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Pix 11 News: Meeting the Founder of the Broadway Sinfonietta, Macy Schmidt is a first-generation Egyptian-American who recently became the first woman of color orchestrator in Broadway history.
NBC New York: Ashley Bellman sits down with the female musicians breaking new ground in theater — Macy Schmidt and The Broadway Sinfonietta.
Forbes: Schmidt… became the Tonys’ first female arranger or orchestrator in its 76 year history Sunday night.” -Kristin Stoller & Sarah Eccleston for Forbes
“Orchestrator Macy Schmidt received a call from Tony Awards host Ariana DeBose asking if she would like to create the opening number to the 2023 Tony Awards — in three days’s time.” - Broadway News
By Gabriela Carroll for Backstage Magazine
By Alicia Ramírez for TheaterMania | Photo by Em Char Productions
“If women made Cowboy Bebop cool when it was being made, The Sinfonietta’s performance at The Town Hall cemented and pushed forward that legacy.” -Gabriel Serrano Dennis for the Beat
By Nicola Dall’assen for Allure Magazine
NBC Philadelphia: Meet Macy Schmidt founder of the Broadway Sinfonietta
‘…The events of spring and summer 2020—specifically the theatre shutdown and the industry’s racial reckoning—mobilized Schmidt to take action.” - Felicia Fitzpatrick for Playbill
By Dan Meyer for Theaterly
By Raven Brunner for Playbill
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