Something Magic -- Piano and Vocal Selections

Something Magic – The Musical Theatre of Mel Atkey is my first ever music folio, containing thirty of my best songs from A Little Princess, O Pioneers!, Perfect Timing and more. Ideal for performers seeking audition and cabaret material, or for all who support new musical theatre writing. Now available for purchase for the first time is the song that Janie Dee used to open her one woman show at Pizza on the Park a few years back, as well as the “lovely music” that the New York Times praised. There are also some songs that have never been heard in public before. Here is what some of the leading figures in today’s musical theatre have said about my music:

“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... Lucky you — such talents are rarer than you know.”

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

“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.

“[Mel Atkey] writes beautiful melodies, as well as charming and witty lyrics.”

– Janie Dee, Olivier award winning actress (Carousel, Comic Potential)

“Mel Atkey, who wrote the score and lyrics, has composed lovely music.”

– New York Times, 7 November 2003.