Grace is …
A Composer
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A Sound Designer
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A Song Writer
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A Music Director
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An Orchestrator
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An Arranger
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A Conductor
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A Performer
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A Musician
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A Composer 〰️ A Sound Designer 〰️ A Song Writer 〰️ A Music Director 〰️ An Orchestrator 〰️ An Arranger 〰️ A Conductor 〰️ A Performer 〰️ A Musician 〰️
… an artist.
Hi! I’m Grace (she/her). I am an artist who, of the five senses, is primarily concerned with things you can hear. I’ve been playing or making noises or drawing or doodling since before my temporal lobes learned how to store long-term memories. I like things that are beautiful—the stars, the moon, mountains, waterfalls, friendships, relationships, love, kindness—and I like to, when I can, incorporate those things into my art.
7 principal vocalists, ensemble
2023 eugene o’neil NMTC Semifinalist
2024, August - Chicago Musical Theatre Festival
Steppenwolf Theatre, Chicago, IL
2024, January - Reading
Thymele Arts, Hollywood, CA
2022, April - Recital
California State University, Fullerton
2021, July - Reading
Thymele Arts, Hollywood, CA
WANDERLUST is an old-fashioned musical comedy with a global pop sound that explores the pleasures of travel, the perils of corporate greed, and the power of stepping out of your comfort zone.
BOYSTOWN is a movie musical about two friends - Ned, an insecure white guy from rural Iowa, and Alex, a fearless Mexican-American from the suburbs - looking for love in Chicago’s gay club scene in the early years of this century. Popping with fever-dream visuals and pulsating with Y2K-era electronica, BOYSTOWN is a queer fantasia on addiction, assimilation, and authenticity.
2 principal vocalists
In development, 2022—ongoing
additional works as composer
2021 Happiness – Pierrot plus ensemble, Reading; Brightwork newmusic • 2021 Go Where You Please – Open instr. ensemble; CSUF New Music Ensemble, cond. Eric Dries • 2021 Moonrise Over Mt. Rainier – Solo piano, Tyler Kleib • 2020 Partisan – Score, Short film – dir. Polina Grishko • 2020 The Foxhole Podcast – Theme song, exec. prod. Matthew Domenico • 2019 MEDUSA – Orchestration, dir. Coy Middlebrook; The Getty Villa, Malibu • 2018 Vashon Island Suite (II Lisabuela) – Wind ensemble, cond. Michael Hart; Thousand Oaks • 2018 Then Sings My Soul – Cello, Yoshika Masuda; Tuba, Michael Hart; Piano, Eric Kinsley; Electronics (recorded voice); co-comp. Francisco Hermosillo III • 2018 The Event Planner – Score, Short film – dir. Daniel Restuccio • 2018 College and Dragons – Theme song (podcast), exec. prod. Christine Cline • 2018 Jabberwocky – Solo piano; Eric Kinsley • 2018 A Cloud withdrew from the Sky – Soprano, Nicole Escandón; Piano, Eric Kinsley • 2018 The Moon is distant from the Sea – Soprano, Nicole Escandón; Contrabass, Torrance Klein • 2018 Vashon Island Suite – Chamber ensemble, cond. Grace Escandón • 2018 Mango Slices – Jazz ensemble, cond. Grace Escandón • 2017 A Cloud withdrew from the Sky – Chamber ensemble, cond. Grace Escandón • 2017 Cetacea – Chamber ensemble, cond. Grace Escandón
additional works as sound designer
2024 The Winter’s Tale – dir. Ellen Geer; Theatricum Botanicum • 2024 Wendy’s Peter Pan – dir. Ellen Geer; Theatricum Botanicum • 2024 The Hispanic/Latino/Latina/Latine/Latinx Vote – dir. Bernardo Cubria, Willow Geer; Theatricum Botanicum • 2021 The Ninth Door – dir. Ryan Knight; The Foxhole Theater Company • 2021 The Last Best Small Town, dir. Ellen Geer; Theatricum Botanicum • 2020 The Foxhole Podcast, exec. prod. Matthew Domenico; The Foxhole Theater Company • 2019 The Skin of Our Teeth – dir. Ellen Geer; Theatricum Botanicum • 2019 Enemy of the People – dir. Ellen Geer; Theatricum Botanicum • 2019 Sacrum Sculptura – chor. Barbara Wegher-Thompson; California Lutheran Univ. • 2019 Women of Shakespeare – dir. Susan Angelo; American Legion Hollywood/Warriors for Peace Theatre • 2019 I Am Sophie – dir. Susan Angelo; Pacific Resident Theatre (remount) • 2019 I Am Sophie – dir. Susan Angelo; The Pico (remount) • 2018 She Kills Monsters – dir. Ruth Smitherman; California Lutheran Univ. • 2018 I Am Sophie – dir. Susan Angelo; The Pico (premiere)
