2022 Marvin Hamlisch International Music Awards
Nominees, MUSICAL THEATRE Composition (Emerging Division)
TRISH CAUSEY, OCEAN SPRINGS, MISSISSIPPI, USA
Polymath Trish Causey is a trail-blazing bohemian, multi-genre ArtistAlchemist & torch-bearer for the Divine Feminine revolution for unity consciousness. Trish's original works address human rights' issues via various media & styles. Long before she attended Berklee College of Music, Trish won an Artist Fellowship Grant in Music Composition from the NEA/ Mississippi Arts Commission (MAC), listing on the State Artist Roster, & was invited for inclusion in “Opera & Music” on SouthArts' Artist Registry. Trish's original works include musicals, a requiem, a concerto, a screenplay, & many stand-alone songs. Currently, Trish is composing a concept symphonic rock-opera EP album, LOVE AGAIN, featuring Grammy Award-winning Metropolitan Opera & Broadway star Zachary James & award-winning mezzo-soprano Renée Sokol Huff, DMA. A Broadway journalist & talk show host, Trish has covered the Tony Awards & been a Featured Artist &/or Featured Composer numerous times. In 2021, award-winning inventor Ashley Black selected Trish as a “Featured Female Entrepreneur”. Born & raised in Mississippi, Trish grew up surrounded by a rich music heritage. Her music composition style is an eclectic musical gumbo that Trish calls, "Global, Deep-fried Broad'pera Jazz".
luke enders, new york, new york, usa
Luke is a NYC-based composer/lyricist. He holds a BA in Music Theory and Composition from Calvin College, and an MFA from NYU Tisch. Primarily a writer for the stage, his work has been featured in venues around New York and throughout the country.
andrew gerace, new york, new york, usa and anna rosengart, pittsburgh, pennsylvania, usa
Andrew’s Website — Andrew’s Instagram — Anna’s Instagram
Anna Rosengart is a composer, arranger, and instrumentalist from Pittsburgh, PA. She completed her undergraduate degrees in jazz and data science at the University of Michigan in 2022 and also graduated with a minor in musical theatre composition. Besides music, Anna enjoys math and computer science and is pursuing her Ph.D. in statistics at Carnegie Mellon University. Andrew Gerace is a composer, music director, and arranger from Cleveland, OH. Andrew received his undergraduate degrees in political science and music directing at the University of Michigan, and like Anna, graduated from the University of Michigan with a minor in musical theatre composition under Richard Rogers award winning composer, Lynne Shankel. Besides music, Andrew enjoys photography and journalism and is pursuing his Masters in political science at Columbia University.
sulwyn lok, singapore
Website — Instagram — Soundcloud
Sulwyn Lok is a Singaporean composer for film, media, and the stage. His works have been showcased at the Cannes and Busan film festivals, won Best Original Music at the National Youth Film Awards (Singapore), commissioned by the Singapore Chinese Orchestra and Asian Cultural Symphony Orchestra, and published by Universal Production Music. Sulwyn is currently pursuing his music composition masters at New York University, specializing in Screen Scoring, supported by the Singapore Digital Scholarship. Having graduated from the YST Conservatory of Music majoring in Audio Arts and Science, Sulwyn is also co-founder of Poco Productions, Southeast Asia Music Academy Online, and the Victoria Chinese Orchestra; resident composer of the Singapore Ruan Ensemble; and an executive member of the Singapore Chinese Music Federation Youth Chapter.
veronica mansour, new york, new york, usa
Veronica ("Ronnie") Mansour is a 23-year-old recent graduate from the University of Notre Dame. Having spent many years studying at the Pasadena Conservatory of Music and The Colburn School, Veronica has performed with artists such as Kristin Chenoweth, Todd Rundgren, Chloe Agnew, members of the cast of Hamilton as both a cellist and a vocalist, and performed for many more, including Martin Chalifour and Philip Glass. She was a selected cellist in the 2016 Piatigorsky International Cello Festival, performing at Disney Hall, and served as the principal cellist of the University of Notre Dame Symphony Orchestra for two years. She has been featured on the radio ("Sundays Live" on KUSC) and ABC's The Goldbergs. She is the founder of her own charitable organization, The Young Artists Alliance, which has raised over $25,000 for various children's charities. Veronica released her first EP, Blue Bedroom, in the fall of 2020, having written and produced the album in her (blue) bedroom. Veronica was the composer/lyricist for an adaption of Cyrano de Bergerac, which premiered at the University of Notre Dame in Spring of 2022. CYRANO was most recently named part of NAMT's "Other Shows You Should Know About Jukebox". Her first musical, An Old Family Recipe, premiered as a film at the University of Notre Dame in the spring of 2021 and is set to re-release in the fall of 2022. She most recently composed a piece for Zoe Howard's play, Midnight Mirage, which premiered at Theatre Row as part of the Downtown Urban Arts Festival and placed third in the "Best Short Play" category. Veronica is a member of Maestra, BMI, the Society of Composers and Lyricists, and the Dramatist's Guild. Veronica is currently living in New York City, pursuing an MFA in Graduate Musical Theatre Writing at NYU Tisch School of the Arts.