Jessica Grace Wing (July 24, 1971 – July 19, 2003) was an American theatrical composer active in New York City.[1] She was resident composer of the off-Broadway Inverse Theater Company and wrote one full-length musical, Lost.[2]
Jessica Grace Wing | |
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| Born | July 24, 1971 New Haven, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Died | July 19, 2003 (aged 32) New York City, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Theatrical composer |
Wing was born in New Haven, Connecticut and grew up in Tucson, Arizona, where she attended University High School. She attended college at Stanford University.[1] In 1997 she moved to New York City, where she co-founded the Inverse Theater Company. Her musical accompaniments incorporated a diverse range from bluegrass to opera.
Wing served as assistant sound designer on the Todd Solondz film Happiness and wrote and directed a number of short films in pursuing an MFA in film at Columbia University. Wing was a member of San Francisco-based improvisational ambient electronica band Weird Blinking Lights, providing compositional, vocal, synthesizer, and effects performance, and released several solo electronica compilations under the moniker Warm Blooded Love.[3]
Works edit
Music and songs for theater edit
- Othello (1998)
- The Death of Griffin Hunter (1998)
- Twelfth Night (1999)
- Midnight Brainwash Revival (1999)
- The Death of Don Flagrante Delicto (2000)
- The Burnt Woman of Harvard (2001)
Full-length musical edit
- Lost (2003)
References edit
- ^ a b McKinley, Jesse (2003-08-03). "Jessica Grace Wing, 31, a Force In New York Downtown Theater". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-09-25.
- ^ Simonson, Robert (2003-07-31). "Off-Broadway Composer Jessica Grace Wing Dead at 31". Playbill.com. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
- ^ "Jessica grace wing - testimonials".
- Obituary in the Tucson Citizen
- Obituary at Playbill
External links edit
- Official site
- Warmblooded Productions, her production company, including music and video samples
- Jessica Grace Wing at IMDb
- Obituary from New York Times