Stephanie Salzman

Heavyhead

Stephanie Salzman is a multiplatinum, fourth generation New York composer/lyricist of musical theater/opera/concert, songwriter for recording artists & producer. Her grandmother, great-grandparents, and uncles performed and wrote for the Yiddish stage. Inheriting her grandmother’s china collection and creative spirit, Stephanie grew up listening to pop and R&B, collecting vinyl and watching her composer/critic/producer father Eric Salzman - a pioneer in his field - create avant-garde music theater. His Merriam-Webster quote: “There is a music for everybody” is her life/work mantra.

TEACHING
Currently leading a Master Class in Pop/Theater Fusion Songwriting at the NYU MFA Graduate Writing Program. Power Pitch Music Studio coaches and develops pop and musical theater recording artists.

EDUCATION/TRAINING
MFA: NYU Graduate Musical Theater Writing Program; CMU (Leonardo Balada); Advanced BMI Musical Theater Workshop; New Dramatists Composer Librettist Studio; BFA: Sarah Lawrence(Meyer Kupferman): LaGuardia H.S. ASCAP & Dramatist Guild Member; French Speaker (native English speaker), Tennis Player. Her husband, Jean-Louis Carbonnier works in wine; their daughter, Juliette is a recent Princeton alum.

CURRENT MUSICAL THEATER PROJECTS
HEAVYHEAD: Medusa myth retelling set in 1990’s LA. A rising indie female singer-songwriter upsets the female diva pop star status quo. 2 Reading 6/2023, Jersey City Theater Center, Jersey City Arts Council Grant. O’Neill semi-finalist; Drama Club Camp residency 7/2024.

MIDNIGHT STAGE:  An original story about a young WW2 Yiddish actress turned resistance fighter. The story exists at the thematic intersection between Jewish holocaust and feminism and is old in contemporary vernacular & incorporating historical events & personal family history.

PSYCHIC: A magical tale of a mother and daughter’s journey to a Fla town of psychics to mend wounds. 

LEFT TO OUR OWN DEVICES: TYA; 2nd Stage Pallas Theater Winner, Wash. DC; Ronald Ruble Finalist; Caryl Crane Theater, Momentum Fest., NYC

CROSSING OVER: USA Artists grant: Lied Center Inaugural New Musical Theater Festival; development at CAP21, NYC. 

RECORDINGS/TV/FILM

Whitney Houston; 3LW/Cheetah Girls (Multi-Platinum); Gretchen Espina (Philippine Idol), Faith Hill; Miki Howard (Grammy-nominated); Toshi Kubota (#1 in Japan); Carl Anderson; Trademark, Mac and Katie Kissoon, Anna Fegi, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Soul Food, The Shield, Jack and Jill, Taking the Stage, Any Day Now, Resurrection Blvd, Fame LA, Young and Restless, Huff, Maury Povitch, Gameday, Buying the Cow, The Division, etc. Commercial songs published by Power Pitch Music/BOK Music.

“Thanks so much for an incredible week!”