Maddie Stephenson is a Los Angeles-based composer and pianist known for her unique juxtapositions of harmony and texture. Leaning toward the experimental yet grounded by intention, Stephenson has had the privilege of collaborating with numerous talented filmmakers, showrunners, game designers, and podcast creators. Recent projects include THE OTHER MOON GODDESS (33 International Film Festival; Best Original Score winner), IN BETWEEN (Doc NYC, official selection), WILL YOU VISIT ME IN MY DREAM? (Video Art & Experimental Film Festival, official selection), and IRIS (NYU First Run Film Festival; Experimental/Sci Fi Production award). Most recently, Maddie has scored Federico Napoleone's LETTER BY LETTER, an independent feature currently in its festival run.

Maddie currently works with Juliani Music Preparation as an orchestrator and proofreader, and was most recently on the music preparation team for Disney's D23 concert, which featured John Stamos, Billy Crystal, and Ke Huy Quan. 
 
Since beginning her career as a composer in 2017, Stephenson has written a multitude of concert works that have been performed across the globe. Recent commissions include the University of Wyoming Symphonic Band, Washburn University Chamber Winds, Kearsarge Regional High School Band (NH), Brunswick High School Band (ME), and the Lake Forest Academy Symphony Orchestra (IL). 
 
Stephenson received her Master's in Screen Scoring at New York University, during which she was selected for the Composer Spotlight at the ASCAP Columbia Film Scoring Workshop (Spring 2023). In her undergraduate years at Boston University, Stephenson received the School of Music Departmental Award for Music Theory & Composition (2021), and was among two students selected to attend the 2019 ALEA III/Berklee Composition Workshop in Athens, Greece. She has acquired multiple awards for concert piano performance in her youth, and continues to utilize her chops in both her compositions and as an actively gigging pianist, leading her to perform at historic venues such as Troubadour (Los Angeles), Rockwood Music Hall (NYC), and Mohawk (Austin, TX). Maddie has thoroughly enjoyed her journey as a musician thus far, and looks forward to where it will take her next.