Composition with Carmel Dean

Carmel will discuss her creative process and the evolving craft of musical theatre composition and direction. Don’t miss this opportunity to gain insight from the best.

Carmel’s compositional debut Renascence won the Off-Broadway Alliance Award for Best New Musical, and her song cycle Well‑Behaved Women—celebrating game‑changing historical figures—premiered at Joe’s Pub before receiving acclaim in Sydney. Her recent projects include commissions Maiden Voyage and the co‑composed On Cedar Street, and she continues to contribute to major Broadway and concert stages—from the current revival of Funny Girl to If/Then, American Idiot and The Notebook (with Ingrid Michaelson).

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