UPCOMING EVENTS:
Wed. Nov. 30, 2022, 7:30pm (doors 7:15)
Anna’s orchestral conducting debut with the Hunter College Symphony Orchestra
http://music.hunter.cuny.edu/calendar/
Anna is conducting the first piece: “Pilgrim Overture” by John Thomas Douglass.
Director: David Fulmer Assistant Conductor: Anna Dagmar
Location: Assembly Hall Hunter North, entrance on 69th between Park Ave and Lexington
Ave in NYC. Assembly Hall is inside on the ground floor right when you walk in.
All non-CUNY guests must present proof of COVID-19 vaccination (Vaccination Card or Excelsior Pass) OR negative PCR taken within 7 days at the door, as well as a photo I.D.
Reservations should ideally be made at least 24 hours in advance of this event, which will expedite entry. Please contact administrative assistant Karen Yamaguchi (ky536@hunter.cuny.edu) to reserve a seat. Entry is still allowed for audience members who do not reserve in advance; however, please allow extra time if this is the case and you are not on the audience list.
PAST PERFORMANCES:
Sat. Aug. 20, 2022, 1:00 – 2:00pm
Mother Daughter Piano Duets in Goshen, MA
Thur. May 5, 2022, 5:00pm – 7:30pm
“Moments In Seeing” in San Francisco, CA
Fri. Nov. 12, 2021
Double Entendre performs Anna Dagmar’s oboe & string quartet
Wed. Oct. 27, 2021, 7:30pm – 8:30pm
Connect Faith Creativity Lab
Sun. Oct. 3, 2021
Recording strings for Rhapsody EP
Sara Caswell (violin), Joyce Hammann (violin), Lois Martin (viola), Jody Redhage (cello)
Mon. Sept. 20, 2021
Recording rhythm section for Rhapsody EP
Anna Dagmar (piano), Richard Hammond (bass), Ben Wittman (drums)
April 10 & 11, 2021
Virtual Birthday Concerts
Mon. February 1, 2021
NY Songwriter’s Circle
LISTENING SAMPLES:
Anna Dagmar singer-songwriter tracks
https://soundcloud.com/annadagmar/sets/singer-songwriter
Anna Dagmar musical-theatre tracks
https://soundcloud.com/annadagmar/sets/musical-theatre-demos-lyrics
SHEET MUSIC AVAILABLE:
Anna Dagmar Songbook: www.store.CDBaby.com/cd/AnnaDagmar
Musical Theatre co-writes: www.ContemporaryMusicalTheatre.com
ANNA DAGMAR BIO:
Anna Dagmar is a NYC-based pianist, singer-songwriter and composer. Dagmar made her Broadway debut in 2017 as a sub Pianist and Conductor for Sara Bareilles’ musical Waitress. Her original song, “Mercy,” was commissioned by The Canales Project and performed at the National Gallery in 2018 and at the Public Theater in 2019. “Mercy,” honors the work of Sister Marilyn Lacey and Mercy Beyond Borders, a foundation with supports women and girls through education and business training in war-torn or impoverished regions of South Sudan and Haiti. Dagmar served as sub Pianist, Conductor and Vocal Coach fo Antigone in Ferguson, a gospel adaptation of Sophocles’ classic play which brings new light andhope to modern criminal justice reform. Additional theatrical credits include Songs of Resistance and Rebellion (Neue Galerie), Mata Hari (HEREarts) and Nightingale in the Tower (Ojai Youth Opera).
Dagmar is a two-time Gold Prize winner of the mid-Atlantic Songwriting Contest, a National Kerrville New Folk and Rocky Mountain Folk Festival finalist, and a composer in the BMI Advanced Musical Theater Writing Workshop. She is a member of Maestra, an organization that provides support, visibility and community to the women who make the music in the musical theater industry. She has released four albums of original songs, including Satellite (2012) which has spun on over 100 folk stations across the country and charted #5 on the National Roots Music Report. An energetic and creative educator, Dagmar served as composer-in-residence for several years at the Nightingale-Bamford School and has also taught at Mamaroneck High School and the Sonatina International School of Piano in Bennington, VT. She holds a degree in Jazz Performance and Music Education from the Eastman School of Music. She lives with her husband and daughter in Manhattan. www.AnnaDagmar.com