Grace has had a passion for music, particularly musical theatre, for her whole life. Her parents indoctrinated her into loving show tunes from a young age, and from singing Fiddler on the Roof during family dinner parties to earning her BFA in Musical Theatre, musicals have been her greatest passion in life.
While Grace dabbled in composing and arrangement throughout her life, starting with her time as President of her high school a capella group, she never considered herself a composer. That is until 2021, when she began dabbling in original composition, writing a number of singer-songwriter-style songs that she performed herself.
Since then, she has begun composing in earnest, writing the music for The Queens of Cups’ upcoming Christmas pantomime commissioned by Theatre 503 and her own original musical, Manic Pixie Dream Musical.
While her journey as a composer has just begun, it has quickly become one of her favourite things to do. After her longtime idol, Stephen Sondheim’s passing, she committed to write “a song a month for Sondheim” (yes, she did write a song about that as well). She quickly exceeded this benchmark, writing 10 songs for Manic Pixie Dream Musical in a month.
Check out some of her favourite songs!