Composer Returns to Chicago With Ambitious Joan of Arc Work
WDCB's Gary Zidek catches up with composer Amy Beth Kirsten. The Chicago-area native's new project, SAVIOR, will be presented as part of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra's MusicNOW series.
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"I like things that don't have hard lines about them, so that's what I'm trying to make. It can be music, it can be theater, it be anything, really." - Amy Beth Kirsten
Painting of Joan of Arc
Images of staging drafts for SAVIOR.
Kirsten composed, wrote and will direct the world premiere of SAVIOR on April 2.
SAVIOR was composed/written to include flute, cello, percussion, and voice. Each of the sounds from the ensemble represents a character in the story
Painting of the Stag character that will be portrayed flutist Tim Munro
Kirsten holding the specially designed stag mask that flutist Tim Munro will wear on stage
Kirsten says it means a lot to premiere SAVIOR in the city where she discovered her musical voice.
Amy Beth Kirsten
