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About

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, non-binary, and TGNC 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. 

Monthly Circle Meeting

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.

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Community Partners

  • Songspace

Board of Directors

Georgia Stitt, composer/lyricist/music director, Founder/President
Monica Davis, violinist/violist
Emily Grishman, music copyist, Secretary
Laura Ivey, film producer, Founder of Par, Treasurer
Christie Chiles Twillie, music director/composer/sound designer

Advisory Board

Masi Asare, composer/lyricist and performance scholar
Janet Axelrod, flutist, American Federation of Musicians, Local 802 Executive Board
Molly Barnett, Grapevine Public Relations
Kristen Blodgette, Broadway music director
Mary-Mitchell Campbell, Broadway music director, founder of ASTEP
Kirsten Childs, composer/lyricist/bookwriter
Carmel Dean, composer/music director
Carla Dirlikov Canales, opera singer, founder of The Canales Project/Hear Her Song
Tina Fallon, Executive Director of Creative Affairs, The Dramatists Guild
Elise Frawley, violist, American Federation of Musicians, Local 802 Executive Board
Tracy Geltman, COO, Stacey Mindich Productions
Jennifer Isaacson, producer, WalkRunFly Productions
Stacey Mindich, Broadway producer
Amy Power, Marketing Strategist
Kiki Rathbun, Vice President of Communications, Spotco
Stephanie Sciandra, Creative Director, Situation Interactive
Ally Shuster, agent at Creative Artists Agency
Margaret Skoglund, company manager
Jeanine Tesori, Tony Award-winning composer
Kara Unterberg, Founder of The New York SongSpace
Imani Uzuri, composer/librettist/recording artist/vocal coach/arranger
Lia Vollack, producer, Lia Vollack Productions
Sheilah Walker, music director
Schele Williams, director

Committee Leaders

Faye Chiao, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Meg Zervoulis, Student Maestras and Maestra Mentorship
Tina DeVaron and Lauren Cregor, Maestra Moms
Britt Bonney and Laura Bergquist, Maestra Care
Caitlin Warbelow, Data/Statistics Project

Staff & Volunteers

Jamie Maletz, Administrative Assistant
Allie Glickman, Development Volunteer
Ryan Foy and Nick Gaswirth/Roundhouse Designs, Web Design
Kathleen Wrinn, Directory Manager
Bria Benjamin and Derek Bishop, Graphic Designers
Janice Maffei and Joanne Spigner/VisionFirst, Consultants
Elspeth Collard, Sara Cooper, Heather Gershonowitz, Kailey Marshall, Lisa Diana Shapiro, Maddie Wu, Blog Volunteers
Shoshana Greenberg, Timeline of Women Composers