Music Meets Drama

We ended the weekend of The Gena Branscombe Project’s concert attending a performance of Alexandra Bellhaven’s song cycle, “Diary of a Payphone,” at 54 Below in New York City.  Ally is The Gena Branscombe Project’s 2022 Composer Scholarship winner.  Honored to have been at this performance with Gena’s great niece, Allison, and Dr. Laurine Elkins Marlow.  And, a picture of Dr. Laurine Elkins Marlow and Kathleen with the concert poster outside of The New York Society for Ethical Culture.  Gena, we brought you back to your beloved Upper West Side!.   #BringingBackBranscombe

  The Gena Branscombe Project has announced their 2022 scholarship winners.   We congratulate these talented musicians and wish them all the best as they move forward with their careers.   The Gena Branscombe Project has awarded its 2022 Composer scholarship to Alexandra Bellhaven . In addition to being a composer, Alexandra is a musical theater writer, pianist, and conductor with a passion for the art of telling stories. She is a current student at Berklee College of Music in Boston where she studies Film Scoring and Composition with minors in Musical Theater writing and conducting. Alexandra’s niche is telling the hidden stories that affect a large population of people; the stories of the silent majority. Whether that is the stories of addiction, or the transformation of love in all forms, Ally seeks out art that generates the feeling of community in a unique way. When not storytelling, you can find Ally training for the Chicago 2022 marathon,   Congra...