CARMEL DEAN is a Grammy-nominated musical theatre multi-hyphenate hailing from Perth, Australia and currently based in New York.
As Composer: Maiden Voyage (Southwark Playhouse, London); Renascence (Off-Broadway); Well-Behaved Women (New York’s Town Hall; Joe’s Pub; Sydney’s Belvoir Theatre); The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (in development, London).
As Musical Director and/or Arranger: BROADWAY: The Notebook, Funny Girl, If/Then, Hands on a Hardbody, American Idiot, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. WEST END: Clueless. OFF-BROADWAY: Really Rosie, Everyday Rapture, Vanities, Elegies. OTHER INTERNATIONAL: Whispering Jack (upcoming), Fun Home, Chicago, 2000 Sydney Olympics Opening & Closing Ceremonies. TELEVISION: Up Here, Johnny & the Sprites.
EDUCATION: MFA in Musical Theatre Writing (New York University), B.Mus (WAAPA), BMI Lehman Engel Musical Workshop.
AWARDS/NOMINATIONS: Grammy Award nominee, Fulbright Scholar, Sydney Theatre Award, Off-Broadway Alliance Award, Billie Burke Ziegfeld Award for Composition.