Georgia Stitt

Early life

Stitt was born in Atlanta, but spent most of her childhood in Covington, Tennessee. She attended Vanderbilt University for a B.Mus. degree in Music Theory and Composition (magna cum laude) and New York University M.F.A. for a degree in Musical Theater Writing.

Career

Stitt began her career in New York City as a pianist, conductor and/or musical director on shows such as the Little Shop of Horrors, Avenue Q, Sweet Smell of Success, The Music Man, Titanic, Annie, and the national tour of Parade.

Stitt composed for the musical The Water, which won the 2008 ANMT “Search for New Voices in American Musical Theatre” .

She has also composed for the musicals Big Red Sun, Sing Me A Happy Song, Mosaic, and Hello! My Baby.

Stitt's recorded music includes: My Lifelong Love, This Ordinary Thursday: The Songs of Georgia Stitt, Alphabet City Cycle, De Profundis, Joyful Noise, A Better Resurrection and The Promise of Light. Featured performers on her albums include Andréa Burns, Matthew Morrison, Jenn Colella, Lauren Kennedy, Cheyenne Jackson, Tituss Burgess, Carolee Carmello, Keith Byron Kirk, Faith Prince, Sara Ramirez, Will Chase, Kelli O'Hara, Susan Egan, Kate Baldwin, Heidi Blickenstaff, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Shoshana Bean, Brian d'Arcy James, Laura Osnes, Christopher Jackson, Michael Arden, Jessica Molaskey and John Pizzarelli, Anika Noni Rose and Michael McElroy. She regularly performs with Broadway performer Susan Egan and the two of them maintain a blog called "Glamour And Goop."

Stitt was the vocal coach for the 2008 season of America's Got Talent the on-camera vocal coach for the NBC reality TV show Grease: You're the One That I Want! and the production music coordinator for the Disney/ABC TV musical Once Upon a Mattress starring Tracey Ullman and Carol Burnett.

Stitt contributed two songs to the 2008 MTV movie The American Mall.

Personal life

Since 2003, Stitt has been married to fellow theatre composer Jason Robert Brown. They have two daughters.