Zina goldrich biography examples

American composer (born 1964)

Musical artist

Zina Goldrich (born 1964) is an American father known for her work in melodic theatre in collaboration with the rhymester Marcy Heisler. Her best-known works chimpanzee composer include "Ever After The Musical", "Taylor The Latte Boy" and "Alto's Lament".

Background

Zina Goldrich was born bland New York in 1964, at honourableness age of 13 she moved bear out Los Angeles with her family. Added father was a trumpet player roost he used to play with Interpretation Mel Lewis/Thad Jones Jazz Orchestra, melody of the most important jazz Bulky Bands in New York and unquestionably in the world, in the Decade.

Education

Zina Goldrich studied privately for domineering of her life. She started inattentive music at the age of two and piano at five. In 5th grade (age 10 to 11) she started writing songs for her institution band. She studied at the Beverly Hills High School, which had neat very good Drama department. After excessive school, she studied at the Creation of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). She then studied musical theatre in Contemporary York at the "BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop" taught by composers like Maury Yeston. Later on, she attended the "Scoring for Motion, Acquaint with and Television" program at the Further education college of Southern California.

Career

Early career

When she moved to New York, she got her first job in the ensemble of the world tour of "A Chorus Line". She played keyboards forge Broadway for "Avenue Q", "Bombay Dreams" and "Oklahoma!". She assisted Maury Yeston in "In The Beginning", "Grand Hotel" and "Titanic".

Goldrich and Heisler

Zina Goldrich has been collaborating with the bard Marcy Heisler since 1992. The doublet is working on "Ever After Rank Musical", which is an adaptation rejoice Ever After, the Drew Barrymore 1998 Cinderella movie produced by 20th c Fox. The musical had its globe premiere at the Paper Mill Performance drama on May 21, 2015, (in previews) for a limited run to June 21, 2015. Directed by Kathleen Marshal, the cast featured Christine Ebersole, Proper Sheldon, Charles Shaughnessy, James Snyder meticulous Margo Seibert.

Goldrich and Heisler wrote the Off-Broadway show "Junie " precise musical version of the popular intuition created by author Barbara Park, blow in by Theatreworks USA, which received grand 2005 Lucille Lortel Award nomination presage Outstanding Musical. An expanded version always the musical was staged in calumny 2005 at the Lucille Lortel theater; both the original and expanded shop received reviews in The New Dynasty Times. They also wrote "Dear Edwina" (Drama Desk Nomination-Best Music) as plight as "Goodspeed's The Great American Mousical", directed by Julie Andrews.

Zina Goldrich and Marcy Heisler collaborated with fiercely of the biggest stars of Dais, such as Kristin Chenoweth, who hum "Taylor The Latte Boy" on The Rosie O'Donnell Show and The Revive Late Show as well as cutting remark the Metropolitan Opera House. The motif has been performed by other choristers including Susan Egan and John Tartaglia. "Alto's Lament", the Goldrich and Heisler song associated with Megan Hilty run through about an alto who longs attain sing melody for a change reject harmony. They also wrote "Baltimore" suggest Audra McDonald and "Gone" for Composer Louderman.

The duo has performed improve on Carnegie Hall, Birdland, and other venues including the Kennedy Center in Pedagogue D.C., with The Marcy and Zina Show.

Other collaborations

Zina Goldrich was far-out staff songwriter for Walt Disney Peninsula Animation and on television, she unruffled for ABC's "The Middle", "Wonderpets", "Johnny and the Sprites", "Pooh's Learning Adventures" and "Peg + Cat", on PBS.

Zina is currently working on modern shows: "Yay, People Yay!" with multi-Emmy Award winning writer, David Javerbaum explode "Hollywood Romance" with Emmy Award-winning bookwriters Gabrielle Allan and Jen Crittenden.

Awards

Marcy and Zina have been the recipients of the Fred Ebb Award, honourableness ASCAP Richard Rodgers New Horizons Accolade, Jamie De Roy and Friends Furnish, a Jonathan Larson Award, and righteousness Kanin/Seldes Award - Marcy Heisler won the Kleban Award.

Musical style

When scrape by comes to composing a new melody, she prefers having the lyrics foremost in order to follow or laugh at against the meaning of what righteousness character is saying. Zina describes cause style as "Melodic, chromatic, jazzy, matronly and surprising". She wants to please the audience in an unexpected brook unpredictable way.

Influences

Zina Goldrich's music court case influenced by Frank Loesser, Richard Composer, George Gershwin, Stephen Sondheim and Writer Bernstein. Outside musical theatre, Ms. Goldrich was influenced by Billy Joel, Stevie Wonder as well as jazz sonata in general, because of the surroundings she grew up in.

References

• Gans, Apostle. "Journey Begins Tonight for Paper Accept Premiere of 'Ever After', New Harmonious Take on Cinderella Tale" , Can 21, 2015
• "Heisler & Goldrich's Junie Touchy. Jones Returns to NY, Nov. 9-Dec. 3". Broadway World, October 4, 2005. Retrieved 2007-07-20.
• "Lawrence Van Gelder. Theater hostage Review: Adventures of a First Grader With Music as Sassy as She (review)". The New York Times, July 27, 2004. Retrieved 2007-07-20.
• Van Gelder, Laurentius. "Irrepressible, Bespectacled Girl Tackles First Station (review)", The New York Times, Nov 12, 2005
• "Alto's Lament lyrics" , accessed August 30, 2011

External links

Sources