Biography

Miranda Scripp is a composer, conductor, and multi-instrumentalist based in New York City. While she is a classically trained violinist and pianist, Miranda has vast experience playing in many styles and genres.

Miranda has composed numerous scores for film, musical theater, concert works, and ballet. In 2023, she was commissioned by American Repertory Ballet to write an original work, which has since been presented at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center, The Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College, and live at the Princeton Festival.

Already an experienced conductor, Miranda has conducted numerous recording sessions as well as live performances of her own work and that of her peers. For the last three seasons, she has been a conducting trainee at Philadelphia Ballet, where she has conducted segments of the Nutcracker in performance at the Academy of Music.

Equally dedicated to composing and performing, Miranda has been a member of the Grammy-winning New York Youth Symphony and the Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra and has performed in Carnegie Hall and Boston’s Symphony Hall. Most recently, Miranda won the Film Scoring Premiere Competition at NYU. For this, she composed a new score in collaboration with the graduate film department. This was premiered in concert with live full orchestra in March, 2025.