People were filled with hope by the sight and sound of the Sinfonietta. While ‘Ratatouille’ streamed, Macy’s social media feeds blew up. Now, barely out of college, she had not only founded her own orchestra, but she had also written the orchestrations they were playing.
Ten years earlier she had entered high school unable to read music. The Sinfonietta’s founder, Macy Schmidt, watched the show from her Manhattan apartment.
The Broadway Sinfonietta, the masterful orchestra that accompanied the musical, struck a chord with all who saw and heard it. Every musician was female, and most were women of color. When ‘Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical’, based on the Disney animated film ‘Ratatouille’, began streaming on January 1, 2021, online viewers were treated to something rare. When women are in power, everyone benefits.Ĭhapter One: Macy Schmidt: Orchestrating Equity In this excerpt, the authors introduce Broadway orchestrator, music director, producer, and orchestra founder Macy Schmidt, who is making her mark not only with her orchestrations but by hiring female-identifying musicians of color and showcasing their talents. In ‘Music Mavens’, 15 extraordinary women reveal how they turned their passions into platforms and how they use their power to uplift others. Their musical resumes will inspire readers, but the way each artist lives her life is the real story. Along the way, it spotlights artists whose work spans musical genres and industry roles, including composing and songwriting, performing and conducting, audio engineering, producing, and rock photography. ‘Music Mavens’ transports readers around the world (and beyond)-to a jazz performance in Genoa, an instrument lab in London, a Tokyo taiko dojo, a New York City beatbox battle, and even a film scoring session aboard the starship Enterprise, to name a few. The authors interviewed each of their 15 subjects extensively, fact-checking every detail and uncovering exclusive scenes and stories in the process.
The book is part of Chicago Review Press’s “Women of Power” series, a timely, inclusive, international biography series that profiles 15 contemporary women who are changing their field while empowering others to follow their dreams. Broadway Sinfonietta founder Macy Schmidt | Photo by Rebecca J Michelsonīelow is an excerpt from ‘Music Mavens: 15 Women of Note in the Industry’, a young adult biography by Ashley Walker and Maureen Charles.
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