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Sanford Marc Cohen (Music) was nearly age 20 when he began playing the piano--by accident! Originally from Savannah, GA, he has been in NYC for 20 years. Mr. Cohen was a participant in the BMI-Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop for several years and he won the ASCAP showcase, chosen by Charles Strouse and Stephen Schwartz, in 1994. His musical Mall Story was presented at Manhattan Theatre Club and the York Theatre in 2001-02 with members of the Broadway cast of Rent. In addition, he has written songs for Andrea Marcovicci and Mandy Patinkin Nicholas Levin (Music) was a 2006 MAC Award "Song of the Year" nominee, and his patriotic anthem "Higher Ground" is in performance by the USO, who premiered it atop an aircraft carrier(!) in New York Harbor. His music and lyrics were recently showcased in Come Back for More: The Songs of Nicholas Levin (Upstairs at Etcetera, Etcetera), and Sounds Like Heaven: The Nicholas Levin Songbook (Donnell Library Center). His theater scores include The Exception and the Rule (Edmonton Fringe Festival) and The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Theater-On-The-Green) and he's contributed material to shows and revues including Encounters with John O'Hara (Neighborhood Group Theatre), Now That You've Seen Me Naked (Sage Theatre), and Unheard Of! (Woodstock Fringe Festival). Nicholas was a South Carolina Arts Commission Artist-in-Residence, and is an alumnus of the BMI-Lehman Engel Musical Theater Writing Workshop. Donald Oliver (Music) composed the score for the musical The Case of the Dead Flamingo Dancer, (book & lyrics by Dan Butler), produced in the US and England. He wrote the book “How to Audition for the Musical Theatre”, and he played piano for Angela Lansbury’s Gypsy. As co-owner of Chelsea Music Service, he has worked on over 120 Broadway shows, including Phantom of the Opera, Chicago, Cabaret and The Lion King. For more info, call his mother. Kyle Rosen (Music) is currently working on the score for The Jerusalem Syndrome with Laurence Holzman and Felicia Needleman. He recently composed music for the original musical Suddenly Hope (Stamford Center for the Arts; Garfield Theatre, La Jolla; Denver Civic Theatre). Trained as a classical pianist, he has performed and composed music for numerous television and film projects. He orchestrated the music for the NBC Movie-of-the-Week A Child Lost Forever, and played piano for the NBC comedy “The Naked Truth”. While attending Princeton University, he was president of the Princeton Triangle Club, composing and conducting many musical productions for them. He is the recipient of the Milton Lyon Award for songwriting and an alumnus of the BMI Musical Theatre Workshop. Kyle would like to thank his parents for their unending love and support. Brad Ross (Music) wrote the music for A Family for Baby Grand which has been performed nationwide by The National Symphony at The Kennedy Center, The Philadelphia Orchestra, The San Diego Symphony, The Jacksonville Symphony, The San Antonio Symphony, The Milwaukee Symphony, The Orlando Philharmonic, The Rochester Philharmonic and many other orchestras. Brad was commissioned by The Kennedy Center to write the music for The Tales of Custard The Dragon, a musical for family audiences based on the classic books by Ogden Nash. His musical Little By Little was produced Off-Broadway at The York Theatre in New York City. The original cast recording was released on the Varese Sarabande label and the show is licensed by Samuel French. Varese Sarabande selected “Watching The Show” from Brad's musical The Times for its Broadway Bound CD release. The Times was produced at The Long Wharf Theater and the show won a pretigious Richard Rodgers Development Grant from The American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters. Songs from both The Times and Little By Little are published by Hal Leonard Music Corp. Karen Akers, Tovah Feldshuh, Nancy Dussault, and Marin Mazzie have all performed Brad's song "How Sad No One Waltzes Anymore." Brad's songs have been featured by Michael Feinstein at Carnegie Recital Hall and Lucie Arnaz at The 92nd Street Y, both prominent New York City venues. His music has been heard across the USA on CNN and PAX-TV. He is a graduate of Cornell University and the New York University Graduate Musical Theater Program. Brad is a member of ASCAP. Mark Wherry (Music) began a performing career as an understudy to Larry the Cable Guy at the Nebraska One Act Play Festival, then switched to composing and education. He is an alumnus of the BMI-Lehman Engel Music Theater Workshop. His latest work, It’s Only Business, an original musical about Bugsy Siegel, will be premiered in Las Vegas in April 2007. Mark has also composed the children’s musicals The Intergalactic Wonder Tour and JAMMIN’, which was commissioned by North Carolina State University as a part of their “Theater in the Schools” outreach program. Mr. Wherry is the Director of Vocal Music at the Community College of Southern Nevada in Las Vegas, where he conducts the College Singers, Chamber Choir and CCSN Jazz Singers. Choirs under his direction have performed with Joe Williams, Robert Goulet, Barry Manilow and Dee Dee Bridgewater. He has an earned doctorate in choral conducting and jazz pedagogy from the University of Northern Colorado and a Masters of Music degree from the University of Miami. Wendy Leigh Wilf is a composer, lyricist and jazz musician. Her theatre music has frequently graced stages in New York and Chicago (not to mention Independence Kansas, during a stint as Artist-in-Residence at the William Inge Festival), and her songs have been recorded by a number of major musical theatre artists, including Sara Ramirez, Emily Skinner, Kerry Butler, and most recently, Susan Egan on her new album, Winter Tracks. As a performer, Wendy has played in jazz clubs throughout the world, most notably in New York, Paris and Rome. She is a graduate of Northwestern University and an alumnus of the BMI Workshop, and holds a Masters in Jazz Piano fom Manhattan School of Music. Wendy is married to lyricist Glenn Slater. They have two sons. Annette Jolles (Director) has created a diverse body of work as a director, writer and producer for stage and television. With That Time of the Year creators Laurence Holzman and Felicia Needleman, she is currently developing two original musicals, A Million Tomorrows and The Jerusalem Syndrome. She directed a staged reading of A Million Tomorrows (formerly titled Wallenberg) for the 2006 New York Musical Theatre Festival. Other recent credits include directing her fourth season of New Voices Concerts at Symphony Space and “Johnny Mercer at the Movies” for the 92nd Street Y’s Lyrics and Lyricists series. Also for Symphony Space, she directed “Broadway and Beyond” with host Rob Fisher and staged their monumental "Wall to Wall Sondheim" tribute. For The Little Orchestra Society, she directed and choreographed fourteen seasons of Lolli-Pops Concerts and productions including Amahl and the Night Visitors, Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel, and Peter and the Wolf at Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center. Ms. Jolles has developed and directed several original musicals including Little by Little (The York Theatre Company, Coconut Grove Playhouse) and Suddenly Hope (Denver Civic Theater, Rich Forum Theater). Her work in television has earned her an Emmy Award as producer of the 9/11 Memorial from Ground Zero and four additional Emmy nominations. Highlights of broadcasts include "Broadway Under the Stars" (CBS), "Egypt Week Live" (Discovery), "The Dr. Joy Browne Show" (Discovery Health), Romance/ Romance, Nunsense 1, 2 & 3, Stop the World… (PBS, A&E, TNN), Trading Spaces “Home Free” Finale (TLC), and the Times Square New Year’s Eve festivities from 1997-2004. She is a summa cum laude graduate of Yale University, where she currently teaches musical theater song performance, and recipient of a Drama League Directors fellowship. She is also a proud mother of two.
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