Prized Composers
Amy Beth Kirsten
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Awards:
American Academy of Arts and Letters Music Prize (2020)
Guggenheim Fellowship (2011)
Compositions for Winds:
avalanche lily (2019) for Saxophone Quartet
may the devil take me (2019) for Percussion Quartet (Four Triangles)
they might be giants (2015) for Flute and Percussion Quartet
as you were (2013) for Wind Ensemble and Optional Chorus
joujou (2011) for 2 Percussion, Flute, Guitar, and Female Voice
World Under Glass No. 1 (2011) for 5 Bassoons (and a 2018 version for 4 Baritone Saxophones)