Abbie Betinis
| Genre: | Classical |
| Hometown: | Saint Paul, MN |
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| General Manager: | abbie@abbiebetinis.com |
| Artists We Also Like: | Dominick Argento, Mary Ellen Childs, Frederic Rzewski, Francis Poulenc, Olivier Messiaen, Johannes Brahms, Samuel Barber, Herbert Howells, Gian Carlo Menotti, Nina Simone, Alfred Burt, Stephen Sondheim, Frank Loesser, Zap Mama, Jeff Moss/Joe Raposo |
| 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 28, 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 Verge." ... (read more) |
- • How to Commission New Music (it's fun!)|11:12pm Feb 27
- • A more personal biography...|10:52pm Feb 27
Here is a list of websites that continue to be helpful to me: On Commissioning Fees http://www.meetthecomposer.org/indguide/costguide.html http://www.meetthecomposer.org/indguide/coda.html On Mechanical...
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