Amy Beth Kirsten Audio & Video

(from the left: Ryan Nestor, Lindsay Kesselman, Amanda DeBoer, Melanie Sehman - at Bang on a Can 2009; American Composer's Orchestra 2007; with David Alan Miller and ACO 2007; with Chris Kriz and Christian Cullen 2008;
with Stacy Garrop in 2008; with Jordan Jacks and Elisa Gonzalez in 2009; with Steve Reich, 2009; with the cast of Ophelia Forever, 2008, San Francisco Cabaret Opera; with Brad Lubman and the Bang on a Can Fellows, 2009; with Jean-Philippe Tremblay, Ottawa, 2008)


World Under Glass No. 1   Drink Me   Little Falling Red   Hall of Waters
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Time Title Audio Clip Track Info
10' 00" NEW!
Pirouette on a Moon Sliver
(2011)
complete performance (dress rehearsal)
  


theatre piece for solo flute - program notes
commissioned and performed by Tim Munro
text by the composer
Richmond, VA October 5, 2011

14' 25" NEW!
(speak to me)
(2010)
complete performance  


theatre piece for solo piano - program notes
commissioned by Piano Spheres and CalArts for Vicki Ray
text by Mariko Nagai and the composer
November 15, 2011 Zipper Concert Hall, Piano Spheres Concert featuring Vicki Ray

10' 31" NEW!
joujou
(2011)
complete performance
  


for two percussion with accompanying flute, soprano, and guitar
written for the Music11 festival concert
Blonay, Switzerland, July 1, 2011
Matthew Duvall and Katy Lafavre (percussion), Deidre Huckabay (flutes), Megan Ihnen (mezzo-soprano), and Katrina Leshan (guitar)

9' 26"
L'ange pâle
(2010)
complete performance  


for flute, soprano, and two percussion
text by the composer
written for the Music10 festival concert
Blonay, Switzerland, July 2, 2010
Tim Munro (flutes), Lindsay Kesselman (soprano), Jeremy Malvin and Christian Smith (percussion)

9"
Drink Me
(2010)
complete performance


for chamber orchestra
texts from Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Snow White, and Alice in Wonderland
July 18, 2010 - MIZZOU New Music Festival Concert
Alarm Will Sound/Alan Pierson

8' 52" Little Falling Red
(2009)
from mvt 1 - the girl (59")  


for soprano, baritone, clarinet,trombone, piano, percussion,violin, and contrabass
text by Elisa Gonzalez and Jordan Jacks
July 3, 2009 - Norfolk New Music Festival Concert/Julian Pellicano;
Alice Teyssier (soprano), Sarunas Jankauskas (clarinet), Jennifer Griggs (trombone), Chun-Chien Chuang (violin), Brian Ellingson (double bass), Julia Den Boer (piano), Ian Rosenbaum (percussion)


8' 01" The Haunting of
Mr. Wolf

(2009)
excerpt (2' 13")  


for amplified cello solo, two amplified sopranos,
electric strings (2 violins, viola, contrabass),
and 3 percussion
text from The Little Red Riding Hood
July 27, 2009 - Bang on a Can Festival Composers Concert/Brad Lubman
Lauren Radnofsky (soloist), Lindsay Kesselman (soprano) Amanda DeBoer (soprano), Francis Liu (violin), Andie Springer (violin), Andi Hemmenway (viola), Maggie Hasspacher (bass), Andy Meyerson, Ryan Nestor and Melanie Sehman (percussion)


10' 45" lightgirl
(2008)
excerpt (1' 22")  


for chamber orchestra.

text by the composer
June 25, 2008 - Celebration of Future Classics Concert;
L'Orchestre de la Francophonie Canadienne with Jean Desmarais, piano
Jean-Philippe Tremblay, conductor
Geneviève Déraspe (flute), Marjorie Tremblay (oboe), Kirsten Offer (clarinet), Laurence Messier (Bassoon), Jason Austin (horn), Jean-Sébastien LaCombe (percussion), Corinne René (percussion), Jean Desmarais (piano), Amélie Benoit Bastien (violin), Diane Rodrigue (violin), Greg Campbell (viola), Jacob AuClair Fortier (cello), Jeff Buchner (double bass)


13' 46" For a Dream's Sake
(2007)
from mvt 5 (3' 30")  


for soprano, violin, viola, and cello
text by Christina Rossetti
February 16, 2008 - CAGE Ensemble Concert
Bonnie Lander (soprano), Courtney Orlando (violin), Miranda Blakeslee (viola), Andrew Talle (cello)


10' 22" In the Black
(2006)
excerpt (1' 36"")  


for SSAATTBB
text by Lady Mary Wroth, Sir Philip Sidney, Petrarch, Shakespeare,
Fulke Greville, Vittoria Colonna, and Veronica Gambara
March 2, 2007 - Volti/Robert Geary


8' 28" Strange Angel
(2006)
excerpt (1' 35")  


for orchestra
May 9, 2007 - American Composers Orchestra
Underwood New Music Reading/David Alan Miller


35' Ophelia Forever
(2005)
Intro & Ritornello 1 (2' 41")


chamber opera for 3 sopranos, 1 silent actor, 4-hands piano, off-stage oboe, and percussion
May 5, 2007 Baltimore Theatre Project
Peabody Opera Workshop/JoAnn Kulesza
Jondra Harmon (Ophelia 1); Catherine Marie Green (Ophelia 2); Charity Sunshine Tillemann-Dick (Ophelia 3); Jason Buckwalter (Hamlet); Chungwon Chung and Jolie Lin (piano), Mike Compitello (percussion)
Directed by Alison Calhoun





 
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