What’s Makai Music you ask?

Makai Music is a creative production and education studio dedicated to developing new musical work. We operate at the intersection of craft and collaboration—supporting writers, composers, and creative teams through intensive development programs and professional music services.

Our work spans two complementary areas: M³ (Music × Motion × Momentus), our programmatic framework for nurturing emerging voices, and M² (Music Production and Preparation) services that bring projects from page to stage and screen.

Founded on the belief that great work emerges from healthy collaboration and genuine artistic drive. We're here to support musical work at every stage—from first draft to opening night and beyond.

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Brett Macias

Owner, Composer, Educator, and all around great guy

Brett is a Mexican-American composer who has composed music for The New Group (daddy!), Repertory Theater of Saint Louis, City Center Encores! (NYC), the St. Louis Gateway Men's Chorus, Webster University, Stephens College, the Cockeyed Optimists, Prospect Theater Company, and Masterworks. Brett wrote the music for the musicals: FISHING THE MOON, THE LAVATORY, and BENEATH THE SURFACE with Caroline Murphy. He was featured in American Theater Magazine as a writing to watch. Concerts: Lincoln Center, The Green Room 42, Vitello's, and The Cutting Room. IN DEVELOPMENT: TUESDAY with Caroline Murphy, AN UN-HERO'S JOURNEY with Jessica Carmona, MARSHA P., NBC, AND ME with Geri Brown, CRAFT SHOW with Fred Sauter, and BAYOULAND with Alexandria Beech. TUESDAY: New Horizons Music Festival, Musical Theater Factory, and Coastal Carolina University. BAYOULAND (previously titled GUMBO) was a selection by the Grand Jury for the New York Musical Festival Next Link Project, Musical Theater Factory, The PiTCH at Fingerlakes Musical Theater Festival, ASCAP Grow a Show, and Yale Institute for Musical Theatre. He is also an orchestrator, musical director, arranger, and a certified success coach working with clients to find their most collaborative, creative selves, succeeding through their own values.

Check out his music @ Brettmacias.com

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