for interactive media, and attending #SXSW with #TheChoiceVR!

theawfc.com/spotlight/ja...

#filmcomposer #womencomposers
Picture of a confident woman with long brown hair sitting with one arm leaning on a wooden chair and the other resting on her chin. Behind her is her music workstation with coloured tracks on the screen. The picture is in a black box with the words “member spotlight” below. To the right is the AWFC logo in aqua with an orange W and text in white below reading “Alliance for Women Film Composers”, “JANAL BECHTHOLD • "While working with people with Alzheimer's Disease, many of whom had lost the ability to speak or use language to communicate, I would use live music to help tell their stories, watching them emotionally respond to the music of their past, work on muscle tone and cognitive skills, and briefly regain a sense of self. A close up of the woman from the previous picture framed in white with the Alliance for Women Film Composers AWFC logo below. Text at the top of the frame reads Spotlight Janal Bechthold
April 12, 2025 at 7:09 PM
janalmusic.bsky.social
Our booth for #TheChoiceVR at #SXSW 💜🩷
March 16, 2025 at 7:02 PM
onthebrinkaudio.bsky.social
Excited to be a part of the team bringing this project to SXSW. Chapter 1 won the audience choice award. Can’t wait to see how chapters 2 and 3 are received.
This is a very powerful piece about the real-life consequences of restricting a woman’s right to essential medical care. #thechoicevr #sxsw
January 23, 2025 at 8:24 PM