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Georgia Stitt | |
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| Born | June 17, 1972 Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Vanderbilt University (BMus) New York University (MFA) |
| Spouse(s) | 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]
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]
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, [1] Samantha Spade, [1] Ace Detective, [1] The Big Boom, [1] Big Red Sun, [1] [11] Sing Me A Happy Song, [12] [13] [14] Mosaic, [1] [15] [16] and Hello! My Baby. [17] [18]
Stitt's recorded music includes A Quiet Revolution, [1] My Lifelong Love, This Ordinary Thursday: The Songs of Georgia Stitt, [19] [20] Alphabet City Cycle, [21] De Profundis, Joyful Noise, [22] A Better Resurrection and The Promise of Light. [23] She regularly performs with Broadway performer Susan Egan, and the two of them maintain a blog called "Glamour And Goop."[ citation needed ]
Stitt was the vocal coach for season three of America's Got Talent, [24] the on-camera vocal coach for the NBC reality TV show Grease: You're the One That I Want! [25] and the production music coordinator for the Disney–ABC TV production of Once Upon a Mattress starring Tracey Ullman and Carol Burnett. [26] She contributed two songs to the 2008 MTV movie The American Mall . [27]
Stitt founded Maestra Music, a community of female, non-binary, and gender non-conforming musicians in the theatre industry. [28]
Since 2003, Stitt has been married to fellow theatre composer Jason Robert Brown. [5] They have two daughters. [29]
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