Julianne B. Merrill

Biography

Originally from Indianapolis, Julianne works in NYC as a professional Music Director, Pianist, and Electronic Music Engineer. She is a frequent Music Director for various cabarets, concerts, galas, and new work development workshops. On Broadway, she can be found on the podium as a conductor and keyboard player, as well as behind a pit computer as keyboard programmer and playback engineer.

Bway: Chess, Real Women Have Curves, Smash, How to Dance in Ohio, Harmony, Some Like it Hot, A Strange Loop. Off-Bway: Reunions, My Son's a Queer (But What Can You Do?), Rolling Thunder, Music City, The Last Bimbo of the Apocalypse, Jonathan Larson Project, Big Gay Jamboree, Drag: The Musical, Communion, The Lonely Few, White Girl in Danger. National Tour: Water for Elephants, Some Like it Hot.

A graduate and now Professor at BerkleeNYC, Julianne uses the artist name “PatchMaster” and is the owner of PatchMaster Productions, a live experience design agency. @patchmasternyc

Julianne serves as Music Director and Playback Engineer for Maestra's 'Amplify' concert series. She also moderates the Maestra Pride Affinity group.