Favorite young/contemporary Composers?

[SondheimianRhapsody2]

Posted: 10/15/20 at 2:51pm

With the Tony Nominations not including a single nomination for  a musical theatre composer in the best score category (for obvious reasons), who are some of your favorite contemporary MT composers? (From the Pasek & Paul generation and beyond). 

Updated On: 10/15/20 at 02:51 PM

[Alex Kulak2]

Posted: 10/15/20 at 4:43pm

Shaina Taub and Michael R. Jackson

[Blank Name]

Posted: 10/16/20 at 3:30pm

Gabriella Balsam

Josh Ben-Ami

Lydia Breckon

Jackson Brothers

Jamie Buxton

Pablo Concha

Trinity Chen

Elspeth Collard

Brandy Hoang Collier

Deniz Demirkurt

Ernest Deriabin

Sean Eads

Jessie Field

Dan Gibson

Alex Higgin-Houser

Erin Hoerchler

Durra Leung

Gabrielle Mirabella

Tristen Moseley

Nate Riebli

Samantha Rosenblatt

James Salem

Dani Shoulman

Daniel Taz Stahlnecker

Matt Stolfi

Maggie Tallan

Enzo Veiga

[ahhrealmonsters]

Posted: 10/16/20 at 6:58pm

^ @Blank Name - did you just list an entire GMTWP cycle?

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 10/16/20 at 7:04pm

Taylor Swift

[hak5]

Posted: 10/16/20 at 7:10pm

Anaïs Mitchell

[Blank Name]

Posted: 10/17/20 at 12:43am

ahhrealmonsters said: "^ @Blank Name - did you just list an entire GMTWP cycle?"

Yes, sorry, that's my cycle. It's been...rough, and my cyclemates are the people who have given me a reason to continue, both in their support for each other and in their incredible talent. They're all incredible people creating the equal of much of what is/was on Broadway, at least in my opinion, and I just want the world for them. They are my favorite composers working today, even if they don't realize it.  (Sorry if this was not the place to drop all of this.)

 

[JBroadway]

Posted: 10/17/20 at 12:57am

César Alvarez already has an active and fruitful career, but they haven't garnered as much widespread attention in the theatre community as I think they deserve for their brilliant work. 

[VintageSnarker]

Posted: 10/17/20 at 6:50am

Zoe Sarnak, Grace McLean

It's difficult because a lot of younger composers are not consistently putting out new music or getting the chance to have their shows produced. Or they have to work on other projects to support themselves.

[SondheimianRhapsody2]

Posted: 10/18/20 at 8:53pm

Love hearing these! My personal favorites are

Michael R Jackson 

Nick Blaemire 

Michael Friedman (Rest In Peace.) 

Drew Gasparini 

Anais Mitchell 

Sam Salmond (honestly haven't seen/listened to a ton of his work but "I'm cool" and his Jonathan Larson Grant performance are constantly stuck in my head) 

[VotePeron]

Posted: 10/18/20 at 10:04pm

I do pretty confidently believe Shaina Taub will make it as big as a musical theater composer can get. I imagine Devil Wears Prada will help land her some Hollywood projects, and her choice of original theater projects to pursue. I love her voice and style, and am excited for the world to know her work.

[copskid949]

Posted: 10/18/20 at 10:07pm

SondheimianRhapsody2 said: "Love hearing these! My personal favorites are

Michael R Jackson

Nick Blaemire

Michael Friedman (Rest In Peace.)

Drew Gasparini

Anais Mitchell

Sam Salmond (honestly haven't seen/listened to a ton of his work but "I'm cool" and his Jonathan Larson Grant performance are constantly stuck in my head)"

Highly recommend Salmond’s demos on “Eighty-Sixed”