Category: Community

Member Spotlight: Jocelyn Moen

Academy member Jocelyn Moen is an Australian performer and writer. Here’s a little about her musical writing journey and a few resources she recommends.

Member Spotlight: Marie Incontrera

Marie Incontrera is a musical theatre and opera composer; music director and conductor; and screenwriter living in Manhattan, New York.

Membership Spotlight: Michael Kaplan

Academy member Michael Kaplan from California offers insights from receiving a staged reading of his musical “Foodies.”

Membership Spotlight: Sam Steere

Composer Sam Steere from Springfield, Illinois is an Academy Reading Series winner for his musical “My Father’s Dragon.”

Membership Spotlight: Kenady Sean

Kenady Sean is our Academy Community Manager as well as a musical writer herself. She’s currently working on Beyond Perfection, an adaption of the Scarlet Letter, and an all-women show about World War II.

Membership Spotlight: Brent Black

Bookwriter, composer and lyricist Brent Black was the inaugural winner of the Academy Reading Series Pitch Night with his show Khan!!! The Musical!!!

Membership Spotlight: Karen Harvey-Dewey

Academy member Karen Harvey-Dewey is a composer/singer-songwriter/artist/author, environmental-peace activist, researcher, and teacher.

Member Spotlight: Fred Rohan-Vargas

Academy Member Fred Rohan-Vargas is an experienced playwright and composer and recently was accepted in the 2021 BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop.

Academy Member Spotlight: Melissa Hickman

Melissa Hickman, a member of the MusicalWriters Academy community, is a composer, music educator and jazz musician living in the Kansas City area.

Academy Member Spotlight: David Stidham

David Stidham from Los Angeles, California, is the co-creator and producer of BUCKET OF BLOOD, the inaugural musical in the MusicalWriters Academy Reading Series.

MW Staff Spotlight: Paige Menneci

Introducing our 2021 summer intern Paige Menneci, a singer/songwriter & composer/lyricist whose bright personality shines through all of her creative work.

Academy Member Spotlight: Nicolette Blount

Academy Member Nicolette Blount is making great strides with her show SAVAGE THE MUSICAL. Nicolette is an excellent performer, songwriter, and producer, and has had exceptional success when it comes to building her show’s social media following.

Academy Member Spotlight: David Waldner

An excellent songwriter-turned-musical writer, David Waldner is one of our fantastic members hailing all the way from London, England.

Academy Member Spotlight: David “Dave” Kurkowski

David Kurkowski of Philadelphia was the composer, lyricist and bookwriter for MADAME CURIE, winner of the 2020 Jackie White Memorial International Playwriting Contest.