Jayla McLennan
She/Her
Biography
Jayla is a Musical Director and keys player from Melbourne, Australia. She is an alum of Berklee College of Music, where she majored in Contemporary Writing & Production, and minored in Conducting (Theater Musical Direction). She is currently the Associate Music Director of the North American tour of Water for Elephants. Other Music Director highlights in the US and Australia have been Jack Frost the Musical (Australian Premiere), Gilligan’s Island the Musical (Australian Premiere), Beautiful the Musical, the Drowsy Chaperone, the SpongeBob Musical, and Shrek the Musical,
Professional Experience
- Tours
- Bachelor’s Degree
Regions
- NYC/Tri-State Area
- LA/Southern California
Interested in touring?
- Yes
Maestra Expertise
- Music Director/Conductor (Pianist)
- Music Director/Conductor (Baton)
- Vocal Director and/or Choral Prep
- Music Assistant
- Orchestrator
- Vocal Arranger
- Instrumentalist/Pit Musician
- Music Copyist
- Music Transcriber
- Audition Pianist
- Class/Voice Lesson/Rehearsal Pianist
- Rehearsal Pianist
Primary Instruments
- Piano
- Synthesizer
Additional Instruments
- Flute
Software
- Dorico
- Finale
- GarageBand
- Logic
- MainStage
- Melodyne
- Pro-Tools
- Sibelius