composer Archives • Maestra

Women Who Wow Us: Spotlight 16

Women Who Wow Us: Spotlight 16. We interviewed Lynne Shankel, an award-winning orchestrator, arranger, music director, and composer. She was music supervisor/arranger/orchestrator for Allegiance on Broadway and was the first woman to solely orchestrate a new musical on Broadway.

Connection in Isolation: A Quarantine Orchestra

Berklee senior Shelbie Rassler created a virtual orchestra to connect her socially isolated college community of displaced musicians… and the world applauded.

Women Who Wow Us: Spotlight 12

Women Who Wow Us: Spotlight 12. We interviewed Kathy Sommer, a Grammy nominated, multi-platinum songwriter and producer, and composer for television and film, as well as a highly accomplished Broadway conductor. Her songs have appeared on over 10 million records, and her Broadway credits as a conductor include Disney’s Beauty & The Beast, City of Angels, Cats, and the Tony Nominated Romance Romance.

Women Who Wow Us: Spotlight 11

Women Who Wow Us: Spotlight 10. We interviewed Sheilah Rae, the President Emeritus of New York Theatre Barn. Sheilah is a composer, lyricist, and bookwriter whose works have been performed regionally and off-Broadway to sold-out audiences. She is the recipient of the 2019 Lifetime Achievement Award from NY Theatre Barn for her exceptional work in musical theatre for more than 50 years.

Women Who Wow Us: Week Seven

Women Who Wow Us: Week Seven. This week, we interviewed Britt Bonney, an award-winning music director and composer. Britt’s vocals can be heard on 2017’s Beauty and the Beast film as well as Disney’s Hunchback of Notre Dame cast album, which Britt mixed and mastered together with Stephen Schwartz. Britt is an accomplished copyist, having served as a music assistant to Alex Lacamoire, Alan Menken, Shaina Taub, and Kelli O’Hara. Britt’s vocal arrangements have been featured on The Weather Channel, the Fox network, WPIX11, at Lincoln Center, and in Broadway houses.

Women Who Wow Us: Week One

Women Who Wow Us: Week One. Our first interview is with Nancy Ford, a critically-acclaimed artist whose works have been featured on Broadway, Off-Broadway, and in Regional Theaters. Nancy Ford and her writing partner Gretchen Cryer were among the very first commercially successful female composer/lyricist teams in musical theater history.