Michael Meketa
Biography
Michael Meketa is a composer/orchestrator/music director based in Pittsburgh, Pa. Some recent credits as composer: Kalopsia (2017 & 2021 Co-Lyrics/Orchestrations New Hazlett Theater),
The Axeman’s Jazz (2019), Dog God (2018), Songs of Suffrage (2021 Seton Hill University), and What Makes The Season (2020 Cal U of PA). As arranger/orchestrator: It Had To Be You (2021 Winnipesaukee Playhouse), Clicquot: A Revolutionary Musical (2021 [Pre-B’way]), Die Young: The Ke$ha Romeo & Juliet (2020), Ramona (2020), Assistants (2019 Orchestrations [off b’way debut!]). NYU Musical Theatre Writing Program Graduate!
Professional Experience
- Broadway
- Off Broadway
- Regional
- Education
Regions
- NYC/Tri-State Area
Hireable as
- Theatrical Composer (Music and Lyrics)
- Theatrical Composer (Music only)
- Theatrical Lyricist
- Music Director/Conductor (Pianist)
- Music Director/Conductor (Not Pianist)
- Vocal Director and/or Choral Prep
- Music Assistant
- Orchestrator
- Vocal Arranger
- Dance Arranger
- Incidental Music Composer/Arranger
- Music Copyist
- Music Transcriber
- Pit Musician (Keyboards)
- Pit Musician (Other)
- Keyboard Programmer
My Primary Instrument
- Piano
My Instruments
- Accordion
- Percussion
- Synth - keyboards
Software
- Finale
- Logic
- MainStage
- QLab
Affiliations
- THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF MUSICIANS (AFM)
Pronouns
- He/Him