Beth Falcone

Biography

"Falcone's score is cheerful and inventive, filled with jokes for the tweens and wit for the adults"
— Variety

"Falcone's tuneful score delivers one terrific song after another"
— Theatremania

"The show…has a catchy score by Beth Falcone with pop-rock melodies and smart lyrics"
—Backstage.com

“Beth Falcone's rock and pop-inspired tunes into a series of colorful song-and-dance numbers that tug the ear, delight the eye, and yank you through the story in spite of yourself.”
— Blogcritics.com

“It's not easy to write and arrange music that seems to effortlessly balance simplicity and fun with originality and musical literacy. Ms. Falcone has done so.” —NY Theater Review

RECENT:
• York Theatre (Off Broadway) “Welcome to the Big Dipper” / Music Director/Keyboards
•: Bob Malone Band at the Cutting Room / Hammond B3 & Vocals
• Birdland with Amanda McBroom / Piano/MD
• United Solo Artists Festival with Wendy Lane Bailey (Piano/MD)
• InunDATEd at the York Theatre (Piano/MD)
• Holiday Survival Kit at Urban Stages, NYC

FEATURED NEWS:
• Cool Parlour Band plays at Blondie’s & Julia Gabriel People’s Garden in NYC and the Sweet Chariot Music Festival in Maine
• July 15th: Music directed the York Theater company's NEO composers concert.
• Beth wins "best musician" at the United Solo Artists Festival in NYC.
• Beth music directs and performs for the revival of "In the Deep Heart's Core", originally produced in Chicago, the Chicago Sun Times sited: " Beth Falcone's fiery piano playing. . . "
• Beth wins the Pan American Vocology Association Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Achievement Award for her leadership of the Diversity Committee from 2020 - 2022. Her words: “This award is for all of us…In my mind, it is an award for collaboration, respectful and straightforward dialogue resulting in meaningful action."
• Poetry Electric: Second Sex: Beats & Texts, LA MAMA, New York City — Beth performed an excerpt from a one woman show under development under the direction of Gretchen Cryer.
• Beth produces: "Around the World in 80 Minutes" — in association with PAVA / Pan American Vocology Association and Holidayopolis.com.

PAST EVENTS:
Featured composer in:
She Will Rock You—54 Below
Lincoln Center Library—New Composers' Series
Bound for Broadway—Merkin Hall

Musical Director (Off Broadway):
• UNEXPECTED JOY — York Theatre
• Assistant Musical Director (to the composer, Nancy Ford) for BLUE ROSES — York Theatre
• MUFTI Series — York Theatre
• BMI Musical Theater Showcases — Manhattan Theater Club

Voice Teacher—Masterclasses:
• Morgan State University
• Voice Training Center — Mexico City, Mexico
• "Life's a Pitch, and Then You Sping" Workshops— Voice Foundation, PAVA, Oklahoma University, Maestra Tech Series
—a method for teaching the pitch challenged, based on almost 30 years of teaching voice and sound scientific principles.

Other writing projects:

SHOWS
"Are Women People?" — a new victrola musical, inspired by suffragist Alice Duer Miller's 1915 book of the same title.
“Love in the Age of Recycling"—a modern love story.

CHORAL MUSIC
Performed all over the country, Beth’s holiday choral pieces have become favorites:
"Happy DiwanukKwanzMas"—"I am the Hanukkah Light"—"Hanukkah is Coming"—"Do You Hear?" (Christmas)

TEACHING ARTIST
Beth teaches singing technique, voice science, and is the proud teacher of many working professionals who have performed on Broadway, off-Broadway, national and international tours. Her pitch-matching method, called "Life's a Pitch and Then You Sping!" is the subject of two research studies. Stay tuned! Or join her pitch matching class! 😉 For more info on workshops, please contact her directly: [email protected]

1997: Fun fact. . . Beth was a music assistant on the "Lion King" and transcribed the original pieces that Lebo Morake created right in the rehearsal room!