Elaine Romanelli

Biography

Elaine sings, acts, writes music and words, and enjoys dancing.

She is convinced it is possible to write more fun, meaty roles for women, and is working on it with a short play (Driving Lessons) and a short musical theater piece in progress. She hopes many writers will join her.

She looks forward to more projects like Anything But!, a humorous interactive weekly streaming show she created and hosted. (2020-21). More: AnythingButShow.com

Cool Prior Projects:
-Co-developed and performed a one-person show for the San Francisco Opera (Sing-a-Story).
-Understudied a Tony Kushner world premiere at The New Victory Theater (But The Giraffe).
- Improvised songs with a band while Deepak Chopra spoke at his live streamed book launch event. (Home).

SONGWRITER
Elaine writes music and lyrics for herself and others. She toured in support of her three indie singer/songwriter albums, the latter of which, The Hour Before, was named by four DJs as one of the Albums of the Year. She has written harmonies for several artists' albums, including Broken Film by SONiA/disappear fear.

She is also Composer-in-Residence at the Church of St. Matthew and St. Timothy in New York City, where she writes bilingual and inclusive solo and choral pieces.

BACKGROUND
Elaine was raised in suburban Philadelphia, PA, and Manhattan, KS, and lived in San Francisco, CA, before re-locating to her current home, New York City. She is an honors graduate of Stanford University.

AFFILIATIONS
BMI, EMC, Maestra, GRAMMYs voter, OneLicense