“One of new music’s leading names.”

– Gramophone

“An unerring knack for breathtaking beauty.”

– The New Yorker

“Among the most impressive younger composers in the New York new-music scene... Ageless and contemporary at once, with an emotional impact that's direct and immediate.”

– Gothamist

"A rising star on the American compositional scene."

– Wall Street Journal

“One of the decade’s more gifted, up-and-coming modern classical composers.”

– Pitchfork

"Snider must be recognized as one of today's most compelling composers for the human voice."

– NPR

“An important representative of 21st century trends in composition.”

– New York Classical Review

“poignant, deeply personal”

– The New Yorker

Composer Sarah Kirkland Snider writes music of direct expression and vivid narrative that has been hailed as “rapturous” (The New York Times), "groundbreaking" (The Boston Globe), and “ravishingly beautiful” (NPR.)

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June 6, 2026

HILDEGARD Wins 2026 Best New Opera Award from Music Critics Association of North America

Snider’s first opera, for which she wrote both music and libretto, receives this prestigious honor.

“Sarah Kirkland Snider is conjoining genres to produce culturally electric new music.”

– Los Angeles Times

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February

2026

Forward Into Light

Sarah Kirkland Snider’s fifth full-length LP, a new, all-orchestral album titled Forward Into Light, produced by multi-GRAMMY-winning producer Silas Brown and recorded by GRAMMY-nominated Metropolis Ensemble, was co-released by Nonesuch Records and New Amsterdam Records on 2/27/2026.