Miu Sato is a New York-based Japanese composer for screen and stage, passionate about storytelling and amplifying underrepresented voices. She deeply values collaboration, finding joy and creative inspiration from the people she collaborates with and the stories they share. Born and primarily raised in Singapore, she enjoys exploring a wide range of sonic palettes and incorporating her unique exposure to various cultures and experiences in her works. She recently orchestrated and performed her original song “Home” at a tribute concert honoring and featuring Disney Legend, Alan Menken. 

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​Miu is a recipient of the Alan Menken Scholarship and Production Music Association Scholarship. She holds a Diploma in Piano Music Performance from the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM), a B.M. in Screen Scoring from NYU, and is currently pursuing her M.M. in the same program. She is also the co-founder of Her Voice, a film festival dedicated to amplify the voices of women-identifying film composers, and is a composer for the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop.

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She has scored many award-winning independent films, with her music featured in various film festivals such as Chelsea, FilmOut San Diego LGBTQ+, Silicon Valley AAPI, and New York Shorts. She is currently composing music for a new original musical in development titled, Neverland Never Ends, which recently won Best Musical Score and received 5 nominations (including Best Production) at the 2025 New York Theater Festival.​

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In addition to her work as a composer, she has music directed at 54 Below for a night of Celebrating Diversity in Theatre, served as the AMD/Keys 1 for an Off-Broadway production of Into the Woods, and has also toured nationally with artists, performing on keys at renowned venues including the Troubadour, Meow Wolf, and The Bitter End.

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Professional affiliations: the Society of Composers & Lyricists (SCL), the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), the Alliance for Women Film Composers (AWFC), MAESTRA, MUSE, RISE Theatre.