Pippa is a musical theatre composer, songwriter and lyricist based in London. She writes many of her shows in collaboration with playwright Jake Brunger - www.brungerandcleary.co.uk. Pippa’s music spans musical theatre, incidental music for plays, children's theatre and audiobooks, choral work and library music. She consistently writes original songs for her business Pippa’s Poppets, baby & toddler music classes in central London. Pippa has a 2:1 BA in Music from Bristol University where she specialised in Singing and Composition. She previously studied Composition under Jeffery Wilson at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. and then went on to study Composition at the Conservatorio di Santa Cecilia in Rome and Music at L’Université d’Aix en Provence 1.
Awards
WINNER / The Arts Foundation Fellowship for Composition for Musical theatre 2012
WINNER / The Times Christmas Carol Competition 2011 with In The Snow (full article here)
WINNER / MTM Judges Discretionary Award for Composition Development for Jet Set Go! 2008
WINNER / Wax Chandler’s Prize for Composition 2004
RUNNER UP / Notes for the Stage Competition 2008 with song Christmas Without You.mp3
SHORTLIST / Fourth Tim Williams Award 2011 with song Star Shine sung by Gina Respall
As composer / lyricist
THE SECRET DIARY OF ADRIAN MOLE AGED 13¾ / Leicester Curve Theatre
PRODIGY / St James’ Theatre London
TREASURE ISLAND / Singapore Repertory Theatre
NEXT FALL / Southwark Playhouse / incidental music only
RED RIDING HOOD / Singapore Repertory Theatre / Pleasance Theatre London / Middle East Tour
TESS OF THE D’URVERBILLES / South Hill Park
ALICE IN WONDERLAND / Polka Theatre London
JET SET GO! / Theatre 503 / Jermyn Street Theatre / licensed by josef Weinberger
THE GREAT BRITISH SOAP OPERA / Jermyn Street Theatre
THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS / The Humble Theatre Company Letchworth
KATY’S ROAD SHOW / CBeebies
THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF DISSOCIA / Wickham Theatre Bristol
A SONG CYCLE FOR SOHO / Soho Theatre