About
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. His music embraces the beauty of simplicity and a love for mixing styles of different genres. His passion lies in making music for the stage, speaking the universal language of music as an audible embodiment of the heart.