Maria Kroell
- Music Department
- Composer
Maria Kroell, also known as Swanyce (pronounced swa'neez), is an active Television composer,
recording artist and publisher based in Chicago IL. She was born and professionally studied music in Italy, attending the prestigious Milan Music Conservatory where she classically learned orchestration, composition, piano performance, orchestral harp performance and singing. During her studies she also focused on electronic music synthesis, MIDI technology & programming.
Since 2006 she has contributed a lot of television music for the US market, including main title themes and scoring in various genres for shows like The Dr Oz Show, ABC specials, The Oprah Winfrey Show, Wanda Sykes and more. One of her themes accompanied the touching TV commercial for the 2016 Weight Watchers "Oprah - Powerful Moment" Womankind Campaign, which aired worldwide. She's also been involved in producing and writing music specifically for the Discovery Network (including OWN).
In 2015, together with longtime partner Mike Kroell, Maria successfully launched her own music production company, Olive Street Music, and is currently working on multiple Television projects.
Since 2006 she has contributed a lot of television music for the US market, including main title themes and scoring in various genres for shows like The Dr Oz Show, ABC specials, The Oprah Winfrey Show, Wanda Sykes and more. One of her themes accompanied the touching TV commercial for the 2016 Weight Watchers "Oprah - Powerful Moment" Womankind Campaign, which aired worldwide. She's also been involved in producing and writing music specifically for the Discovery Network (including OWN).
In 2015, together with longtime partner Mike Kroell, Maria successfully launched her own music production company, Olive Street Music, and is currently working on multiple Television projects.