A performer of Musical Theatre, Opera, and all things Barbra Streisand, Patricia Causey is a multifaceted soloist, award- winning composer, freelance writer, and voice over artist. She has performed feature roles in theatre, opera, oratorio, dinner theatre, and competitions in the Southeast and in Korea.  She Stage Managed professional plays, musicals, opera, and a casino revue, plus worked backstage for three USA International Ballet Competitions. She danced for 19 years and is a self-taught orchestrator. 

Known as "trish," her vocal training includes work with Dr. Renee Sokol-Huff, Dr. Rhonda Fisher, and Wynn Creasy, MFA. She has worked with directors Richard Harden, Garold Gardner, and Kinard Fite, and Stage Manager Bill Kickbush. She worked in the costume shops of Ballet Hysell and also Ballet Mississippi, under the direction of dance legend Fernando Bujones.

Trish's artistry reflects her human rights’ activism. Her music and written works focus on tolerance, civil rights, and women's issues. In 2005, she founded Gathering Grove Productions, dedicated to "Working for Human Rights Through the Arts." She directed and produced intercultural arts workshops as well as a fundraiser of Vagina Monologues, raising $5,000 for the Gulf Coast Women's Center for Nonviolence. 

Even with the devastation of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, trish continued to pursue excellence with her art. In 2008, trish was awarded a $4,000 Fellowship in Music Composition from the Mississippi Arts Commission/ NEA, as well as listing on the Artist Roster. The Southern Arts Federation selected her to join the Artistry Registry in the field of Opera/Musical Theatre. For her artistic endeavors affected by Hurricane Katrina, trish was awarded a $5,000 Artist Recovery Business Grant by the National Emergency Grant program.

In 2009, trish was the Featured Artist for WomenArts.org in July, and she was the first Musical Theatre composer to be the Featured Artist in Southern Breeze Magazine (Fall 2009). She was named an Official Presenter for the 8th Women’s Playwright’s International in Mumbai, India.

Trish teaches Voice and Audition workshops as well as private lessons. Hired as a Vocal Coach for schools, singers, and a Nashville band, she has produced award-winning voice students and helps college hopefuls win much-needed scholarships. Though composing is her passion, trish is also a freelance writer and has entered the field of Voice Over work for commercials and documentaries. 

Currently working on a song cycle commission for opera contralto, Wynn Creasy, she has begun work on a five-movement concerto. One pet project is to have the first week of June officially declared National Musical Theatre Week By President Obama; and she hosts her own online radio show, "Musical Theatre Talk with Trish Causey," interviewing the best in the theatre world.

Affiliations: ASCAP, AGMA, ACF, VASTA, ATHE, NATS, SCL, DG
Click here to read about trish in Southern Breeze Magazine!
 
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
         

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