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Biography

Brooke Trumm is a composer, percussionist, and teaching artist from Portland, Oregon. She has written for the original musicals “Heartstrong” and “The Secret of Life,” and classical commissions in Idaho and Oregon, including Classical Ballet Academy in Portland, OR, and the DancersDrummersDreamers ensemble in Moscow, ID. Her most recent production was "Death and Taxes" a 20 minute musical produced by HARP Theatricals, by herself and Clare Bierman.

Brooke has been an active percussionist for 15 years, more recently performing in Torchsong Theatre Company’s “The Ripper,” (OR) and the song cycle “The Lady Power Project” with HARP Theatricals (NY). She has performed for rock bands, jazz choirs, orchestras, wind ensembles, dance accompaniment, percussion ensembles, musical theatre pits and marching bands. In Portland OR, she performed for the Portland Wind Symphony, served as drummer and rehearsal advisor to Trouble With Trebles vocal ensemble, and played drumset and cajon for Missio Dei Community Church.

Brooke teaches music theory to elementary school students online, and is attending NYU Tisch's Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program.