Category: Community

Member Spotlight: J Sylvan

MusicalWriters Academy Member J Sylvan (they/them) is a lyricist, bookwriter, and composer –...

Member Spotlight: Laura Goodenow

MusicalWriters Academy Member Laura Goodenow (she/her) is a lyricist, bookwriter, and...

Member Spotlight: Lisa Sniderman

MusicalWriters Academy Member Lisa Sniderman (she/her) is a lyricist, bookwriter, co-composer, and...

Holly Reed Passes Baton to Rebecca Lowrey as Owner and CEO

“Rebecca’s incredible skillset as a music director, producer, creative, coach, encourager, and...

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.