When 18-year-old Johns Creek High School graduate Rett Bush first heard about The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and National Alliance for Musical Theatre Songwriting Challenge for High School Students in the fall of 2025, the young musician wasn’t sure he had the experience to win.
Although he had spent years writing his own music and performing in several rock bands and had experience acting in various theater productions, he knew that composing for musical theater required a different tune.
“I think that what made it challenging is that I couldn’t just hone in on just one specific part of the song,” Bush said during a recent interview with WABE.
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