[photo credit: Boston Conservatory at Berklee]

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Music educator, composer, and lyricist, Katya Stanislavskaya, currently teaches musical theater, history, and songwriting at Boston Conservatory at Berklee in Boston, MA. Her previous academic work includes roles as an Assistant Professor of Musical Theatre at SUNY New Paltz and Program Director of Musical Theatre at Western Carolina University. In 2019, she was the music director of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee at A Contemporary Theatre of Connecticut. (A.C.T.)

Stanislavskaya earned a Master of Music degree from Temple University in piano and collaborative piano, where she studied with Lambert Orkis, and a Master of Fine Arts from the New York University Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program. Her compositions have appeared in New York City venues including Lincoln Center, 54 Below, Merkin Hall, Joe’s Pub, Ars Nova, and Symphony Space.

Witty lyrics and clever musical composing characterize Stanislavskaya’s output. Her style has pushed the boundaries of subject matter in her immigration-themed musical titled Resident Alien, which received the Weston New Musical Award in 2015. Most recently, Stanislavskaya received an award Drescher leave award for her musical, The Useful Citizen, in 2021.

Learn more at Stanislavskaya’s website.

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