Joel Esher

Joel Esher is a songwriter, composer, producer, arranger and teaching artist living in New York City

Joel is a composer-lyricist and songwriter. His original children's choral composition, "Time to Play" was the winner of the 2025 inaugural Washington Heights Choir School Choral Composition Competition. His Off-Broadway Martin Shkreli musical comedy PharmaBro received national attention and was nominated for an Off-Broadway Alliance award for best new musical. He has co-written numerous works including Folk Wandering (Off-Broadway), Bagels from Benny: the Musical (92y commission), Sammy Spider's First Mitzvah (92y commission), Superhots! (licensed through MTI), and others.