Jake Landau (he/him), b. 1995, is an American composer of opera, musical theater, ballet, and instrumental music. His works have been performed by the New York Philharmonic, Houston Grand Opera, and Premiere Division Ballet in venues as diverse as Carnegie Hall, Birdland Jazz Club, and the Royal Palace of Amsterdam.
“Landau’s score is lush and lyrical [...] bright and sparkling or ominous...”
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all EVENTSAugust 4th, 2026
CONCERT: ROSIE at Matchbook Fest
Join Matchbook Festival for a concert of songs from ROSIE, a new musical, Off-Broadway at the Greenwich House Theater.
Matchbook Fest 2026 is a new summer festival at Greenwich House Theater, presented by Mix & Match Productions. Bringing together theater, music, comedy, and conversation, Matchbook invites artists to share works in development, test new ideas, and connect with audiences in one of New York’s most iconic Off-Broadway venues. Part performance series, part creative sandbox, the festival celebrates the artistic process, offering audiences a rare opportunity to experience exciting work as it takes shape.
Rosie, an out-of-the-box Brooklynite in 1942, must reckon her slogan-centric ideals of feminism with a world more real, diverse, and complex than she ever imagined. ROSIE the musical gets the iconic riveter jumping off the page in this hilarious, original story that will make the 40’s feel more contemporary than ever.
September 22nd, 2026
PREMIERE: "I Will Find You"
Tenor Carson Cook premieres a new song cycle in honor and memory of Rachel Joy Scott, who lost her life at the Columbine High School massacre. The cycle features settings of her poetry by various composers, including Jake Landau's "I Will Find You".
April 10th, 2026
PREMIERE: Parlando
In This Short Life
Saturday, April 10, 2027
7:30 PM 9:00 PM
SCHOENBERG – Chamber Symphony No. 1
TAKEMITSU – Rain Coming
BERIO – Beatles Songs
Songs from In This Short Life, including:
LANDAU – Sew My True Love (Jubilee), The Sake Of You, orch. Landau
Devony Smith, mezzo-soprano
After the catastrophe of World War I, much of classical music turned from Romantic emotionality to objectivity, structure, and cool intelligence. But was this cool intelligence sufficient in capturing the spectrum of 20th century emotion? Join Parlando as they trace that arc from Schoenberg's first explorations of serialism, through Takemitsu's luminous impressionism and Berio's tender reimagining of the Beatles, to art songs by David Lang, Will Liverman, and Jake Landau from In This Short Life, a meditation on love, life, and the ephemeral. Soprano Devony Smith joins Parlando for a program about what endures when the modern world strips everything else away.
Featuring the world premiere of Landau's orchestrations of his art songs "Sew My True Love (Jubilee)" and "The Sake Of You".
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Just a Theory Press
Jake Landau's music is published by Just A Theory Press.To request a quote or a score you don't yet see listed on the site, please visit the link below.
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Just A Theory Press
Jake Landau's music is published by Just A Theory Press.To request a quote or a score you don't yet see listed on the site, please visit the link below.
