Composition & Music Direction for Theater & Film

Gretta is deeply committed, incredibly thorough, and spectacularly inventive. The music Gretta created was beautiful and effective (many audience members said it was the best part of the show, and I'd tend to agree!), and she was an absolute joy to work with from the first meeting through the final dress rehearsal, to achieve our collective vision for the production. She's the best composer and musical director I've ever worked with; I'd swim oceans for the chance to work with her again. --Megan Sandberg-Zakian freelance Director; Resident Director, The Providence Black Repertory Company

Gretta's skill, ingenuity, and patience with process is only exceeded by her generosity of spirit and love of collaboration. She brings positive energy into the rehearsal room and coaxes strong musical performances out of the cast. --Robert G. Leigh, Director

I have worked for Gretta as a pianist on many projects. What impresses me about her is the way she can modify the music on the fly to fit any situation. When the director wants to add a musical interlude, she thinks about it, plunks out a few notes and voila, the director is thrilled. --Dave Hubbard, Composer, Videographer, Pianist
Theater & Film Productions
  • Co-composer with Jason Webley, UMO Ensemble's VIC, Spirit Made Flesh, ACT Theatre, Seattle. 2020.
  • Composer, Wes Hurley's film Little Potato, 2017.
  • Vocal coach, Acrobat Conundrum, The Language of Chance. SANCA, Seattle, 2015.
  • Composer, music director, Fuente Ovejuna; directed by Andrew McGinn. Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, 2014.
  • Composer, Waxie Moon in Fallen Jewel; TV show directed by Wes Hurley, 2012.
  • Advisor for student composer, music director, Romeo and Juliet, Cornish College's Shakespeare in the Park, 2012.
  • Co-director with Wade Madsen, Invasions of Nick Cave Soundsuits in collaboration with Seattle Art Museum and Cornish College of the Arts, 2011.
  • Musical director, Foreign Affairs, Cornish Senior Cabaret; directed by Timothy McCuen Piggee. 2010.
  • Composer, music director, Much Ado About Nothing, Seattle Shakespeare.Wooden O (Shakespeare in the Park); directed by Sheila Daniels, 2010.
  • Composer, music director, Abe Lincoln in Illinois, Intiman Theatre; directed by Sheila Daniels, 2009.
  • Good Person of Szechwan; directed by Megan Sandberg-Zakian; Broadway Performance Hall; Cornish College of the Arts. 2009.
  • Rubble Women; directed by Sheila Daniels; UMO Ensemble. 2009.
  • Composer, music director, Mary Zimmerman's Arabian Nights, directed by John Farrage, Raisbeck Hall, Cornish College of the Arts, 2008.
  • Composer, music director, The Tempest, directed by Kerry Skalsky, Shakespeare in the Park/Volunteer Park, Cornish College of the Arts, 2008.
  • Music director, Cornish Senior Cabaret; directed by Timothy McCuen Piggee, 2008 & 2007.
  • Composer, music director, The Cider House Rules; Cornish College of the Arts; directed by Richard E.T. White, 2007.
  • Composer, music director, Pericles, directed by Sheila Daniels; Seattle Shakespeare Co., 2007.
  • Musical director, arranger, performer, Last Year's Kisses; a One Woman Show by Sarah Rudinoff, 2007.
  • Composer, music director, Peer Gynt Part II; Cornish College of the Arts, directed by Sheila Daniels, 2006.
  • Composer, music director, Peer Gynt Part I; Cornish College of the Arts, Directed by Robert G. Leigh, 2006.
  • Musical director, vocal coach, The Beggars Opera, directed by Lisa Normal, Broadway Performance Hall. 2006.
  • Composer, music director, Mail Order Bride; Charles Mee; Cornish College of the Arts; Directed by Robert G. Leigh,2005.
  • Composer, music director, Measure for Measure; Broadway Performance Hall; Directed by Jack Greenman, 2005.
  • Composer, music director, Twelfth Night; Cornish College of the Arts, Shakespeare in the Park; directed by Hal Rider, 2004.
  • Composer, music director, Dreams About Teeth; The Tribes Project; directed by J. Paul Presault, 2003.
  • Composer, music director, Metamorphosis, Tales from Ovid; Cornish College of the Arts; directed by Bonnie Showers, 2002.
  • Writer, director, Foxes In Boxes, Seattle Fringe Festival, Oddfellows Hall, 2001.
  • Writer, director, Foxes In Boxes, with poems commissioned by nine poets. Cornish College, 2001.
  • Writer, director, ...insomnia and other things that keep me up at night. Cornish College, 2000.
  • Composer, Leggo My Dildo, Karen Jaroneski
  • Composer, Beauty Sleeps, Walter Cabel