CASSIDY O'CONNELL
Composer Music Director Orchestrator/Arranger/Copyist Vocalist
BIOGRAPHY
Cassidy O'Connell: Composer, Vocalist, Copyist...
... is best known for her pierrot ensemble piece "The Abduction of Persephone" which premiered at the Atlantic Music Festival, and was performed at Carnegie Hall by the Constandinides New Music Ensemble. Cassidy holds a Master of Fine Arts in Musical Theatre Writing from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, and a Bachelor of Music from the LSU School of Music where she acted as Music Director for the LSU Musical Theater Club and performed in the LSU A Cappella Choir. Her work has been selected by the Parlando New Musical Project, Atlantic Music Festival and has been commissioned to compose for Cara Ramos' pre-med music fusion lecture recital: "The Body".
EDUCATION
2023-2025
Master of Fine Arts.
Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program: Composition
PRIVATE INSTRUCTION
Mindi Dickstein, Assistant Arts Professor
Danny Haengil Larsen, Visiting Arts Professor
Mel Marvin, Arts Professor/Director of Production
2018-2022
Bachelor of Music.
Vocal Performance with a focus in Composition
PRIVATE INSTRUCTION
Dr. Loraine Sims, Professor and Vocal Studies Division ChairDr. Mara Gibson, Associate Professor of Composition
ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTION
Dr. Neil Galanter | USC Thornton School of Music | 2014 - 2018
Mike Stevens, Director of the Voice Department |Colburn School of Music | 2014 - 2018
AMDA musical theater program | New York, NY | 2017
Idyllwild Arts' "Song and Dance" program | Idyllwild, CA - 2016
​Dr. Janice McVeigh, Professor of Voice | USC Thornton School of Music | 2011 - 2014
LA Opera Camp | Los Angeles, CA - 2011-2013​