MUSE • Musicians United for Social Equity

Artemis Montague is a Black mixed nonbinary composer-lyricist-librettist-singer with co-occurring chronic illnesses.

They released a song called “could you (i’m yours)” in December 2024.​ Montague was a finalist for the 2022 Write Out Loud Contest for their song, “friend”, received an Audiofemme Agenda Grant in May 2023 to record an EP of original music, and was honored with a National Disability Theatre Grant in 2023. They were a participating Lyricist in the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop as well.

SHE SINGS ME HOME, their first Black-, trans-, and queer-led musical love story, was part of the Page to Stage Festival at the Kennedy Center in November 2020. The musical then had a successful concert at NYC’s own The Green Room 42 on February 6, 2023, as well as a full workshop at Round House Theatre in Bethesda, MD as part of their 2nd Annual National Capital New Play Festival from May 1-6, 2023. It was awarded a 2024 MAP Fund Grant and had a developmental reading on February 3, 2025 at Caveat in NYC.

They have 2 in-progress musicals  (HOW BABY AND THE ANCESTORS ATTEMPTED A REVOLUTION and RHAPSODY IN SUNFLOWER YELLOW); 160+ songs and two in-progress film scripts. Montague is also the IIDEAA Board chair for TEMPO (Trans Expansive Music Professional Organization) and a NYCLU Artist Ambassador. They are currently seeking representation.