In the Lounge Tin Pan Alley 2 Featuring Simon Lee, Enzo Veiga, Ernie Bird, Josh Ben-Ami & James Salem. Hosted by Durra Leung
About This Show
Tin Pan Alley 2 is a live mini-concert showcasing new original musical theatre works.
Set List
Two Scoops
Music by Enzo Veiga, Words by Taz Stahlnecker
Piano accompaniment by Matt Stolfi
Performed by Enzo Veiga
Contemplation
Music & Lyrics by Enzo Veiga
Performed by Lucy O’Brien
Piano accompaniment by Enzo Veiga
New York
Music & Lyrics by Ernie Bird
Performed by Ernie Bird
Piano accompaniment by Lucy O’Brien
The Descent of a Rambling Mind
Music by Ernie Bird, Lyrics by Jessie Field
Performed by Ernie Bird
Piano accompaniment by Lucy O’Brien
Special bottle effects by Jessie Field
The Train (from The Dotted Line)
Music, Lyrics & Books by Ernie Bird
Performed by Lucy O’Brien, Erin Hörchler, Ernie Bird
Piano accompaniment by Enzo Veiga
The River
Music by Josh Ben-Ami, Lyrics by James Salem
Performed by Samina Saifee
Piano accompaniment by Josh Ben-Ami
Throuple
Music by Josh Ben-Ami, Lyrics by James Salem
Performed by Enzo Veiga
Piano accompaniment by Josh Ben-Ami
Freshman Year Halloween
Music by Josh Ben-Ami, Lyrics by James Salem
Performed by Enzo Veiga
Piano accompaniment by Josh Ben-Ami
About the Artists
Simon Lee was born in Seoul, South Korea. His four original theatre pieces were published in the Korean Musical Theatre industry as a composer, arranger and music director. He graduated Berklee College of Music with a bachelor’s degree in Songwriting in 2018, and now studies in the Musical Theatre Writing Program at the Tisch School of Arts, New York University. Simon believes that the creation of a musical theatre piece is the best form of showing an artist’s passion and effort.
Enzo Veiga was born in Brazil in 1994, and earned a BM in Composition before starting the Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program at NYU in 2018. Besides composing and songwriting, Enzo also has experience as a teacher, music director, singer, and vocal coach. A few of his theatre writing credits are: Joy, Terrível Incrivel Aventura, Primavera Leste, and Uma Surpresa Encantada.
Ernie Bird (born Ernest Deriabin) is a musical theatre composer, audio/live sound engineer, singer, producer, songwriter, arranger, actor. He’s a finalist of the Curtain Up Musical Theatre Writing Competition 2017, winner of the International Songwriting Competition 2012 and semi-finalist of 2013 and 2017, and finalist of International Folk Festival 2015 (Boston, MA) Having majored in Music Production & Engineering, Music Management, and Musical Theatre Writing at Berklee College of Music, Ernie was nominated by Berklee for the Audio Engineering Society Recording Competition 2016 award. He acted in “Legally Blonde”, “Cabaret”, “Midsummer Night’s Dream” and other musicals, written a musical with his partner Steph Carlin – “The Show Must Go On”, and recorded & mixed 17-piece Berklee Musical Theatre orchestras at BPC, Boston. Currently, Ernie Bird is pursuing an MFA in Musical Theatre Writing at NYU Tisch. He is a librettist and composer of “Dotted Line” musical based on Ukraine’s history of communist oppression.
Josh Ben-Ami is a musical theater composer living in Manhattan. Originally from Scarsdale, NY, Josh received a BA from NYU Gallatin School of Individualized Study, and is now an MFA candidate at NYU Tisch’s Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program. Josh has written dozens of songs with a variety of collaborators, and has had his work performed at Dixon Place and The Duplex. Most recently, he composed the score for MAYA’S MOTHER, a short-form musical, with book and lyrics by James Salem. He and James are currently pursuing several full-length musical concepts. Follow him on Instagram @JoshNotGroban
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Credits
Guest Performers
Matt Stolfi, Jackson Brothers, Lucy O’Brien, Jessie Field, Erin Hörchler, Samina Saifee
Photo Credit
Durra Leung