Georgia Stitt Explained

Georgia Stitt
Birth Date:17 June 1972
Birth Place:Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Alma Mater:Vanderbilt University (BMus)
New York University (MFA)
Spouse:Jason Robert Brown (m. 2003)
Children:2

Georgia Stitt (born June 17, 1972) is an American composer and lyricist, arranger, conductor, and musical director.[1]

Early life and education

Stitt was born in Atlanta, but spent most of her childhood in Covington, Tennessee.[2] She earned a B.Mus degree in Music Theory and Composition from Vanderbilt University and a M.F.A. in Musical Theater Writing from New York University.[3]

Career

Stitt began her career in New York City as a pianist, conductor and musical director on Little Shop of Horrors,[4] Avenue Q, Sweet Smell of Success, The Music Man, Titanic, Annie, and the national tour of Parade.[5] [6]

Stitt composed music for The Water,[7] [8] [9] which won the 2008 ANMT “Search for New Voices in American Musical Theatre”. [10] She has also composed for the musicals Snow Child, Samantha Spade - Ace Detective,[11] The Big Boom, Big Red Sun,[12] Sing Me A Happy Song,[13] [14] [15] Mosaic,[16] [17] and Hello! My Baby.[18] [19]

Stitt's recorded music includes A Quiet Revolution, My Lifelong Love, This Ordinary Thursday: The Songs of Georgia Stitt,[20] [21] Alphabet City Cycle,[22] De Profundis, Joyful Noise,[23] A Better Resurrection and The Promise of Light.[24] She regularly performs with Broadway performer Susan Egan, and the two of them maintain a blog called "Glamour And Goop."

Stitt was the vocal coach for season three of America's Got Talent, the on-camera vocal coach for the NBC reality TV show and the production music coordinator for the Disney–ABC TV production of Once Upon a Mattress starring Tracey Ullman and Carol Burnett. She contributed two songs to the 2008 MTV movie The American Mall.

Stitt founded Maestra Music, a community of female, non-binary, and gender non-conforming musicians in the theatre industry.[25]

Personal life

Since 2003, Stitt has been married to fellow theatre composer Jason Robert Brown.[5] They have two daughters.[26]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: "How This Music Maestra Discovered Her Inner Uprising" Jeryl Brunner interview . forbes.com . May 22, 2020.
  2. Web site: WhatsOnStage . 20 Questions: Georgia Stitt - My Lifelong Love . WhatsOnStage.com . October 24, 2014 . May 26, 2020.
  3. Web site: Vanderbilt Student Media Hall of Fame 2015 class named. Owens. Ann Marie Deer. July 8, 2015. Vanderbilt News. May 26, 2020.
  4. Web site: The Broadway League . Little Shop of Horrors | IBDB: The official source for Broadway Information . IBDB . August 22, 2004 . October 21, 2011.
  5. Web site: WEDDINGS/CELEBRATIONS; Georgia Stitt, Jason Robert Brown – New York Times . The New York Times . October 19, 2003 . October 21, 2011.
  6. Web site: Broadway World - Broadway News, Tickets, Videos & More.
  7. Web site: Weekend Preview (April 14, 2004) . Paloaltoonline.com . April 14, 2004 . October 21, 2011.
  8. Web site: University Productions Presents – The Water . Music.umich.edu . October 21, 2011 . September 27, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110927022517/http://www.music.umich.edu/performances_events/productions/past/04-05/uprod-water.html . dead .
  9. Web site: The Water, Musical About a Town in Peril, Gets Premiere at University of Michigan Nov. 18–21 . Playbill . October 19, 2004 . October 21, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110305195815/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/89094-The-Water-Musical-About-a-Town-in-Peril-Gets-Premiere-at-University-of-Michigan-Nov-18-21 . March 5, 2011 . mdy .
  10. Web site: New Musical News . Anmt.org . October 21, 2011 . September 4, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110904025117/http://www.anmt.org/news/183.htm . dead .
  11. Web site: Stitt . Georgia . Samantha Spade – Ace Detective . Georgia Stitt: words and music . 5 May 2024.
  12. Web site: ASCAP Foundation Awards . Ascap.com . October 21, 2011.
  13. Web site: Kirshenbaum & Stitt Test New Revue Sing Me a Happy Song at Goodspeed Musicals . Playbill . October 21, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121015002832/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/91098-Kirshenbaum-Stitt-Test-New-Revue-Sing-Me-a-Happy-Song-at-Goodspeed-Musicals . October 15, 2012 . mdy .
  14. Web site: COC Theatre Department Upcoming Productions . Canyons.edu . October 21, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110927152029/http://www.canyons.edu/departments/theatre/upcoming.htm . September 27, 2011 . mdy .
  15. Web site: 2010 Festival of New American Musicals Announced, New Partnership With NYMTF . Losangeles.broadwayworld.com . October 21, 2011.
  16. Web site: Bacalzo . Dan . David Simpatico, Georgia Stitt, et al. Set for Inner Voices: Solo Musicals: Theater News on TheaterMania.com – 02/26/2010 . Theatermania.com . February 26, 2010 . October 21, 2011.
  17. Web site: Heidi Blickenstaff and Judith Blazer to Star in Inner Voices: Solo Musicals . Playbill . March 5, 2010 . October 21, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121015002853/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/137539-Heidi-Blickenstaff-and-Judith-Blazer-to-Star-in-Inner-Voices-Solo-Musicals . October 15, 2012 . mdy .
  18. Web site: Halston, McGillin & More Set for HELLO! MY BABY Reading, 3/29 . Broadwayworld.com . March 29, 2010 . October 21, 2011.
  19. Web site: Rubicon Theatre Company – Summer Programs . Rubicontheatre.org . October 21, 2011 . August 9, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110809064053/http://rubicontheatre.org/Page.aspx?pid=307 . dead .
  20. Web site: This Ordinary Thursday: The Songs of Georgia Stitt . ps classics . April 10, 2007 . October 21, 2011 . October 11, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111011165109/http://www.psclassics.com/cd_stitt.html . dead .
  21. Web site: ON THE RECORD: Stitt's "this ordinary thursday" Plus Kitt at the Carlyle . https://web.archive.org/web/20121015002910/http://www.playbill.com/features/article/110668-ON-THE-RECORD-Stitts-this-ordinary-thursday-Plus-Kitt-at-the-Carlyle . dead . October 15, 2012 . Playbill . September 3, 2007 . October 21, 2011 .
  22. Web site: Finian's Rainbow Star Kate Baldwin Sings "Alphabet City Cycle," Released Digitally . Playbill . October 21, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121015034849/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/127873-Finians-Rainbow-Star-Kate-Baldwin-Sings-Alphabet-City-Cycle-Released-Digitally . October 15, 2012 . mdy .
  23. Web site: Robles . Jaime . Raising a Joyful Song: San Francisco Classical Voice . Sfcv.org . May 1, 2009 . October 21, 2011.
  24. Web site: A Better Resurrection, Georgia Stitt, Walton Choral – Hal Leonard Online . Halleonard.com . October 21, 2011 . September 28, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110928075306/http://www.halleonard.com/product/viewproduct.do?itemid=8501579&whatsnew=30&searchcategory=12&subsiteid=1& . dead .
  25. Web site: About • Maestra. Foy. Ryan. 2018-10-10. maestramusic.org. 2019-10-22.
  26. Web site: 2009-10-24. Broadway World.com - Broadway's Premier Web Resource. 2021-06-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20091024045405/http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Jason_Robert_Brown_and_Georgia_Stitt_Welcome_A_Baby_Girl_20091021. October 24, 2009.

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