THE ACTING COMPANY GALA
April 2024
A pleasure to attend The Acting Company gala in April where my song “Raise Up the Sails” from Odyssey was performed. Featuring Tatiana Wexler, Layla Khoshnoudi, Anya Whelan-Smith, Zamo Mlengana, Abiola Obatolu, Holly Hinchliffe & Peter Douskalis (guitar).
New Scholarly Article
February 2024
Honored to have my writing published alongside a wonderful group of authors in this special issue of Studies in Musical Theatre. I write about receiving feedback from Sondheim on a song I wrote for my musical The Family Resemblance and how his response still has me thinking about what a vamp is and how it works…as pattern, spiral, interface, and threshold.
MT Global South Roundtable
January 2024
Masi Asare (Northwestern) and Emilio Méndez (UNAM) are convening a roundtable discussion of artists and scholars working in and on musical-theatrical forms across the global south. Supported by the NU Buffett Institute for Global Affairs.
DUP Book Award
December 2023
Duke University Press honored Masi with this award for her book Blues Mamas and Broadway Belters: Black Women, Voice, and the Musical Stage (coming 2024). The award exemplifies the press's commitment "to publish work by rising stars and to celebrate books with exceptional promise."
Recording Academy
August 2023
Honored to join countless creators and professionals who serve, celebrate, and advocate in the name of music year-round, as part of this year’s new Recording Academy member class. The Recording Academy is the organization behind the Grammy Awards.
