When I was a teenager, I learned to sight-read on the piano by having my friends over to sing through Broadway Vocal Selections books. Some of our favorites were “A New Brain” and “Falsettos”, and William Finn has remained one of my absolute favorite Musical Theater composers. So I was wildly excited to take a 10-week lyric-writing workshop with the great Mr. Finn during the pandemic (thanks to the efforts of Maestra to recruit more femmes for the class). I wrote 9 songs (both music and lyrics) in class, and three of them were featured in a virtual concert hosted by New York Theater Barn!
Time stamps:
6:12 - “Get In” (a pop song about riding in cars and coming out)
28:33 - “Antonie van Leeuwenhoek” (a rock song about the father of modern microscopy)
49:13 - “February Friend” (a ballad about the most depressing month)
