Anna Ebbesen
Anna Ebbesen
Orchestrator/Music Supervisor
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Anna Ebbesen has made a career commitment to fostering new voices in the industry. Her orchestrations can be heard on over twenty original movie musicals currently on the film festival circuit, including scores by Anna K. Jacobs (2020 Jonathan Larson Award), Avi Amon (2019 Jonathan Larson Award), Zoe Sarnak (2018 Jonathan Larson Award), Bobby Cronin and Daniel Lincoln. As a music director and orchestrator for the American Theatre Wing/NEA Songwriting Challenge (2018–present) and the New York Youth Symphony Musical Theatre Composition Program (2019–present), Anna continues to work on cultivating the industry's newest composers while simultaneously developing new works with established writers such as Tony Award winner Steven Sater, Emily Gardner Xu Hall, Gaby Alter, and Michael Cooper. Recent premieres: Once Upon a One More Time at The Marquis Theatre (Associate Conductor), The Notebook at Chicago Shakespeare Theater (Associate Music Director), Paradise Square at Nederlander Chicago (Associate Music Director and Conductor), Mary & Max at Theatre Calgary (Music Supervision and Orchestrations) and We Were Everywhere at Princeton (Music Supervision and Co-orchestrations).

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"I had the pleasure of collaborating with Anna Ebbesen on the World Premiere of Mary and Max at Theatre Calgary, where she was the Orchestrator and Musical Supervisor for the production. Not only is she a cherished collaborator, she is a sublime orchestrator who created emotional currents of story through her orchestrations on Mary and Max. Throughout the developmental process of Mary and Max, Anna was intricately involved with the challenging journey of developing a new musical from page to stage. Anna Ebbesen is a rare find." (Stafford Arima, Artistic Director, Theatre Calgary)

“Anytime I’m on a gig with Anna Ebbesen at the helm, I know I’m in good hands. My time will be valued, the charts will look great, and the room will be full of good vibes. Anna is a superb musician and orchestrator, and she’s also a leader with that rare combination of competence and humility. The players working on her projects are set up for musical success, and treated with respect and compassion in the process.” (Dillon Kondor, Guitarist for Dear Evan Hansen on Broadway, Jesus Christ Superstar Live on NBC, Hamilton at the Kennedy Center Honors)

“Anna Ebbesen is not only thorough in her work, but the execution and expertise that comes along with it creates a full package that is hard to find anywhere else. She is confident in every work room while making those who are learning new material quickly feel comfortable and at ease every step of the way. I continue to collaborate with her because she is creative, understanding and transparent, the best things to ask for in a collaborator.” (LOLO, Grammy nominated songwriter)

“Since orchestrating and music directing my score for the movie musical KAYA: TASTE OF PARADISE, Anna has become one of my most valued and trusted collaborators. As an orchestrator, her incredible sense of melody and groove, genre, and structure enables her to tap into a composer’s impulses and bring them to the fore. At the piano, leading singers and band, she is equal parts precise and cool as a cucumber. She also takes care of her collaborators, bringing respect and devotion to every project she works on, no matter how big or small.” (Anna K. Jacobs, Jonathan Larson and Billie Burke Ziegfeld Award-winning composer, lyricist, and book writer)



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