STEVE BRAMSON is the award-winning composer of the musical Shimmy with lyricist Pamela Oland, conceived and created by famed choreographer Donald McKayle. Other works for voice include Dream Rushes for soprano, cello, guitar and percussion, Rhymes For The Irreverent for soprano and clarinet, and numerous songs and choral pieces for his work in film and television. His music has been called “imaginative and terrifically inventive”. Of his score to Don McKay, one reviewer says “Steve Bramson works masterfully…, (his score is) a virtual primer on the power of musical restraint...” His works have been performed on concert stages in London, Vienna, New York and Los Angeles.
Bramson is the Emmy™award-winning composer of hundreds of primetime television episodes and numerous feature films. He scored ten consecutive seasons of the CBS Television Network’s long-running series, JAG, and worked with George Lucas on one of the final episodes of his popular series The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles. He has also composed the music to many highly acclaimed independent feature films including Don McKay, Decoding Annie Parker and Last Call, for which he won the award for Best Score at the 2021 BNC International Film Festival in Barcelona.
Known for his versatility and craftsmanship, Bramson was chosen to score the popular amusement ride, From the Earth to the Moon, written for the Disneyland Paris theme park; the first to feature a fully synchronized score.
Bramson has also contributed his talents as orchestrator to scores for now classic movies such as Apollo 13 with James Horner, James and the Giant Peach with Randy Newman and Starship Troopers with Basil Poledouris.
He received two Emmy™ award nominations for his work on JAG. Other television projects include music for The Nine and Journeyman.
A graduate of the Eastman School of Music, he studied composition and orchestration with Ludmilla Ulehla, Samuel Adler and Syd Hodkinson.
GAYLE HUDSON was a Semi-Finalist in the 2019 Eugene O’Neil Theater Center National Playwrights Conference for her play Ocean Park. She is the creator of Outloud and Heartbeats, musicals conceived and written with young people and recognized composers from the Hudson Valley, NY. She wrote the book for Winter Light with composer and lyricist Bobbe Bramson. Gayle is the book writer for Hans Brinker, or The Silver Skates (music and lyrics Bobbe Bramson) which is represented by Dramatic Publishing. Her one-act play Teddy Bear was presented at MUNY Theater of St. Louis Backstage / Onstage series. Her short play Repetition Compulsion was a Gold Circle Finalist at the Samuel French One Act Festival. Full length Little Creek received staged readings by Spring Street Productions and Blue Horse Repertory. Gayle was Director of the Theater Divisions of Northern Westchester Center for the Arts, Mount Kisco, NY and Brooklyn College’s Preparatory Center for the Performing Arts. She has performed with Berkshire Theater Festival, Boston’s Chamber Rep, SeattleRep’s Second Stage, Blueberry Pond Theater, Bluestone Actors Project, Summer Fun Theater and Blue Horse Repertory Company. Gayle is a member of the Dramatists Guild, American Alliance for Theater & Education and Actors Equity Association.