Sydney Gray
2024 Musical Theater Songwriting Challenge winner Sydney Gray. Photo by Rebecca J. Michelson
Sydney Gray is a rising senior at Fairhope High School in Alabama. Sydney holds credits from principal dancer to director, performing showcases from New York to California with her award-winning competition theater troupe, Eastern Shore Repertory Theatre. Be it vocals, ocarina, piano, or ukulele, Sydney loves making music. She is first chair trombone and also section leader in her high school performing show choir. Sydney has written several songs, science fiction novels, and musicals. She is currently developing two new musicals— Anavaly and Hawaii Part II, a jukebox musical based on an album by Miracle Musical.
Sydney Gray providing feedback during rehearsals of her original song, "Little Miss Heard but Not Seen." Photo by Rebecca J. Michelson
“Little Miss Heard But Not Seen”
Music & Lyrics by Sydney Gray
Program Mentor: Zeniba Now
Orchestrator: Jesse J. Sanchez
Featuring Amy Keum with Ashley LaLonde, Katryna Marttala & Shereen Pimentel
Meet Nava Lee. She's bright and hopeful but knows all too well what it means not to fit in—not at school, not at home, not even in the mirror. In “Little Miss Heard But Not Seen,” Nava longs to be more than a shadow moving through life as she fights the doubts in her head. This is an emotional anthem that echoes the universal struggle for visibility and acceptance.