Prized Composers

Amy Beth Kirsten

Personal Website:

http://www.amybethkirsten.com

 

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)