Launchpad, 2020

I’m thrilled to announce that I will be taking part in next year’s LAUNCH PAD, a collaboration between The Musical Stage Company and Young Street Theatricals. I will be working with bookwriter Rose Napoli, musical director/ supervisor Nikki Phillips and director/ dramaturg Mary Francis Moore to create a brand new one-act musical inspired by a short story by an acclaimed Canadian author.

We are one of three teams working on a piece to be presented in September 2020 at the historic Toronto Reference Library.

2020 Launch Pad Cohort: Daniel Abrahamson (composer/lyricist), Fatuma Adar (bookwriter/lyricist), Chris Barillaro (music supervisor/ music director), Tamara Bernier-Evans (director/dramaturge), Richard Greenblatt (director/dramaturge), Mary Francis Moore (director/dramaturge), Rose Napoli (bookwriter), Nicky Phillips (music supervisor/ music director), Adam Sakiyama (composer/lyricist), Kat Sandler (bookwriter), Joseph Tritt (music supervisor/music director), and Suzy Wilde (composer/lyricist).

I am really honoured to be part of this project, having witnessed some truly inspiring work at last year’s LAUNCH PAD.

More info here.

Stay tuned!

On Tour with Wannabe

I’m so excited to be heading out on the road next week with my best friends aka Wannabe: A Spice Girls Tribute next week. We’ll hit up BC, Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and then come back home for some BIG shows in London, Hamilton and TORONTO! This one’s gonna be epic!

November 7th-December 21st/2019

Complete list of tour dates here:

https://www.wannabespicegirls.com/shows

#SPICEUPYOURLIFE

Make Me a Song, 2019

I’m overjoyed to be partnering with The Regent Park School of Music and The Musical Stage Company for Make Me A Song, 2019. This year, Julie Tepperman and I are working closely with RPSM’s four kids’ choirs. In a series of workshops, we’ll be interviewing the students, collecting their ideas and building stories around topics that are important to them. After this process, we will create a 40-minute narrative oratorio which the choirs will learn and perform at a major Toronto festival in June 2020. By performing a narrative musical in concert, the participants foster musical, acting, and storytelling skills, and help to create and shape original Canadian musical works. My job is to create music and lyrics for the piece, and Julie will be in charge of the story. I can’t wait to see what we make together!

For an idea of what’s to come, here’s a clip of the RPSM choir performing my song “Unbelievable Universe” with Royal Wood last year

Bookwriter, Julie Tepperman