Stephen Keeling
Composer
@keeling_stephen
Stephen is an award-winning British composer whose work ranges from scores for West End musicals to choral and instrumental music and music for media. His musical theatre work has been performed internationally in the United States and Europe. Stephen was chosen to work with Stephen Sondheim in the 1990 Oxford Masterclass. He is represented by Charles Walker at United Agents London.
Listen to Stephen's music on his
SoundCloud Channel
MADDIE
MADDIE opened Off Broadway at the Players Theatre, New York on May 8th playing till June 8th 2025 and enjoyed a successful run receiving regular standing ovations.
MADDIE previously played the New York Theatre Festival in November 2023. MADDIE was nominated for seven awards at the New York Theatre Festival including Best Production, Best Score, Best Direction and Best Choreography winning for Best Score.
10 nominations BroadwayWorld Awards including Best Musical
THE RETURN OF PETER PAN
The premiere production of this family musical played in repertoire at
Theater Regensburg 4th November 2023 extended till June 16th 2024
News
MADDIE opened at the Players Theatre, NYC May 8th 2025 playing till June 8th
and enjoyed a successful run receiving regular standing ovations. MADDIE previously featured in three performances at the New York Theater Festival (the biggest and most prestigious playwright/musical festival/competition in the United States) in November 2023 and was nominated for seven NYTF awards winning for Best Score. MADDIE was also nominated for 10 BroadwayWorld awards.
THE RETURN OF PETER PAN premiered at the Theater Regensburg, Germany on the 4th of November 2023 playing in repertoire extended till June 16th 2024.
The vocal score, libretto and orchestrations for SEA CHANGE, a new musical for 5 actors, have been updated. Please visit the updated SEA CHANGE page on the site for more information.
Stephen has recently composed a Piano Concerto and a String Quartet. Visit the Instrumental Music page to listen to a recording.
The vocal scores of Stephen's REQUIEM and PASSION CANTATA are now published online. Visit the pages on the site via Choral Music for more info.
MUSICAL THEATRE
SEA CHANGE
A New Musical in Two Acts for Five Actors
There is a brand new version of the full score, vocal score and libretto of Sea Change, a musical for 5 actors.
This musical is about five people who are stuck, or at an impasse in their lives. The experience of living together on a yacht and being stranded in a life raft forces them to wake up and to open up. And it changes them. Stephen comments:
“Very pleased to have the updated piano score, libretto and orchestrations for Sea Change, a musical for 5 actors….The show would be ideal for a theatre which seats 200 to 500 people.”
Click here to visit the updated webpage.
NIGHT SHOOT
A musical tale of the French Resistance
This new musical is set around the filming of Les Enfants du Paradis in Nice, in Nazi occupied France and centres on brother and sister Lucien and Blanche Dombâsle who are in the Resistance.
Listen to some of Stephen's musical theatre songs
for
SATB
Soprano and Tenor Soli
Organ and Piano accompaniment
including settings of the Morning and Evening Canticles, Christmas choral music and Requiem
Requiem (excerpt)
PASSION CANTATA
for
SATB
Evangelist (solo)
Christ (solo)
with Organ accompaniment
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Piano Concerto, Clarinet Sonata, Trombone Sonata, Violin Sonata, Four Piano Sonatas, String Quartet,
The Seasons - 4 pieces for Piano, Fantasy for Cello and Piano
Preludes for Piano (excerpt)
PIANO CONCERTO
STRING QUARTET
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Stephen Keeling Music
Contact Stephen
Stephen is represented by Charles Walker at United Agents
12-26 Lexington Street, London W1F OLE Tel 020 3214 0800
