Music for Theater

Healthy Start

Based on Etgar Keret’s short story, Healthy Start follows Myron, a socially awkward, middle-aged man struggling to recover from the breakup of his marriage. When a businessman mistakes him for a colleague, Myron discovers how easy and liberating it is to pretend to be someone else. But will his duplicity have dangerous consequences? And will he ever learn how to be himself?

Macbeth

Songs from Ramapo College of New Jersey’s 2016 production of William Shakespeare’s Macbeth

Directed by Mary Ellen Allison
Music: Gilad Cohen
Scored for singers, flute, accordion, bass guitar, and percussion
Cast in songs: Christina Gallego, Elizabeth Gonzalez, Erin Hernon, Jennifer Paldino
Band:
Hadar Noiberg, flute
Uri Sharlin, accordion
Gilad Cohen, acoustic bass guitar
Mark Boulanger, percussion

Stand-alone Songs

Let’s Go

Lyrics: Caleb Damschroder
Music: Gilad Cohen

This performance:
Cast: Evan Thompson, Alex Morton
Daniel Rein, piano

Somethin’ Isn’t Kosher

Lyrics: Meira Marom
Music: Gilad Cohen

This performance:
Adren Kelly, voice
Sycil Mathai, trumpet
Sam Sadigursky, alto saxophone, clarinet in Bb
Steve Swell, trombone
Kathy Supove, piano
Jack Hill, double bass
Michael Sarin, drums
Gilad Cohen, conductor

You’re Still the Sun to Me

Lyrics: Caleb Damschroder
Music: Gilad Cohen

This performance:
Cast: Richard Todd Adams, Julie Benko
Daniel Rein, piano

Napoleon - Dead or Alive!

Music adaption of a play by Nissim Aloni (Hebrew)

Original cast recording of Hanisui High School’s 2002 production (Jerusalem, Israel).

Cast:

Gilad Cohen, piano, keyborads, guitar, percussion, programming