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fromwww.theguardian.com
3 days ago

Through the Centuries: Songs of Madeleine Dring album review puts paid to any idea that she was not a serious composer

Madeleine Dring was a serious composer whose rediscovered songs demonstrate sophisticated word-setting and melodic invention across diverse poetic sources and emotional registers.
fromwww.npr.org
4 months ago

Composer Sarah Kirkland Snider loves music so much, she might just eat it

Any composer's relationship to music is intense, but Sarah Kirkland Snider, whose debut opera, Hildegard, receives its world premiere at the LA Opera this week, ratchets that intensity up to a higher, more metaphysical level. When Snider hears music, she says, she sometimes wants to eat it that's how deep the desire goes. She's not traditionally religious, but she has come to see music as a mysterious, divine force within her.
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fromThe Washington Post
7 months ago

If Charmaine Lee loses focus during a concert 'this whole thing can collapse'

Charmaine Lee uses her voice as a tool for expression, creating a unique musical language that incorporates elements reminiscent of experimental electronics and noise music.
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