Orihana Aide Calcines
is a (song)writer, translator, lyricist, and performer.
She was born in San Antonio De Los Altos, Venezuela. Her family moved to The Hague when she was 5.
as a lyricist, musician, and writer,
she has worked on more than a dozen projects in three different languages.
as a translator, she has worked on Disney’s AIDA for Stage Entertainment, and has translated songs from Dear Evan Hansen, Waitress, and Mean Girls
as a screenwriter, director, and editor,
she has won various awards for music videos,
short films, and documentaries.
“Through her talent, knowledge, and honesty,
Orihana’s music and writing touch you
precisely where she wants to.”
— carlo balemans,
conductor & composer
EDUCATION HIGHLIGHTS
COURSES AND INTERNSHIPS
2024 Maracas Workshop, The Royal Conservatory
Alirio Torrealba
2024 Writing Workshop: The Year of the Shadow
Liesbeth Maliepaard
2022 SONGWRITING FOR MUSICAL THEATRE
Benj Pasek & Justin Paul
2022 RHYME AND OTHER LITERARY TECHNIQUES
Toronto Songwriting School
2021 STORY DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP
Aaron Blaise (The Lion King, Mulan) &
Chuck Williams (Aladdin, the Little Mermaid)
2021 MASTERING MUSICAL COMMUNICATION
Musical Leadership with Carlo Balemans
2021 SONG INTERPRETATION
Ben Fankhauser & Lilli Cooper
2019 COMPOSING FOR MUSICAL THEATRE
M-Lab Masterclass by Paul de Munnik
NEW YORK CITY STUDIES
2019 THE ART OF ORCHESTRATION
The Juilliard School
2019 A STRANGE LOOP - PLAYWRITING PERSPECTIVES
Playwrights Horizons
2019 LYRIC WRITING WITH MARCY HEISLER
The New York Songspace
2019 BROADWAY DIRECTING WORKSHOP
Broadway Teaching Group
2019 SONDHEIM & LAPINE, BROADWAY EXPERIMENTALISTS: INTO THE WOODS
Behind the Music with Louis Rosen, 92Y School of Music
2019 MUSIC FROM BRAZIL: THE RISE OF THE BOSSA NOVA
Behind the Music with Louis Rosen, 92Y School of Music
2019 WORKING - A MUSICAL: WRITER’S NIGHT, NEW YORK CITY CENTER
Jeanine Tesori, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Stephen Schwartz
2019 Singing Class with Natalie Weiss
Sunlight Studios, Manhattan