Book, Music, Lyrics
Massachusetts born and raised, Lisbeth Scott was awarded The George A. Dennett Distinguished Career Award from her alma mater Needham High School. Lisbeth’s mother was a second generation Armenian refugee, and her father came from English Pilgrims. Lisbeth Scott has been Soloist and/or Featured Vocalist, and Contributing Lyricist and/or Composer on some of the biggest grossing films ... ever. Short list: Avatar ($2.9B); Avatar, Way of Water ($2.4B); John Williams and Steven Spielberg’s Munich, Oscar Nomination Best Original Score, and Indiana Jones...Crystal Skull; The Passion of the Christ ($615M), Oscar Nomination Best Original Score, also the International concert tours with John Debney; Kevin Kostner’s: Hatfield & McCoys, and the first (2024) of four projected Horizon features; all Iron Man films; all Narnia films, all Shrek films; all Spider Man films; all Transformers; Soundtrack for the video game Journey – first video game to receive Grammy Nomination for Best Score for Visual Media,; contributions to all seven seasons of True Blood (with co-writer Nathan Barr) for HBO, and on the Development Team for possible transfer to Broadway; Scored all four seasons (two with co-writer Nathan Barr) of Tumble Leaf (two Annie Award Nominations); Scored, the remake of Stephen King’s Salem’s Lot released October 2024 (with co-writer Nathan Barr). Scored: The Disappearance of Shere Hite; All My Life; American Son; Caroline and Jackie; Gratitude Revealed - Hollywood Music In Media Awards Best Score Nomination; Moving Art – Machu Pichu and Oceans episodes. Featured in the New York Times Summer Playlist. Lisbeth has recorded 11 solo albums of healing, mediation and yoga music, and her music was recently featured at the Las Vegas Convention of the Women’s Business Enterprise Council representing her company Whistling Bird Music, Inc. for Peace and Healing through Music. She is a member as Composer, Songwriter, Lyricist, Singer and Publisher of: BMI, AFM, SAGAFTRA, The Television Academy, the Academy of Motion Pictures and Sciences, The Recording Academy, The Dramatists Guild and The Society of Composers and Lyricists. More, see Wikipedia
Orchestrations
A prolific award-winning composer, arranger, and conductor whose work has spanned feature films, the recording industry, and television. Academy Award Nomination, Two Grammy Nominations, three Primetime Emmy Awards (plus five Nominations), one Daytime Emmy Award, two BMI Film Music Awards. Composers: John Williams, Alan Silvestri, Michael Kamen, more. Adapted and Conducted John Williams scores for Harry Potter films; Artists: Barbara Streisand, Celine Dion, Andrea Bocelli, Josh Groban, David Foster, Quincy Jones, Sting, Whitney Houston, more. Scored Tuck Everlasting, My Dog Skip, more. Music Director: 4 Academy Awards Shows, 5 Olympics Opening and Closing Ceremonies, several Super Bowls … More, see Wikipedia and williamrossmusic.com
Director, Choreographer, Creative Consultant
As a performer, playing Cassie in several regional productions of ‘A Chorus Line’, she was privately coached by the original Cassie, and Tony Award Winner, Donna McKechnie. As Principle dancer with ‘Sokolow Now’, Ms. McKinney was coached by Lorry May. Ms. May, Founding Director of The Sokolow Foundation, was Anna Sokolow’s muse and Principle dancer for over thirty years. Lorry named Kirsten McKinney as Associate Artistic Director of The Sokolow Foundation, and Kirsten has staged many of the legacy Sokolow works across the U.S. and Europe. Ms. McKinney’s credits and Awards as Director, Director/Choreographer and Choreographer encompass over 200 productions, including: The Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival – Winner Best Ensemble for Metamorphoses, Choreography by Kirsten McKinney, Boston College. Tommy Tune Awards - 36 combined Wins/Nominations for Best Director, Best Musical, and Best Choreography. Independent Reviewers of New England – Best Choreography, Pirates of Penzance, Public Theater, Boston. Resident Choreographer Speakeasy Stage, Boston 10 yrs. First Regional Licensing Productions working with: Jason Robert Brown writer/composer of ‘Songs for a New World’. William Finn, Composer/Lyricist/Writer of ‘A New Brain’. Adam Guettel Music/Lyrics ‘Floyd Collins’. Assistant Choreographer for Paul Newman’s The Hole in the Wall Gang’s Tribute to Paul Newman at Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, NYC, working with Broadway Musical Director Mary-Mitchell Campbell. Kirsten also worked with Mary-Mitchell on a production of ‘Songs for a New World’, at Boston College. Assistant Director and Choreographer, Gala Tribute for Stephanie Perrin at Carnegie Hall, NYC. Tony Award Nomination for Excellence in Theater Education, 2015
Projection and Scenic Designer
Theater Under the Stars, Tx; Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC; Houston Grand Opera, Tx; Opera San Antonio; Boston University Opera Institute; Legacy Theater, Atlanta; Stoneham Theater, MA; New York Musical Theater Festival, NYC; Houston Ballet Co.; Orlando Shakespeare Co., Fla; Opera Louisiana, Baton Rouge; Prague Shakespeare Co., CZ; Shakespeare and Co., Lenox, MA.; Cape Rep Theater, Brewster, MA; Glimmerglass Festival, NY; Lowell House Opera, Harvard University; more. Current with 2024 Vectorworks Core Associate and Spotlight Professional Certifications
Light Designer
Lighting Master, Electrics Supervisor for Blue Man Group, Charles Playhouse (20yrs); David Parker’s The Bang Group - Nut/Cracked (2022 to present); The Boston Conservatory (and Berklee) Opera and Dance Department Shows since 2012; Boston Center for the Arts Resident Lighting Designer 2010-2017; St. Paul’s School, NH 7 musicals; Tufts University Dance Showcases; more.
Development Producer
Soloist Boston Ballet Co.; Principle Cover B’way production On Your Toes, directed by Mr. George Abbott; ‘Cassie’ - A Chorus Line, New York Shakespeare Festival, Touring Companies, directed by Michael Bennett; Listed in Who’s Who in Entertainment, received Drama-Logue and Robby Awards for Best Choreography; Paramount; Lifetime; the Disney Channel; Walt Disney World; Premiere of the California Music Theater; Opening of the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza; Appointment to Harvard University - Faculty of Arts and Sciences, as Visiting Lecturer on Dramatic Arts, first credit course on ‘Dance in Musical Theater’ with Special Guests: Bebe Neuwirth and Donna McKechnie. Recipient of the George A. Dennett Distinguished Career Award from Needham High School; Faculty Boston Conservatory; Boston Ballet Company, every branch of the Boston Ballet School and its’ Summer Programs and National Adjudicator. First Associate Artistic Director of Tony William’s Urban Nutcracker, birthing the inaugural first three seasons at the Strand Theater; Director/Producer of ‘What the Dickens!’ for Deborah Mason’s Performing Arts Center, the annual Holiday theater/dance version of ‘A Christmas Carol’ at John Hancock Hall, Boston. LA Event Manager & Producer - Peggy Dark’s Kitchen for Exploring Foods. Examples: Private Event at LA Zoo for over 10,000 people, Design, staff, manage and co-ordinate with Zoo personnel, Security, Parking, load-in and clean-up, created 3 Restaurants and Bars and an outdoor Music Venue.; Fundraiser Event with Hilary Clinton, coordinating with Secret Service. Pasadena Rose Parade Events, 5 years, Creating 3 floors of Restaurants and Buffets. Produced and Directed Fundraising Show and Event for The Young Americans at Pasadena Civic Auditorium, former home of the Oscars. Company Manager European Tour (in 3 different currencies) of A Chorus Line. More on request.