“…much credit must go to Andrea Grody, who single-handedly aced the delightfully ambitious backing score” – FringeGuru, for Active Virgin
“flying-fingered synthesizer wizard” – The Scotsman, for Active Virgin
“On the basis of what [Grody] accomplished with Strange Faces, it would be no surprise to begin reading about her quite soon in the entertainment trade publications.” – U.S.1, for Strange Faces
AUDIO
STRANGE FACES
Strange Faces premiered in April 2011 in Princeton, NJ to completely sold-out audiences. The production earned Andrea the prestigious Louis Sudler Prize for the Arts. Click on a link below to listen to selections from the live original cast recording of Strange Faces:
Andrea received the Milton Lyon Award for Outstanding Writing for her lyric and music work on the Princeton Triangle Club’s fall 2009 production, Store Trek. Vocal arrangements by Andrea and Pete Mills; orchestration by Ron Drotos.
Andrea wrote a full score for Mary Zimmerman’s Metamorphoses, which ran for seven performances from February 19-28, 2009 at Theatre Intime in Princeton, NJ. Andrea wrote eleven incidental sequences for solo cello, played onstage by Jacob Denz.
Two of Andrea’s songs were featured in the Princeton Triangle Club’s fall 2008 production of Stark Raven Mad: An Edgar Allan Show. Orchestration was by Ron Drotos.
Music and Media
REVIEWS | AUDIO | VIDEO
REVIEWS
“…much credit must go to Andrea Grody, who single-handedly aced the delightfully ambitious backing score” – FringeGuru, for Active Virgin
“flying-fingered synthesizer wizard” – The Scotsman, for Active Virgin
“On the basis of what [Grody] accomplished with Strange Faces, it would be no surprise to begin reading about her quite soon in the entertainment trade publications.” – U.S.1, for Strange Faces
AUDIO
STRANGE FACES
Strange Faces premiered in April 2011 in Princeton, NJ to completely sold-out audiences. The production earned Andrea the prestigious Louis Sudler Prize for the Arts. Click on a link below to listen to selections from the live original cast recording of Strange Faces:
The Prize (performed by Holly Linneman and Sean Drohan)
Bullying Song (performed by Matt Prast)
Pride (performed by Tadesh Inagaki)
Wheels (performed by Matt Prast and Miyuki Miyagi)
STORE TREK
Andrea received the Milton Lyon Award for Outstanding Writing for her lyric and music work on the Princeton Triangle Club’s fall 2009 production, Store Trek. Vocal arrangements by Andrea and Pete Mills; orchestration by Ron Drotos.
Impulse Buy Tango:music and lyrics by Andrea Grody (performed by the female company) The Point of No Returns:
music by Andrea Grody, lyrics by Nora Sullivan (performed by Sarah Anne Sillers) Coming Soon:
music by Andrea Grody, lyrics by Nora Sullivan (performed by the full company)
METAMORPHOSES
Andrea wrote a full score for Mary Zimmerman’s Metamorphoses, which ran for seven performances from February 19-28, 2009 at Theatre Intime in Princeton, NJ. Andrea wrote eleven incidental sequences for solo cello, played onstage by Jacob Denz.
Opening Theme
Ceyx and the Storm
Orpheus Journeys to the Underworld
Narcissus Interlude
Baucis and Philemon
STARK RAVEN MAD: AN EDGAR ALLAN SHOW
Two of Andrea’s songs were featured in the Princeton Triangle Club’s fall 2008 production of Stark Raven Mad: An Edgar Allan Show. Orchestration was by Ron Drotos.
The Tell-Tale Heart:music and lyrics by Andrea Grody (introduction by Clayton Raithel, performed by Kelvin Dinkins and ensemble) Adventure:
music by Andrea Grody, lyrics by Callie Lefevre (performed by Laura Hankin and Dave Holtz)
CLASSICAL COMPOSITIONS
Andrea has composed a variety of other works for various ensembles. Here are a few selections:
The Frog Prince, commissioned by the PRISM Saxophone Quartet (premiere, May 2009)
Echo, commissioned by the Kingswood-Oxford Octopipers (premiere, April 2008)
Aidan and Ava (premiere, July 2006)
I Love Thee, winner of the CMEA Composition Festival (premiere, February 2005)
VIDEO
STRANGE FACES
Watch clips from the video of the premiere production of Strange Faces:
The Prize (featuring Sean Drohan and Holly Linneman)
Tomayto Tomahto (featuring Sean Drohan and Holly Linneman)
Bullying Song (featuring Matt Prast)
Questions (featuring Tadesh Inagaki and Miyuki Miyagi)
Wheels (featuring Miyuki Miyagi, Tadesh Inagaki, and Matt Prast)