“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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September 1, 2024

Sounds of Summer 2024

Summer 2024 was full of performance highlights.

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

– Los Angeles Times

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December

2024

Inheritances

Woven into a single “wildly unexpected” (Star Tribune) intimate program that brings “melancholy beauty beyond conventions” (Pioneer Press), these “little masterpieces” (New York Times) tell a universal story of lineage, loss, and place.