MATTHEW SKLAR (Music). Tony®, Emmy®, and Drama Desk Award-nominated composer. His stage works include Elf (Broadway, West End, US/International productions) and The Wedding Singer (Tony Award Nomination for Best Original Score, Drama Desk Award Nomination for Outstanding Music). Matthew received a 2015 Primetime Emmy® Award Nomination for Outstanding Music Direction for the critically-acclaimed NBC stop-motion animated TV special "Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas", starring Jim Parsons and adapted from the Broadway musical. He also arranged and adapted the music of Marvin Hamlisch for the Emmy Award-winning documentary film Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love, seen on PBS/American Masters. Matthew has contributed original songs/music to Sesame Street, Wonder Pets!, and the NBC Broadcast of The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. His music has been performed by major orchestras, including the Atlanta, Baltimore, and Indianapolis Symphony Orchestras. Awards include the ASCAP Richard Rodgers New Horizons Award, the Gilman/Gonzalez-Falla Theatre Award, and the Jonathan Larson Performing Arts Foundation Award.
Sessions in which Matthew Sklar participates
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
The Making of THE PROM
50 minutes,
10:00 AM
- 10:50 AM
Jacob K. Javits Convention Center - Vinnette Carroll Room
Panel
Paul Wontorek (Moderator)
Bob Martin (Participant)
Chad Begeulin (Participant)
Bill Damaschke (Participant)
Dori Berinstein, The Prom (Participant)
Matthew Sklar, The Prom (Participant)