Shonagh Murray
Biography
Shonagh Murray is a musical director, composer/writer and teacher based in Glasgow. Her most recent MD credits are A Mother’s Song (Macrobert Art Centre & KT Producing); Fantastically Great Women Who Changed The World (Kick Ass Theatre Productions Ltd, Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2022); Orphans (National Theatre of Scotland, Associate Music Director); Bairns in the Woods (Martin & Martin Productions); Saturdays Doon The JM (Dundee Rep Theatre) as well as SIX: UK Tour (Global Musicals Ltd, cover MD/Joan). In her work as a composer, Shonagh’s children’s musical Nessie was selected for Capital Theatres and Pitlochry Festival Theatre’s New Musical Commissioning Hub 2021, and her musicals Armour & Burns both received an award for score composition from Musical Theatre Review (Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2019). As a teacher, Shonagh has lectured at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, the London College of Music, as well as guest tutoring at Mountview.
Professional Experience
- Regional
- Education
- Tours
- Community Theatre
- Bachelor’s Degree
- Master’s Degree
Regions
- London/United Kingdom
Interested in touring?
- No
Maestra Expertise
- Theatrical Composer (Music and Lyrics)
- Theatrical Bookwriter
- Music Director/Conductor (Pianist)
- Singer/Songwriter
- Vocal Arranger
- Music Transcriber
- Audition Pianist
- Class/Voice Lesson/Rehearsal Pianist
- Rehearsal Pianist
- Voice Teacher (Private Studio)
Primary Instruments
- Piano
- Voice
Additional Instruments
- Flute
- Saxophone
Software
- Logic
- MainStage
- Sibelius
- QLab