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Matt Corriel
Matt Corriel in Cambridge, MA
Born (1982-11-12) November 12, 1982 (age 41)

Matthew J. Corriel (born November 12, 1982) is an American composer and lyricist working in musical theatre. He is the operations director for the Freshman Arts program at Harvard University, and resident songwriter and drama tutor in Adams House at Harvard.[1][2]

Corriel was raised in Nanuet, New York.[3] He studied literature at Harvard, graduating in 2005.[3][4] As a Harvard student, Corriel scored Ex-Rated (2002), an experimental dance performance in Harvard's Loeb Experimental Theater,[5] and a production of Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale.[6]

Corriel composed the music for six musicals: A Christmas Carol (2005),[7] Middle School Madness (2006), Intervention – A Teen Musical Comedy (2007), The Yatesville Tragedy (2007), Chocolate Soup (2008), and Emcee MC's Tales to D.C. Town (2010). Three of these, Middle School Madness, Intervention, and Chocolate Soup have been published by Dramatic Publishing.[2] Both Intervention and Chocolate Soup won the annual Moss Hart Award of the New England Theatre Conference, which has been called the New England Tony Award.[8][9]

References

  1. ^ Freshman Arts program staff, Harvard University, retrieved 2010-09-04.
  2. ^ a b Author biography, Dramatic Publishing, retrieved 2010-09-04.
  3. ^ a b Duckett, Richard (December 4, 2005). "A new twist for a classic: Young writers contribute to the Dickens masterpiece", Telegram & Gazette, p. G1.
  4. ^ About Matt, from Matt Corriel's personal web site, retrieved 2010-09-04.
  5. ^ Jobson, Kristi L. (October 17, 2002), "Dirty Dancing", Harvard Crimson.
  6. ^ Moss, Alexandra B. (April 26, 2002), "Warm, Engaging 'Winter' Fills Kronauer", Harvard Crimson.
  7. ^ Kolas, Paul (December 6, 2005). "Foothills adds nice twist to 'Christmas Carol'", Telegram & Gazette, p. C5.
  8. ^ "'Intervention' Now Playing NYMF 9/23, Wins Moss Hart Award", Broadway World, September 19, 2007.
  9. ^ "'Chocolate Soup', Now Playing at NYMF, Wins Moss Hart Award", Broadway World, September 12, 2008.

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