Joshua Villa is a Virginia native composer, arranger, orchestrator, music director, musician, and educator. Joshua recently completed his BM in Music Composition from James Madison University where he has shown to be an outstanding writer and musician in many different styles: from classical contemporary to big band jazz, and musical theatre. Other songwriting training includes the 2022 Johnny Mercer Foundation Songwriter’s Project at Northwestern University. Joshua has been on the writing team for two original musicals: Open, Stay and Grace & the Ghost In collaboration with Anna DeNoia. Joshua currently resides in Northern Virginia and teaches Music at the Lowell School in Washington DC.