Carmel Dean
She/They
Biography
I'm a composer/lyricist, arranger, music supervisor/director, conductor of musical theatre, based in NYC. Composition credits include Well-Behaved Women (song cycle produced in NYC, London and Australia); Renascence, produced Off-Broadway by Transport Group in 2018; Maiden Voyage (Off-West End, 2025) and an upcoming commission. Music director/arranger/orchestrator credits include the Broadway productions of The Notebook; Funny Girl (revival); If/Then; Hands on a Hardbody; American Idiot; and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.
Professional Experience
- Broadway
- Off Broadway
- Regional
- Concerts/Cabaret
- TV/Film
Regions
- NYC/Tri-State Area
- Australia/New Zealand
Maestra Expertise
- Theatrical Composer (Music and Lyrics)
- Theatrical Composer (Music only)
- Theatrical Lyricist
- Music Director/Conductor (Pianist)
- Music Director/Conductor (Baton)
- Vocal Director and/or Choral Prep
- Orchestrator
- Vocal Arranger
- Dance Arranger
- Incidental Music Composer/Arranger
- Instrumentalist/Pit Musician
- Audition Pianist
- Class/Voice Lesson/Rehearsal Pianist
- Rehearsal Pianist
Primary Instruments
- Piano
Software
- Finale
- Logic
- Sibelius
Affiliations
- THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF MUSICIANS (AFM)
- BMI
- THE DRAMATISTS GUILD
- MUSE
- THE RECORDING ACADEMY