Abbie Betinis
Abbie Betinis is a composer in St. Paul, Minnesota, where she is continuously fascinated by the world and attempts to put it into notes on paper.

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Genre:
Contemporary Classical
Hometown:
Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA

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Genre:
Contemporary Classical
Hometown:
Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA

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Website:
http://www.abbiebetinis.com
General Manager:
abbie@abbiebetinis.com
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Influences:
...ancient Greek love charms and binding spells, birdsong, African melorhythm, the Norwegian Hardanger fiddle tradition, early American shape-note singing, Sufi mysticism, 80s rock, pre-Christian Irish keening, spider web design, comets, nebulas, anagrams, palindromes, tongue twisters...
Biography:
Reviewed as "whirling, soaring" and "audacious... edgy... and thrilling," the music of Abbie Betinis is being performed increasingly in the United States and abroad.

At age 29, Abbie has received more than forty commissions for new work, by organizations such as the American Suzuki Foundation, Cantus, Dale Warland Singers, The Rose Ensemble, The Schubert Club, and the Young New Yorkers Chorus. In 2007, the Minneapolis Star Tribune named her one of Minnesota's nine "Young Artists On the... (read more)