Recent & Upcoming Projects

Senior Project Concert I
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November 22, 2021
Bard College Music Program

Dogfight
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Directed by: Riley Cerabona
Music and Lyrics by: Pasek and Paul
Music Supervision by: Jonja Merck
Music Direction by: Faith Williams

December 4-6, 2021
​Bard Musical Theatre Company

Photo by Jacob McCoy

The Gauntlet

Created by Sxip Shirey & Coco Karol
Associate Conductors: Rima Fand & Raquel Klein
Assistant Conductor: Jonja Merck

October 15-17, 2021
Fisher Center at Bard
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Tickets and more Information: 
​https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/the-gauntlet/

End of Year Cabaret

​Music Direction by: Jonja Merck

December 13, 2021 at 7 pm
Bard Musical Theatre Company

Songs for A New World

Directed by: Jonja Merck and Sophia Lawder
Music and Lyrics by: Jason Robert Brown
Music Direction by: Jonja Merck

May 14, 2021 at 8 pm
Bard Musical Theatre Company

Fall Cabaret 2021

Directed by: Hannah Eisendrath
Music Direction by: Jonja Merck

​September 24, 2021 at 8 pm
Bard Musical Theatre Company

Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars (Corcovado) Cover​

Produced by: Jonja Merck
Vocals, Guitar: Margaux Suinat
Saxophone: Theodore Ian Curriden
Piano: Jonja Merck

YouTube video
Link: https://youtu.be/LxdVocVAKY4

With a Little Help From My Friends Fundraiser for The Bail Project

Produced by: Sean Driscoll (Beetlejuice)
Music Direction by: Nick Wilders (Emojiland)
Additional Music Assistant: Jonja Merck

​YouTube video
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsmJZRj-iCo​

Broadway Backwards 2020 (Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS)

Directed and Choreographed by: Robert Bartley
Music Supervision by: Mary-Mitchell Campbell (The Prom, Mean Girls)
Music Direction by: Ted Arthur (Diana, The Prom)
Music Assistant and Music Preparation: Jonja Merck

​Monday, March 16, 2020 at 8 pm
New Amsterdam Theatre
214 West 42nd Street, NYC​

Promenade (Off-Off Broadway)

Directed by: Morgan Green 
Book and Lyrics by: Maria Irene Fornes
Music by: Rev. Al Carmines
Choreographed by: Lisa Fagen
Music Direction by: Jonja Merck and Nathan Repasz

​Monday, March 2, 2020 at 7 pm
Mabou Mines
150 First Avenue, NYC​

Playbill.com: "A concert performance of Fornés and Al Carmine's musical Promenade, directed by Morgan Green (March 2 at 7 PM). Promenade will feature musical direction by Nathan Repasz and Jonja Merck."

Broadwayworld.com: "a free concert performance of Promenade, the charming anti-capitalist musical from Fornés (book and lyrics) and Al Carmines (music), directed by Morgan Green with musical direction by Nathan Repasz and Jonja Merck."

The Last Five Years

Directed by: Laila Perlman
Composed by: Jason Robert Brown
Music Direction by: Jonja Merck

Bard Musical Theatre Company, 2020

End of the Year Celebration Cabaret 2019

Directed by: Jake Stiel
Music Direction and Arrangements by: Jonja Merck

Bard Musical Theatre Company, 2019

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

Directed by: Madie Reily
Music Direction by: Mikalah Jenifer
Music Supervisor / Keys 2 by: Jonja Merck

Bard Musical Theatre Company, 2019

Spring Awakening

Directed by: Ella Baldwin and Jake Stiel
Music Direction by: Jonja Merck

Bard Musical Theatre Company, 2019

Promenade

Directed by: Morgan Green 
Book and Lyrics by: Maria Irene Fornes
Music by: Rev. Al Carmines
Choreographed by: Lisa Fagen
Music Direction by: Nathan Repasz
Associate Music Direction and Pianist: Jonja Merck

Fisher Center at Bard, 2019

Pippin

Directed by: Thai Singer
Choreographed by: Katherine Skinner
​Music Direction by: Jonja Merck

Bard Musical Theatre Company, 2018

Musical Mania

Directed by: Kirsten Lund Bruning
Music Supervisor / Music Director: Brent Lund Bruning
Music Direction / Associate Music Direction / Keys by: Jonja Merck

Die Neuen Kammerspiele, Kleinmachnow, 2014-2017

In The Heights

Directed and Music Directed by: Jonja Merck

BBIS Drama Club, 2015