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Linda Dowdell

Maestra Classes Offered

Shows

Linda Dowdell

  • She/Her
  • Biography

    With roots in both jazz and classical music, Linda toured the world from 1988-98 as musical director of both Mikhail Baryshnikov’s White Oak Dance Project and the Mark Morris Dance Group. Award winning musical theatre composer/lyricist; Meet the Composer; James Irvine Foundation; BMI Harrington Award. Her music has been described as ‘an eclectic vein of high jazz; she plants words with exceptional clarity and to great effect’ (Financial Times); ‘… style: elegant, free-wheeling, economical’ (The Sunday Times, London); ‘… an unflagging, unflinching, buoyant sense of rhythm’ (Boston Globe). Bandleader: Friends of Brubeck. Composer/lyricist: Spirit of the Yule, Strictly No Elephants. Arranger: Tin Pan Lady. Currently musical director at Key City Public Theatre in Port Townsend, WA.

    Professional Experience

    • Off Broadway
    • Regional
    • Concerts/Cabaret

    Regions

    • Seattle/Pacific NW

    Maestra Expertise

    • Theatrical Composer (Music and Lyrics)
    • Music Director/Conductor (Pianist)
    • Vocal Director and/or Choral Prep
    • Vocal Arranger
    • Dance Arranger
    • Incidental Music Composer/Arranger
    • Music Copyist

    Primary Instruments

    • Piano

    Software

    • Finale
    • GarageBand

    Affiliations

    • ASCAP
    • BMI
    • THE DRAMATISTS GUILD