| Jessica Grace Wing | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 24, 1971 New Haven, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Died | July 19, 2003(2003-07-19) (aged 32) New York City, U.S. |
| Occupation | Theatrical composer |
Jessica Grace Wing (July 24, 1971 – July 19, 2003) was an American theatrical composer active in New York City. She was resident composer of the off-Broadway Inverse Theater Company and wrote one full-length musical, Lost.
Wing was born in New Haven, Connecticut and grew up in Tucson, Arizona, where she attended University High School. She attended college at Stanford University. In 1997 she moved to New York City, where she co-founded the Inverse Theater Company. Her musical accompaniments incorporated a diverse range from bluegrass to opera.
Wing served as assistant sound designer on the Todd Solondz film Happiness and wrote and directed a number of short films in pursuing an MFA in film at Columbia University. Wing was a member of San Francisco-based improvisational ambient electronica band Weird Blinking Lights, providing compositional, vocal, synthesizer, and effects performance, and released several solo electronica compilations under the moniker Warm Blooded Love.
Works
Music and songs for theater
- Othello (1998)
- The Death of Griffin Hunter (1998)
- Twelfth Night (1999)
- Midnight Brainwash Revival (1999)
- The Death of Don Flagrante Delicto (2000)
- The Burnt Woman of Harvard (2001)
Full-length musical
- Lost (2003)
References
- ^ McKinley, Jesse (2003-08-03). "Jessica Grace Wing, 31, a Force In New York Downtown Theater". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-09-25.
- Simonson, Robert (2003-07-31). "Off-Broadway Composer Jessica Grace Wing Dead at 31". Playbill.com. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
- "Jessica grace wing - testimonials".
- Obituary in the Tucson Citizen
- Obituary at Playbill
External links
- Official site
- Warmblooded Productions, her production company, including music and video samples
- Jessica Grace Wing at IMDb
- Obituary from New York Times
- 1971 births
- 2003 deaths
- Deaths from colorectal cancer
- Writers from New Haven, Connecticut
- Musicians from Tucson, Arizona
- Musicians from New Haven, Connecticut
- Stanford University alumni
- Columbia University School of the Arts alumni
- 20th-century American composers
- 20th-century American women composers
- 21st-century American women