ALONGSIDE PERFORMING, BRIANNA IS A PROLIFIC SONGWRITER.
SHE WAS A JONATHAN LARSON GRANT 2021 FINALIST (THE AMERICAN THEATRE WING) AND NYC WOMEN'S FUND GRANT 2022 RECIPIENT (THE NYC MAYOR'S OFFICE OF MEDIA AND ENTERTAINMENT AND THE NEW YORK FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS).
SHE IS THE COMPOSER/LYRICIST OF THE AWARD-WINNING NEW MUSICAL, WALKING WITH BUBBLES (DRAMA DESK NOMINATION, OUTSTANDING SOLO PERFORMANCE. OFF BROADWAY ALLIANCE AWARD, BEST SOLO PERFORMANCE) WHICH COMPLETED A 6-MONTH RUN OFF-BROADWAY IN 2023 AT THE AMT THEATRE.
BRIANNA WAS COMMISSIONED BY DAME PRODUCTIONS TO WRITE THE BOOK, MUSIC, AND LYRICS FOR RATHSKELLER: A MUSICAL ELIXIR. THE NEW ROCK MUSICAL WAS PRODUCED IN NYC AT THE NEW OHIO THEATER IN THE WEST VILLAGE, IN ATLANTA AT THE SHE-ATLANTA FESTIVAL, AND IS HEADING TO ZEIDER’S AMERICAN DREAM THEATER IN THE SPRING OF 2024. THE CONCEPT ALBUM, FUNDED BY THE NYC WOMEN’S FUND, CAN BE FOUND ON ALL STREAMING PLATFORMS.
BRIANNA DIRECTED AND PRODUCED HER FIRST ORIGINAL MUSICAL, LET THERE BE LIGHT (BOOK, MUSIC, & LYRICS), WHICH WON BEST MUSICAL AND BEST SCORE AT THE NEW YORK THEATRE FESTIVAL IN 2018. HER MUSICAL, THE PRESENCE (BOOK, MUSIC, AND LYRICS) IS CURRENTLY IN DEVELOPMENT.
HER DEBUT ALBUM, HIEROPHANIES: MANIFESTATIONS OF THE SACRED, MADE THE FIRST ROUND ON THE 2021 GRAMMY AWARDS® BALLOT FOR CONSIDERATION UNDER BEST CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN ALBUM. BRIANNA HAS HEADLINED AT ICONIC NYC VENUES LIKE THE CUTTING ROOM AND GREEN ROOM 42 WITH HER ORIGINAL MUSIC.
