“For days now the melody and lyrics … have been ringing in my head, and will not be dislodged. The song is just one of the many pleasures of your compilation CD.”

— Herbert Kretzmer, lyricist of Les Miserables.

“Very impressive.”

— Richard Maltby Jr., lyricist of Miss Saigon, Starting Here, Starting Now and Closer Than Ever.

"As a composer, you show enormous promise-- you have a wonderful gift for melody, great musicality, a good sense of how to use a chorus to make a song interesting; in short, I feel you have the potential for a real career as a theatre composer. Lucky you -- such talents are rarer than you know."

-- Stephen Schwartz, composer of Godspell, The Baker's Wife, Prince of Egypt and Wicked.

"You write exceptionally well -- the music is attractive and your lyrics are good -- and thank heaven for really accurate rhymes and excellent structure."

-- Dillie Keane, Fascinating Aida.

To read Mel Atkey's bio, click here

To hear a brief overview of Mel Atkey's work, click here
To visit Mel Atkey's MySpace site, click here
To hear an excerpt from A Little Princess, click here
For information on his book Broadway North: The Dream of a Canadian Musical Theatre click here
To see pictures of the book launch, click here.
To read an excerpt from his next book, click here.

For information on Mel Atkey's musicals, click:

For Mel's tribute to Patty Montano who played Miss Minchin in A Little Princess, click here.
To hear "Second Chances" (from O Pioneers! click here or to see a video of Lisa Neubauer's performance, click here.

To hear Janie Dee's live performance of "Something in the Air" at Pizza on the Park, London, March 2004, click here
For other general musical theatre links, click here.
For links to other Canadian musical theatre sites, click .
For information on Mel Atkey's compilation demo, click Turning Stories Into Music
To see a selection of Marilyn Atkey's paintings click

To hear Jennifer Jellicorse sing "Miracle" (from Perfect Timing, click here.
For information on Mel Atkey's book When We Both Got to Heaven, click here.

© 2002 Mel Atkey

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