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Georgia Stitt (born June 17, 1972) is an American composer and lyricist, arranger, conductor, and musical director.[1]
Georgia Stitt | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 17, 1972 Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Vanderbilt University (BMus) New York University (MFA) |
| Spouse | Jason Robert Brown (m. 2003) |
| Children | 2 |
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 - Ace Detective,[1][11] The Big Boom,[1] Big Red Sun,[1][12] Sing Me A Happy Song,[13][14][15] Mosaic,[1][16][17] and Hello! My Baby.[18][19]
Stitt's recorded music includes A Quiet Revolution,[1] 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."[citation needed]
Stitt was the vocal coach for season three of America's Got Talent,[citation needed] the on-camera vocal coach for the NBC reality TV show Grease: You're the One That I Want![citation needed] and the production music coordinator for the Disney–ABC TV production of Once Upon a Mattress starring Tracey Ullman and Carol Burnett.[citation needed] She contributed two songs to the 2008 MTV movie The American Mall.[citation needed]
Stitt founded Maestra Music, a community of female, non-binary, and gender non-conforming musicians in the theatre industry.[25]
Since 2003, Stitt has been married to fellow theatre composer Jason Robert Brown.[5] They have two daughters.[26]
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