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Dewey Huang

Dewey Huang is a New York-based songwriter, producer, arranger, and guitarist working at the intersection of Contemporary R&B and Brazilian-influenced harmony. His work is rooted in musical restraint, groove, with a focus on shaping songs and performances that feel both sophisticated and immediate.

Dewey holds a Master of Music in Composition and Songwriting from NYU Steinhardt, where he studied privately with multi-platinum songwriter and producer Barry Eastmond(Diana Ross, Billy Ocean). He has received a Scholar Award from the Songwriting Hall of Fame and was named one of the 11 recipients of the 2024 Johnny Mercer Songwriting Intensive.

As a collaborator, Dewey works across songwriting, production, live arranging, and musical direction. He is especially drawn to ensemble-based work, helping artists develop stronger live sets, fuller arrangements, and more distinctive musical identities.

As a live arranger, Dewey has written over 100 scores for various scales of ensembles, including pop/jazz small band, string quartet, horn section, and full orchestra, covering a wide range of genres. His work has been presented at La MaMa ETC, Nublu, The Bitter End, Boston House of Blues, Green Room 42, and Ray Angry's Producer Mondays.

Dewey Huang: Where Mandarin Songwriting Meets Bossa Nova

by May Yu
June 29, 2026

In New York, Dewey Huang is building a sound that feels both intimate and far-reaching: Mandarin songwriting shaped by jazz harmony, Brazilian rhythm, hip-hop energy, and the quiet lyricism of Chinese poetry. His path to that sound began in Guangzhou, where he studied economics and statistics, built a recording setup in his dorm room, became involved in the city's hip-hop community, and found his way into live jazz through the JZ Club , the only dedicated jazz club in town. ...