Composer/Lyricist

Gavin James Knittle is a musical theatre composer/lyricist based in New York City. He holds an MFA as a composer at NYU’s Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program (2019) and a B.A. from Pacific University in Theatre and Music. Most recently, his opera, The Dragon Transfer, which was co-written with Briana Whyte Harris, was produced and turned into a short film in cooperation with the American Opera Project and the Tisch Opera Lab. HAMMER, his musical co written with Richard Lindenfelzer received a developmental production at NYU’s New Studio on Broadway.