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Bio:

Shoshana Shattenkirk Børve is a theatrical composer and ballet pianist based in Bergen, Norway, and New York City.

Highlights of my composing career include performances of my original works at The United Nations General Assembly Hall, Lincoln Center, Dallas Symphony Myerson Hall, Feinstein’s 54 Below, The New York Library for the Performing Arts, The Ferguson Center for the Arts, The US Mint in New Orleans, Maison in New Orleans, Times Square, Touro Synagogue, and Bergen Kjøtt Bar.

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Highlights of my work as a ballet pianist are positions with the American Ballet Theatre's Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School, Steps on Broadway, and the department of dance at Columbia University's Barnard College.

I am a member of the BMI Lehman Engel Advanced Musical Theatre Workshop, The Dramatists Guild, Maestra, and StateraArts.

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Before I became a full time musician, I worked as a Wall Street stock analyst and investor relations professional. 

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I received my undergraduate degree from Loyola University New Orleans and did post-baccalaureate studies at Columbia University.

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I am also a member of the Young Alumni Board of Loyola University New Orleans.

 

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Upcoming and Recent:

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UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONY

January 27 2023 (LINK BELOW)

I sang my original setting of the Hashkiveinu (Jewish prayer for peace), at the United Nations.

https://press.un.org/en/2023/note6547.doc.htm

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54 BELOW DEBUT: CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT UNIVERSITY AND NEW MUSICALS LAB NEW WRITERS SHOWCASE

March 10 2023

Students from the university will be performing songs from my catelogue as well as four other fabulous writing teams

 

A NOTE OF EXPLANATION: A MAGICAL MUSICAL ADVENTURE BASED ON THE BOOK BY VITA SACKVILLE WEST

LIVE AT THE FERGUSON CENTER FOR THE ARTS IN NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA

April 2023

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I recently had the honor of writing ---> Chameleon Energy (Clicktolistennnnn) <-------For Jayke Workman (if you don't know him/them already you will soon) with the fabulous Rob Berliner

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Click ----> here <--- for some of my musical theatre demos

Some Recent Media and Selected Upcoming: 

 

View Press Release for: A Note of Explanation - A Magical Adventure (written with AJ Freeman) Live at Lincoln Center - June 29th at 11:30AM

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RSVP! via FaceBook here

(free - sponsored by Summer for the City -, just show up! - stay tuned for an announcement about a livestream)

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View Feature in Mommy Poppins! for A Note of Explanation

 

Watch excerpts from Clara - Live with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and subscribe to my YouTube channel! Thank you for visiting and for your support :)

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**Update! I received a grant to go rework this show in December in Baden-Baden, Germany. Stay tuned for more!**

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Interview with NPR's Rebecca Weinstein of Virginia Public Radio For CLARA 

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Listen to: Music Lives in You - By Shoshana Shattenkirk and Clara Schumann

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Dallas Symphony Women In Classical Music Symposium 2021Schedule (November 2021)

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Click ----> here <--- for Hustlers The Musical First Demos: Be Sure to Listen to the Last Song "Hurricanes":

   "What outstanding work! The styles of music are perfectly suited, the accompaniments are powerful and the melodies are memorable. The lyrics are excellent as well." -Broadway/FilmOrchestrator

"Adventuresome, multifaceted, memorable. Musical, witty, doesn't try too hard, confident." -5-time Grammy Award winning Producer

"Congratulations on a spectacular showcase. I was blown away by your interpretation of "Hustlers". I could already get a sense of the character nuance of your complicated female protagonists and the opening number is air-tight. Also, "Hurricanes" needs to circulate and be sung everywhere." -Broadway Director-Choreographer

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"I'm very impressed by the songs" -Broadway Music Director and Conductor

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   Click ----> here <---- for Hashkiveinu (Jewish prayer for piece

     "In response to the current pandemic, Shoshana Yavneh Shattenkirk composed this breathtakingly beautiful setting of the Hashkiveinu prayer." -Cantor, Touro Synagogue

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In development: 

A Note of Explanation (With AJ Freeman) - Premiering of abridged version at Lincoln Center on June 29th at 11:30am

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CLARA ; Light, Brilliance

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-Stay tuned for an announcement about a world premiere

-Developed at The Ferguson Center for the Arts, The Dramatists Guild Foundation, The Dallas Symphony's Myerson Center

-The project will be developed in Germany in summer and winter 2022 including at the Brahms House

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Eyes Wide Open (with Emily Moore). (Reading at Lincoln Center, 2019; Reading at The Dramatists Guild Foundation, 2019)

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Fever Dreams (with Kara Cutruzzula, Justin Schwartz, and Ilana Ransom Toeplitz)

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Click ----> here <---- for Fever Dreams Part One (Abridged draft)

 

Fever Dreams Abridged Part One Publicity via Loyola University New Orleans

"LAS alumna Shoshana Shattenkirk is writing the music for her musical, "Fever Dreams," which is about pandemics and started as part of an invitation from the New York Public Library to create musicals based on materials in its archives. Shattenkirk collaborated with a lyricist and book writer to create the musical based on the correspondence of a doctor during the Yellow Fever pandemic of 1798. A draft of the first portion of the musical was performed virtually and is on The New York Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center website."

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Fear of Dancing (with Ken Threet and Susan Gordon Clark; Stygian Hour Productions, and Enrique Cruz DeJesus). (Reading at the Alpha Omega Theatrical Dance Company, 2019)

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Hustlers: The Musical (with Rachel Sklar)

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Exorcise: A theatrical pop-folk album about uncovering our inner shadows, processing them and releasing them

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The Philosopher of Love: A ten minute musical with a modern take on Plato's Symposium (with Dorie Clark) (Workshop at The BMI Musical Theatre Workshop, 2019)

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Homeland: Part Concerto, Part Ballet, Part Social Justice Call. A hybrid classical-ballet-theatrical work exploring the idea of home and diaspora across time and place.

-Stay tuned for an announcement about a premiere and commissioning info

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Untitled dance accompaniment album

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Untitled set of choral pieces for the Anne Frank House and Center For Mutual Respect

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Music for Canine Heroes (with Lynn Millspaugh)

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Advisory Board:

Charles Fox: http://www.charlesfoxmusic.com

John Snyder: https://www.allmusic.com/artist/john-snyder-mn0000693922