Mary Ann Ivan

Musical Director, Arranger

Mary Ann Ivan has over 20 years of experience as a musical director and pianist in musical theatre. With a degree in Music Therapy from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, PA, Mary Ann moved to NYC in 1993 where she received her MA in Music Composition from NYU. Studying composition privately with Joseph Church, musical director of Disney's The Lion King and The Who's Tommy, she began her Broadway career as a keyboardist and rehearsal pianist. She has played such shows as Tommy, The King and I , Jekyll & Hyde and toured with Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, My Fair Lady, and is currently with Jersey Boys. Becoming interested in composing at age 15, she now has over 600 songs, orchestral pieces, ensemble works, 4 Film credits, and 11 musicals. In addition to being a composer and theatre musical director,  

Mary Ann  was a piano and music theatre instructor at Concordia College in Bronxville, NY and also a professor of Music Theory and Sight-Singing at Circle in the Square Broadway Theatre School in New York City.  She is the founder of Mary Ann Studios, located in Westchester County , NY.