About The Composers

BRANNON MCKAY

brannon@mimesis-music.com

Composer - Guitarist - Lawyer - Kayaker

Brannon McKay (b. 1978) is an American composer, guitarist, and multi-instrumentalist based in the Atlanta area.  He studied computer music at Georgia Tech while earning a computer engineering degree.  He has always compulsively composed and recorded music since high school.  He is drawn to unique arrangements and  sonic structures and is particularly strong in composing music with complex or dark psychological storytelling.  He recorded an album under the moniker 3AM Highways, in which he composed, mixed, and performed all parts.  He licensed some of that music to CBS for use in its popular murder investigation show 48 Hours.  Brannon has also made lyrical and compositional contributions to various performing acts.  He has scored films more recently since joining forces with Christel.

CHRISTEL VINOT

christel@mimesis-music.com

Composer - Cellist - Video Editor - Kayaker

Christel Vinot (b. 1985) is an American composer and cellist based in the Atlanta area. She graduated from Clayton State University in 2008 with a bachelors degree in music composition under the tutelage of Dr. Chris Arrell, where she composed works for a variety of ensembles and performers including Sonic Generator, Bent Frequency, Imani Winds, Bugallow-Williams Piano Duo, Dubuque Iowa Chamber Players, The Southern Crescent Symphony and more. Christel has been a member of the Southern Crescent Symphony since 2004 and continues to perform regularly as their principal cellist under the direction of conductor and founder Dr. Richard Bell.

Christel's compositional style tends to incorporate the use of minor keys, chromaticism, lush harmonies and emotional pull. Her music embodies the ideas of nature, adventure, fantasy, dreams and nightmares, and journeys through emotion, with heavy influence by such film composers as Danny Elfman, Hanz Zimmer, Klaus Badelt and John Williams among others. 

As of 2022, Christel is thrilled to have joined forces with Brannon, who's different musical approach and dark style has been a great compliment to Christel's.