Hello and thank you for visiting my website! My name is Elspeth Collard and I'm mostly just a big music nerd. I grew up in a small town in the UK in a very musical-theatre-obsessed family, so music - and musical theatre in particular - has been a part of my life for as long as I can remember. I started writing my own songs when I was 13 - while they may not have been anything we might call "good" at first, they did spark a passion that led me to study Music at the University of Cambridge, and ultimately to move to New York for the Graduate Musical Theatre Writing program at NYU Tisch. I've lived in the US since 2018, and I currently reside in Greensboro, NC, with my husband, Varun Saxena, and our cats, Jean-Ralphio and Mona-Lisa.

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I love writing music in as many different styles as possible, ranging from contemporary musical theatre to 60s rock to big band jazz and everything in between, and while my primary focus is musical theatre, I've also dabbled in film scores and standalone songs. I'm very drawn to projects that explore feminism, LGBTQ+ themes, and mental health, especially when these ideas are handled with equal amounts of humour and heartbreak. I also love orchestrating, vocal arranging, copywork/music formatting (yes really), and audio editing, and I sing and play a few instruments (most proficiently drums/percussion, flute, piano, and ukulele). In the rare moments that I'm not doing something music-related, I can probably be found taking a walk through a park, cooking or eating something delicious, or curled up in front of a cosy movie with a cat on my lap and a cup of tea.

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Click around to see some of my work, and please don't hesitate to reach out if you're looking for someone to do any of the things I can do!