Songs we love by some of our favorite Musical Theatre Composers–for you to sing.

We have provided you with some of our favorite songs by new musical theatre composers! We encourage you to sing at least one of these songs in your concert. We have also provided links to each composer’s website, so that you can explore their other works, as well!

If you decide to perform other pieces by these composers, we urge you to purchase the music directly from them, as opposed to finding the sheet music in other places online. It is good practice to invest in and support other artists!

PS: If you choose to share a video of you singing one of these songs, be sure to credit and tag the composers. They are so excited to see your work!

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Lyons and packchar
Meet the Composers

Lyons and Pakchar

Douglas Lyons and Ethan D. Pakchar have been writing music since they met in 2013 on The Book of Mormon tour.  Their musicals include: Five Points (world premiere, Theatre Latte Da) now in development with Hamilton’s Andy Blankenbuehler, Beau (Adirondack Theatre Festival),  The Hamlet Remix,  Fatigue with Jodi Picoult, and TheaterworksUSA’s We The People. For more info: lyonsandpakchar.com

Song
"Unique"

Unique is a song intended to uplift and inspire. It’s a hug, written to remind anyone who feels less than that they aren’t.

Age Recommendation: All Ages

carner + gregor
Meet the Composers

Carner + Gregor

Sam Carner and Derek Gregor’s songs have been performed in thousands of venues around the world, including all 7 continents, and have been nominated for 13 MAC Awards. They won the Richard Rodgers Award, $100,000 Kleban Prize, and John Wallowitch Award of songwriters under 40. Their musical UNLOCK’D played an extended Off-Broadway run and has gone on to productions at Houston’s Queensbury Theatre and more. Their musical ISLAND SONG has had over 40 international productions. Current projects in development include their New Orleans musical SECOND LINE and their high school comedy TECHIES. Derek composed the score for the upcoming film AMERICAN REJECT starring Annaleigh Ashford, Keala Settle, Billy Ray Cyrus, and more. Sam has taught musical theater composition and analysis courses at Yale, NYU, and Temple’s MFA in Musical Theater Collaboration, and is currently in the process of starting the Institute for American Musical Theatre Creators in New York City.

Song
"Just Outside"

UNLOCK’D, set “back then-ish” and “across the pond-ish,” tells the story of Belinda, a young woman of court who has lived a very sheltered and comfortable life, but secretly dreams of traveling the world. When she has her first almost kiss, the dream of stepping outside of her comfort zone seems all the more tantalizing. “Just Outside” takes place moments after the almost kiss in one of Hampton Court’s gardens.

Age Recommendation: All Ages

Song
"Make It Here"

In this intense, emotional rock ballad, the eleven o’clock number in ISLAND SONG, a young performer who has achieved career success asks his distant father to come see his show.

Age Recommendation: ages 15+

Murphy Taylor Smith
Meet the Composer

Murphy Taylor Smith

Murphy Taylor Smith is a trans woman musical theatre writer, performer, and musician. A recent Penn State grad, she was named the 2019 York Theatre N/E/O Writer of the Future. Music/lyrics for ELEKTRIC, a trans woman centered retelling of the Oresteia (2021 UMich), RADIO, a electrofolk lesbian ghost story (comm. by UNC Greensboro), and Results Will Vary* (comm. by Penn State). @msmurphysmith

Song
"Let Me Know"

 A rumination on a failed relationship and what the singer could have done – but didn’t – to salvage the wreckage.

Listen to audio performance

Age Recommendation: All Ages

Jonathan Reid Gealt
Meet the Composer

Jonathan Reid Gealt

Jonathan Reid Gealt’s debut album ‘Thirteen Stories Down’ was released in 2011 on Sh-k-Boom/Ghostlight Records. Produced by 7-time Grammy Award winner Joel Moss, the album features orchestrations by Lynne Shankel, Bruce Coughlin, and August Eriksmoen as well as the vocal talents of TONY, Grammy and Emmy nominees including Kate Baldwin, Will Chase, Tituss Burgess, Lauren Kennedy, Caissie Levy, Matt Doyle, Darius de Haas, Carrie Manolakos, Natalie Weiss, Zak Resnick, Quentin Earl Darrington, Adam Chanler-Berat, Lindsay Mendez, Capathia Jenkins and the Broadway Inspirational Voices. Jonathan’s music has been featured in sold out venues and concerts all over New York City including the Broadway in South Africa Benefits, Symphony Space, The Canal Room, Joe’s Pub, The Triad, The Laurie Beechman, The Lucille Lortel, Le Poisson Rouge, and Birdland. Outside New York City, his music has been sung around the world including: Philadelphia, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, Manila, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, Scotland, France, Spain, Germany, Canada and England.

Song
"Quiet"

“The original inspiration for QUIET was autobiographical. I used to never stand up for myself and I’d let people walk all over me in an effort to make everyone like me. But I reached the point where I just couldn’t anymore and the song is about finding our own strength to finally stand your ground and make decisions for yourself rather than decisions based off of what other people want you to do.” -Jonathan Reid Gealt

Age Recommendation: Ages 15+

Song
"Whatever I Want It To Be"

“Also, the original inspiration was autobiographical. It was what sparked the whole idea for my 3rd album. I got tired of people telling me I was only one type of composer because I grew up in theater. So the whole idea of my 3rd album was to make every song a different style. Be it rock, jazz, blues, pop, threaded musical theater scene/song, acoustic, singer/songwriter or acapella. Every song was a different style on that album as a way to prove to myself that I could write more than just contemporary musical theater and pop. None of us are bound by anything so literally the sky is the limit when it comes to your imagination. So let it run wild.” -Jonathan Reid Gealt”

Age Recommendation: ages 15+

Note: Feel free to sing this as a solo!

Joriah Kwamé
Meet the Composer

Joriah Kwamé

Joriah Kwamé is an upcoming writer and performer from Kalamazoo, MI. He is most known for writing “Little Miss Perfect” by Taylor Louderman and was a winner of her 2019 Write Out Loud Contest.  Most recently, he participated in the 2020 Johnny Mercer Songwriting Project and got to learn from master teachers Andrew Lippa, Stephen Bray, Lindy Robbins, and Craig Carnelia. As a result of the music that was the soundtrack for his childhood, Joriah began to admire classic R&B, Soul, and Jazz music. He performed his original  R&B/Neo-soul music throughout his younger years, opening for artists such as Anthony Hamilton, The Dramatics, Lyfe Jennings, SWV, and Keith Sweat. His passion for musical theater composition was sparked in 2009 when he saw a production of Into The Woods for the first time and has since written over 6 musicals ranging widely in style and subject matter-from a dark retelling of Pinocchio to an MLK biopic. @JoriahKwame / Joriahkwame.com

Song
"Ordinary"

‘Ordinary’ depicts the moment that a young girl analyzes her quirkiness and wonders if it will get in the way of her success while also discovering that she might be queer.

Age Recommendation: All Ages

Jacob Ryan Smith
Meet the Composer

Jacob Ryan Smith

Jacob Ryan Smith is a graduate in musical theater from The University of Michigan, and their first ever graduate from the new Musical Theater Composition Minor. He’s written a multitude of different works from full length musicals to song cycles to ballets. He’s currently working on a project to write a song a day, everyday, for the whole year of 2020. You can listen to the songs @the_song_smith on Instagram.

Song
"Ten Step Plan"

“Ten Step Plan” is about a dorky high schooler formulating their plan to ask out the girl of their dreams… who they’ve never actually talked to before.

Age Recommendation: Ages 15+

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  • Over the course of 7 days, you will create and star in your very own 15 minute musical theatre solo show.
  • For your show, you can sing, dance, do a monologue, or do all three! We love a triple-threat performer!
  • You will perform your show live—online—to an audience of your friends, family, classmates, teachers, mentors, neighbors, or anyone else you want to invite.
  • You can broadcast your show on Zoom, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, or any other platform that you want to use.
  • The challenge begins on Sunday November 8. You’ll do your show on Saturday November 14. The celebratory Moving Forward call is Sunday November 15 at 6 pm Eastern.
  • Your assignment is due each day by 11:59 PM ET in our private Facebook Group, Collectively Seeking Broadway
  • Then, each day @ 12 AM, this page will update with the next day’s action item. You will also receive an email @ 10:00 AM!
  • We will help you plan, rehearse, and polish your solo show. It’s going to be amazing!
  • And this isn’t just ANY show. It’s a fundraiser show! You’ll invite audience members to chip in—any amount—so you can raise money for your musical theatre education fund. We challenge you to raise $395 by November 15.
  • You can get this money through donations. Or you can sell clothes, mow lawns, walk dogs, do errands for neighbors, or something else! We’ll share more money-making ideas with you during the challenge.
  • Then, you can use that $395 to enroll in Hello Broadway Live where you’ll get 30 days of dance, voice, and acting masterclasses led by award-winning Broadway artists. 30 days of Broadway magic that will change your life!
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At the Moving Forward Celebration call on Sunday November 15th at 6PM ET, we will announce our grand prize for 5 students to win a free ticket to Hello Broadway Live 2021.  

Hello Broadway Live is your chance to train for 4 weeks online with Broadway performers in your singing, dancing, and acting. HBL culminates with a digital 2-day weekend full of live masterclasses and meet and greets with Broadway’s biggest names. 

Registration will open live on the Moving Forward Celebration Call on Sunday November 15th at 6PM.  We are only taking 100 students into Hello Broadway Live, so be sure to be on the live Moving Forward Call to claim your spot!  

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Sunday, November 15th @ 6pm et
  • Moving Forward is happening Sunday November 15, 2020.
  • 6PM Eastern. 60 minutes. Live. Online. Watch from anywhere in the world.
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  • Moving Forward is for serious musical theatre students, ages 11-21.
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