Beth Callen
Biography
Beth Callen is a Grammy-nominated guitarist, multi-instrumentalist, bandleader, singer, songwriter, and educator based in NYC. Beth recently played Guitar 1/Banjo in the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-Winning musical A Strange Loop on Broadway. She holds a Bachelor of Music degree from Purchase College (SUNY).
Past credits include A Strange Loop (Keys2/Guitar) in Washington D.C., A Strange Loop (Keys2/Guitar/Banjo) Off-Broadway, and Head Over Heels (Guitar 2) Broadway. On Broadway, Beth subs on guitar at Six and Aladdin, and subbed for Jagged Little Pill and Girl From the North Country.
Beth released several albums with her band The Callen Sisters in the early 2000s and was signed to Cordless Recordings (Warner). She works as a side musician playing guitar and singing with bands and artists in NYC including indie pop artist Sidney Bird, Grammy-award winning children’s artist Tim Kubart, the all-female Guns N' Roses tribute band Guns N’ Hoses, the alt-rock group The New Tarot and others.
Her recording credits include projects with The Callen Sisters, The New Tarot, cast albums for A Strange Loop, for which she received a Grammy nomination (Broadway and Off-Broadway Original Cast Recordings) and for We Are The Tigers (Original Off-Broadway Cast Album).
She has continued to write and produce songs and plans to release her first solo project in 2023.
Professional Experience
- Broadway
- Off Broadway
- Regional
- Concerts/Cabaret
- Education
- TV/Film
- Tours
- Bachelor’s Degree
Regions
- NYC/Tri-State Area
Interested in touring?
- Yes
Maestra Expertise
- Songwriter
- Singer/Songwriter
- Instrumentalist/Pit Musician
Primary Instruments
- Guitar - acoustic
- Guitar - electric
Additional Instruments
- Banjo
- Bass - electric
- Mandolin
- Piano
- Synth - keyboards
- Ukulele
- Voice
Software
- Digital Performer
- Finale
- Logic
- MainStage
- Musescore
- Sibelius
Additional Skills
- Singer/Performer
Affiliations
- THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF MUSICIANS (AFM)
- ASCAP