
Welcome to the new and improved Maestra Replay! In addition to our permanent collection, we are now offering over 40 unique classes with captioning available for a $5 rental fee (reduced from the original $10) and our new 2023 season videos taught by a roster of esteemed Maestras, all on our accessible and visually laid-out landing page. Explore Maestra Replay and rent a class today! Scroll down for more info.
We do not currently have any in-person or Zoom classes scheduled. However, if you’d like to watch a video of one of the over 120 Virtual Technical Workshops we have offered on Zoom, please scroll through the menus below and discover our Maestra Replay library.



Arranging & Orchestrating
Down and Dirty Rhythm Charts
Orchestration: Writing Color and Texture
The Do’s and Don’ts of Writing for Drums
Gospel Music: Good News and Great Sounds
Everything About Opera In 90 Minutes
Afro Harping: Alice Coltrane
Writing Dance Arrangements in Collaboration with a Choreographer
Orchestration: Making a Small Band Sound Phat
Mute Mysteries: Unlocking Trombone Colors
Orchestrating for Flutes of the World
How to Write for Percussion
Writing for Brass and Woodwinds
Everything About The Accordion
Arranging For Strings
Working with Actor-Musicians
Career Growth/Personal Marketing
Funding Your Project
Creating Your Own Solo Performance
Releasing Your Concept Album
How (and why) to Kickstart Your Musical on TikTok
Website SEO
Social Media Strategy & Personal Branding for Artists
Social Media Strategy & Personal Branding for Artists
Yoanna Nikolova
Creating a Great Artist Statement for Grant Applications
Demystifying TikTok for Musical Theatre Creators
Furthering Your Musical Career
Music Across Genre
The Sub-Way to Broadway
Starting a Creative Interest Podcast
Keys to Music Assisting
Composition
Creating Story Tentposts, or Bookwriting for Composers
Working With Bookwriters: A Composer’s Guide
Underscoring for Musical Theatre: Part Two
Underscoring for Musical Theatre: Part One
Groove- Pop to Theatre and Beyond
Starting a New Musical
Refining Your Pop Song: First Draft to Final
Foundations I Use for Musical Storytelling
Writing a Pop/Rock Theater Song
The Composer as Dramatist
Composition in Sound Design Part 2
Composition in Sound Design
Intro to Ableton: Composition, Production & Performance
Logic Part 2: Using Logic for Composing & Orchestrating
ProTools Fundamentals
Translating Musical Styles for the Stage
Working with Actor-Musicians
Exploring Genres
Playing Pop Piano Styles in Theatre
Gospel Music: Good News and Great Sounds
Getting Your Gospel Groove On: Playing Gospel
Everything About Opera In 90 Minutes
Music Across Genre
Orchestrating for Flutes of the World
Translating Musical Styles for the Stage
Instrument-Specific Workshops
Playing Pop Piano Styles in Theatre
Using the Banjo and Folk Instruments in Theatre
Understanding the Violin/Viola Doubler
It’s All About the Bass
Everything About the French Horn
The Do’s and Don’ts of Writing for Drums
Subbing on Bass in a Broadway Musical
Guitar: The Wild Card of Pit Instruments
Mute Mysteries: Unlocking Trombone Colors
Orchestrating for Flutes of the World
How to Write for Percussion
Writing for Brass and Woodwinds
Everything About The Accordion
Lyrics
Writing Comedy Songs for Musical Theatre
Creating Story Tentposts, or Bookwriting for Composers
Turning Books and Films Into Musicals
Writing Libretto for the Opera
How to Think Like a Lyricist
Monologue vs Lyric, a Bookwriting Bout
Starting a New Musical
Music Department Skill Building
Coresinging – DeArmoring the Voice
How to Teach Someone To Match Pitch
Down and Dirty Rhythm Charts
International Collaboration: Japanese Theatre
Furthering Your Musical Career
Music Across Genre
Theater Managers: Who Ya Gonna Call?
Theater Managers: Who Ya Gonna Call?
Susan Sampliner