Our Team
Rebekah Novinger
Composer
An interview between Rebekah Novinger and Lost Narratives producer Cristina Gallo
Biography
As a composer in many forms, Rebekah Novinger’s music has filled the theater, concert hall, and studio. Coming from Rochester MN, she went to Boston to pursue a Bachelors's degree at Berklee College of Music focusing in Composition, Film Scoring, and Conducting. She has been involved in numerous music collaborations from creating award-winning Shakespeare-derived musicals, to releasing singer-songwriter works, as well as composing student films, and contemporary concert music. Rebekah’s music crosses into all styles in a desire to tug at the unreached emotions of those with reaching ears.
Rebekah will be writing a piece inspired by Baroque painter Artemisia Gentileschi
Adrienne Schoenfeld Composer
An interview between Adrienne Schoenfeld and Lost Narratives producer Cristina Gallo
Biography
Adrienne Schoenfeld is a current student at Berklee College of Music as well as a performing bassist. Her music has been performed by PUBLIQuartet, Sam Wells of the SPLICE Ensemble, Neither/Nor, and the Berklee Sinfonietta. Among her teachers, she has studied with Marti Epstein, Andrew List, and Beth Denisch. She frequently draws programmatic inspiration from works of fiction and visual art. Musically, she is influenced by the compositions of Bela Bartok. When she isn’t composing, she spends time coming up with new, colorful crochet patterns.
Adrienne will be writing a piece inspired by Frankenstein author Mary Shelley
Demree McGhee Librettist
Biography
Demree McGhee is a Literature and Writing student at UC San Diego. Her poetry and prose is either featured or forthcoming in Lucky Jefferson, Lunch Ticket, Wax Nine Journal, Burn All Books, and more. Her poetry has recently been selected for Sundress Publications' 2022 Best of the Net Anthology. You can read more of her work at demreemcghee.com.
Demree will be writing the text for the song cycle inspired by Mary Shelley
Lauren Marshall:
Composer
Biography
Lauren is composer and keyboardist based in London and Boston. She has written works for a diverse range of ensembles from solo to orchestral, and her works are performed widely in the UK and U.S. by various performers, including the Parker Quartet, [Switch~ Ensemble], the London Sinfonietta, the Hermes Experiment, Kathryn Williams, and the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain. Her works have been brought to venues at Harvard University, the Southbank Centre, Cafe OTO, London Fashion Week, Birmingham Symphony Hall, the Music Room at Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, Tate Britain, and Snape Maltings.
Notable projects include including her orchestral piece ‘Suspended between earth and air’, commissioned by the National Youth Orchestra, performed at Nottingham Royal Concert Hall, Birmingham Symphony Hall, and the Royal Festival Hall, and broadcast on BBC Radio 3. The work was met with critical acclaim, described as ‘wonderfully assured’ (The Guardian), and ‘a miracle of inspiration’ (Seen and Heard International).
Lauren will be writing a piece inspired by French duelist/opera singer Julie D’Aubigny
Cristina Gallo
Producer/Singer
Past Projects by Cristina Gallo
Biography
Cristina Gallo is a rising young artist working in the Boston area. Her first production, How to Tell a Scary Story, holds distinction as the first undergraduate- led and commissioned opera at Northwestern University. A dynamic singing-actress as well as producer, Gallo most recently sung the role of Rosalinde in MIOpera's production of Die Fledermas. She has previously appeared in the Miami Music Festival as Yvette in La Rondine, and Second Lady in Die Zauberflote. Gallo has been praised for her "pure tones" and "vivacious humor." (South Florida Classical Review). A versatile artist, Ms. Gallo recently delved into the film world with her recent art song project Death and a Maiden: Twilight Lifts the Veil. Gallo is originally from Newton, Massachusetts, and completed her Bachelor's degree of Music and Arts Administration from Northwestern University.
Leigh Hope McAllister
Collaborative Pianist
Past Performances
Biography
Leigh McAllister is a young working professional, performing musician, teacher, and collaborating artist. A recent graduate of the Boston Conservatory at the Berklee School of Music, Leigh currently works as a collaborative pianist at BOCO as well as teaches students at the Newton Suzuki school of music.
In her own words:
"I was born with a physical disability--an ulnar deficiency, where I am missing a left elbow and have only three fingers on the left hand. At 2 years old, I was adopted by my wonderful parents, both physical therapists, who raised me in the beautiful Sonoma County of California and taught me how to navigate every day life growing up with a limb difference. Since then, I've been on a very persistent and independent journey with music as my source of confidence to learn how to love myself and others well."