About Annie Pasqua

Annie Pasqua is an award winning singer, pianist, and composer whose
performance credits include Carnegie Hall, Nassau Coliseum as well as an appearance on Good Morning America with Kenny G. Recently, she was a winner in VH1's "Song of the Year" International Competition. Annie started playing the piano at age four, taught by her mother, Susan and by age seven, Annie was composing
pieces for the piano. In 1988, Annie began studying classical piano with Professor Morton Estrin, who also taught such notables as Billy Joel and Deborah Gibson.

In 1994, Annie Pasqua's composing skills would be nationally recognized with the PTA Reflections National Scholarship for her orchestral work Lullaby.

Attending NYU on a music scholarship, Annie Pasqua first began writing music for Tess, studying composition with Dr. Joseph Church, conductor and musical director of Broadway's Tommy and The Lion King. Annie also developed her film scoring talents, earning the Tisch School of the Arts Award for Best Film Score for her work on the film Portrait. Annie graduated first in her class from NYU in 1998, with a B.S. in Music Education and went on to receive her Masters in Composition from Queens College. Annie was accepted into the BMI Lehman Engel Music Theater Writing Workshop in Manhattan as a Composer/Lyricist, working with Skip Kennon, Richard Enquist, and Maury Yeston as a member of the advanced workshop. Annie Pasqua has also composed music for television, notably PBS’s JFK Remembered with Walter Cronkite and Don Hewitt and the title theme for Act Two with Newsday as well as various promos for In Demand.

In addition, Annie Pasqua is a highly sought after musical director and in 2006, Annie musical directed Wallenberg for the New York Music Theater Festival. She later went on to work with show creators Laurence Holzman, Felicia Needleman, and Emmy Award winning director, Annette Jolles on That Time of the Year which recently completed a successful run at the York Theatre. In November 2008, Annie musical directed the Stars of Broadway Tribute to
Kelli O'Hara at the Tilles Center where she was pleased to present material from Tess as well as play for Ms. O'Hara herself. In January 2009, Annie and Jenna Pasqua featured work from Tess in the Prima Le Parole reading series at the Center for Contemporary Opera, directed by Kira Simring. In June 2009, Annie musical directed the staged reading of Greed!, a new musical written by Barry Libin, with musical arrangements by Annie Pasqua. Annie was honored to work with Tony nominee Randy Myler, who directed the production as well as with Broadway actors Rita Gardner (The Fantasticks), Ramona Mallory (The Fantasticks), Chris Hoch (Shrek), and Allsion Spratt (Curtains) among others. Read the BroadwayWorld article here

In 2010, Tess was presented as a staged reading at the Planet Connections Theatre Festivity to sold out audiences and co-writer, Jenna Pasqua walked away with the award for Outstanding Leading Actress in a Musical for the festival.

Later in 2010, Annie and Jenna were thrilled to hear that TESS had been selected as one of the Next Link musicals in the New York Musical Theatre Festival. They are currently playing to packed houses at the Theatre at St. Clements. Click here to buy tickets

Annie Pasqua is a proud member of ASCAP

Check out Annie's hottest new CHRISTMAS SONG

"MRS. CLAUS" (performed by Jenna Pasqua) on YouTube!

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for more information, please visit

www.TessTheNewMusical.com

the official site of Tess, a new rock opera

based on Thomas Hardy's Tess of the d'Urbervilles.

Music, Lyrics, and Libretto by Annie Pasqua and Jenna Pasqua

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