[4][5] She also studied composition at Philip Lasser's EAMA Nadia Boulanger Institute with Michel Merlet.
[9][10] That year, Quinlan also wrote music and lyrics and co-wrote the script (with Larry Tish and Lee Goodwin) to Jews on First,[11] a trunk show about Jewish baseball players commissioned by Larry Ruttman, using stories from his book, American Jews and America's Game.
She also co-wrote lyrics and wrote the music to "How Can I Tell You" on Rory Sherman's album MS. A Song Cycle,[12] which benefitted the MS Society UK and included compositions from Bree Lowdermilk, George Macguire, Robert J. Sherman, George Stiles, and Sarah Travis.
[13] In 2018, God Save Queen Pam had its Off-Broadway debut[14][15][16] at the Players Theatre, to which Quinlan wrote the music, lyrics, and book.
In 2020, Quinlan wrote the score to the film Bad Cupid starring John Rhys Davis.