Mission Statement
MAESTRA MUSIC, INC. was founded by composer/lyricist and music director Georgia Stitt to give support, visibility, and community to the women who make the music in the musical theater industry. Our membership is made up of female-identifying composers, music directors, orchestrators, arrangers, copyists, rehearsal pianists and other musicians who are an underrepresented minority in musical theater. The organization’s initiatives include monthly educational seminars, mentorship programs, technical skills workshops, networking events, and online resources and partnerships that aim to promote equality of opportunity and to address the many historical disadvantages and practices that have limited women composers and musicians in the musical theater.
Our Origin Story
MAESTRA exists to give support, visibility, and community to the women who make the music in the musical theater industry. It’s time for them to be heard. Read about how it all began.
Board of Directors
Georgia Stitt, composer/lyricist/music director, Founding Director/President
Emily Grishman, music copyist, Secretary
Christina Lum, Power, Twersky and Derparseghian, Treasurer
Board Members TBD
Steering Committee
Mary-Mitchell Campbell, Broadway music director, founder of ASTEP
Julie Gold, Grammy-winning songwriter
Emily Garner Xu Hall, composer
Jennifer Isaacson, producer, WalkRunFly Productions
Erin McKeown, composer/singer-songwriter/producer
Kathy Sommer, composer/songwriter/producer, The Recording Academy: NY Chapter, Board of Governors, Chair of Musical Theater Task Force
Imani Uzuri, composer/librettist/recording artist/vocal coach/arranger
Advisory Board
Janet Axelrod, American Federation of Musicians, Local 802 Executive Board
Molly Barnett, Grapevine Public Relations
Kristen Blodgette, Broadway music director
Kirsten Childs, composer/lyricist/bookwriter
Carmel Dean, composer/music director
Carla Dirlikov, opera singer, founder of The Canales Project/Hear Her Song
Tina Fallon, Executive Director of Creative Affairs, The Dramatists Guild
Elise Frawley, American Federation of Musicians, Local 802 Executive Board
Tracy Geltman, company manager/general manager
Laura Ivey, film producer, Founder of Par
Anna K. Jacobs, composer/lyricist, Director of Musical Theater Composition at The New York Youth Symphony
Julia Jordan, Executive Director, The Lillys
Stacey Mindich, Broadway producer
Kiki Rathbun, Vice President of Communications, Spotco
Stephanie Sciandra, Associate Creative Director, Situation Interactive
Lynne Shankel, Broadway orchestrator/arranger/music director/composer
Ally Shuster, agent at Creative Artists Agency
Jeanine Tesori, Tony Award-winning composer
Kara Unterberg, Founder of The New York SongSpace
Lia Vollack, President, Columbia Live Stage
Sheilah Walker, music director
Staff
Amy Power, Marketing Strategist
Bria Benjamin, Graphic Designer
Ryan Foy and Nick Gaswirth/Roundhouse Designs, Web Design
Diara M. Holmes and Neil Weare, Loeb & Loeb, Legal Counsel
Special thanks to Meagan Cook and Kimberly Jenna Simon at The New York SongSpace.
