Andre Catrini is a musical theatre composer/lyricist, musical director and accompanist based out of the Upper West Side of Manhattan, and has had the privilege of writing material for Carlyn Connolly to perform for more than fifteen years. He is a member of the BMI-Lehman Engel Advanced Musical Theatre Workshop, an alumnus of the ASCAP Johnny Mercer Songwriter’s Workshop (current ASCAP member) and a graduate of the College-Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati (CCM). Andre is the recipient of the 2014 ASCAP Foundation Cole Porter Award, given “in recognition for his outstanding talent as a musical theatre composer and lyricist,” as well as a 2015 New Voices Project Merit Award. His song, “My World,” appears on the new album, 16 Stories, featuring the Australian Discovery Orchestra, and is available on Apple Music and Spotify. His musical The Astonishing Times of Timothy Cratchit (book by Allan Knee) had its UK premiere production at the Hope Mill Theatre in Manchester, England in the fall of 2019.

Andre is currently developing a musical with actress and activist Alexandra Billings based on her life story, titled S/He & Me, which will be workshopped in NYC this year. Other writing credits include: A Problem with the Pattersons (2020 O’Neill Music Theatre Conference, Semifinalist - book by Laura Zlatos) and The Wolf (book by Joe Calarco).