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2013 Jonathan Larson Grants Presentation Highlights and Music

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Channel: American Theatre Wing · 2013 · Entertainment

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Welcome Remarks

Heather A. Hitchens, Executive Director, American Theatre Wing

and Julie Larson 
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Presentation to Kamala Sankaram

"Coffee Shop" from Miranda

Music and Lyrics by Kamala Sankaram


Performed by: Kamala Sankaram (vocals and accordian), 
Drew Fleming (vocals and guitar), Rima Fand (violin), 
Pat Muchmore (cello), Ed Rosenberg (clarinet), 
Jeff Hudgins (bass clarinet) 




"Tied" from Sounding

Music by Kamala Sankaram, Lyrics by Jennifer Gibbs


Performed by: Kamala Sankaram (vocals)

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Presentation to Joshua Salzman and Ryan Cunningham


"Get Gone" from The Legend Of New York

Music by Joshua Salzman, Lyrics by Ryan Cunningham

Performed by: J. Bernard Calloway (lead vocals); Carey Anderson, 
Kathy Calahan, and Bethany Fagan (backing vocals); Kristin da Costa, Kenny Francoeur, Jarrad Green, and Joanne Shea (ensemble); 
Joshua Salzman (piano), Michael Croiter (drums), Pete Donovan (bass)

"Goodbye" from I Love You Because

Music by Joshua Salzman, Lyrics by Ryan Cunningham

Performed by: Colin Hanlon (vocals), 
Joshua Salzman (piano), Michael Croiter (drums), Pete Donovan (bass)

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"Seasons of Love" from Rent

Music and Lyrics by Jonathan Larson


Performed by: New York City Gay Men's Chorus, 
Dr. Charles Beale (Conductor and Artistic Director), Aaron Dai (piano)

About the Grant Recipients

Joshua Salzman and Ryan Cunningham

Joshua Salzman (music) and Ryan Cunningham (book and lyrics) are Drama Desk and MAC Award-nominated writers. Their Off-Broadway musical, I Love You Because, has been produced all over the world and translated into Spanish, Chinese, Korean and Finnish. Their new musical, Next Thing You Know, was produced at CAP21 in New York with the help of a grant from NAMT and has gone on to be produced across America and in Europe. The cast album is now available on Yellow Sound Label. They continue their collaboration with a musical about the '77 New York City blackout called The Legend of New York. Ryan and Joshua are graduates of the NYU graduate musical theatre writing program and are both members of ASCAP and the Dramatists Guild.


Kamala Sankaram

Praised as "strikingly original" (NY Times), Kamala Sankaram has written music for theater, film, and concert. She has received residencies from the MacDowell Colony, the Watermill Center, and the Hermitage, and was the 2011 Con Edison/Exploring the Metropolis Composer-in-Residence at the Brooklyn Youth Chorus Academy. Her music for Sounding (directed by Kristin Marting) was praised as "gorgeous pop-rock interludes" (Time Out NY). As a resident artist at HERE Arts Center, Kamala created Miranda, a steampunk murder mystery which was was named winner of the New York Innovative Theatre Award for Outstanding Production of a Musical. Also a performer, Kamala has collaborated with the Wooster Group, the Philip Glass Ensemble, and Anthony Braxton, among others. 

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