Australian Musical Theatre Festival: Composition with Carmel Dean
23 May @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm AEST

Boasting more than 40 events over five days, the Australian Musical Theatre Festival returns to Launceston. Carmel Dean’s Well Behaved Women, which shines a light on some of history’s trailblazing women, launches the festival, while the Opening Night Gala features a cast led by Jarrod Draper. The centrepiece is a production of The Frogs by Stephen Sondheim, Burt Shevelove and Nathan Lane. In another highlight, Delia Hannah reflects on her life in Seeing Is Believing, in which she is joined by the festival’s Artistic Director Tyran Parke. Following a sold-out performance last year, the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra returns for the concert Broadway Showstoppers with singers Draper, Hannah, Lisa Crosato, Nadine Garner, Rob Mallett and Lorinda May Merrypor.
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Join us for an composition class with Carmel Dean, the Perth-born, New York–based composer, arranger and musical director whose work bridges Broadway and contemporary theatre.
Carmel will discuss her creative process and the evolving craft of musical theatre composition and direction. Don’t miss this opportunity to gain insight from the best.
Carmel’s compositional debut Renascence won the Off-Broadway Alliance Award for Best New Musical, and her song cycle Well‑Behaved Women—celebrating game‑changing historical figures—premiered at Joe’s Pub before receiving acclaim in Sydney. Her recent projects include commissions Maiden Voyage and the co‑composed On Cedar Street, and she continues to contribute to major Broadway and concert stages—from the current revival of Funny Girl to If/Then, American Idiot and The Notebook (with Ingrid Michaelson).
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