Musical Freestyle
Create a musical freestyle that is strategic, rideable, expressive, and designed with the judges’ score sheet in mind.
Music Production
With more than a decade of experience as a professional musician and producer, John Gray Shermyen has produced music for a number of award-winning freestyles. From music selection and editing to full custom composition, we can elevate your freestyle at any level.
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Suitability to the horse:
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Tempo and rhythm: Music that matches your horse's natural tempo in each gait.
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Type and character: Music that matches your horse's physical build and personality
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Cohesiveness and Theme: A unified musical expression, not a random collection of songs.
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Common Thread: Each gait linked by genre and orchestration.
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Distinct gait and movement identities: Each element is clear but cohesive.
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Seamless Editing and High Quality Sound
Choreography
Susannah Hamlin brings real competition experience to the choreography process, helping dressage riders develop freestyles that are both expressive and strategically designed for the USDF judging system.
Contact: susannahrhamlin@gmail.com
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Choreography built around your horse:
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Designed with USDF freestyle criteria in mind: USDF freestyles are judged not only on whether movements are performed, but also on degree of difficulty, choreography, music, interpretation, and presentation.
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Maximize your artistic marks: Music and movement should work together.
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Strategic use of the arena: Thoughtful choreography can make better use of the entire arena and create clear, visually compelling pattern -- symmetry, transitions, changes of direction, and movement placement.
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Balance difficulty with ride-ability
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Ride for the score—not just the spectacle: Create a freestyle where technical requirements and artistic presentation support each other.
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A freestyle that feels like you: Your music and choreography should reflect the partnership between you and your horse.
