Rain Worthington

Pianist, Amy Wurtz’ performs “Always Almost”

On the music side of life, I am so honored by Amy Wurtz’ mesmerizing performance of my piece Always Almost for Day 12 of her “Women’s History Month” series. In her performance she “inhabits” the music so soulfully to convey the emotional expression of the music and what I was feeling when I wrote this work. (P.S. At the end, there’s also a peak at what I’ve been up to lately as a multidisciplinary artist.)

And, check out the full series of daily short piano pieces by women composerspianist, Amy Wurtz’ “Women’s History Month”. This is a terrific and incredibly generous project, supported in part by the New York Women Composers “Seed Money Grant.”

December 2024 Cello Museum / NYWC Spotlight: “Then Again”


December 2024 Cello Museum / NYWC Spotlight, features “Then Again” for unaccompanied cello.

A contemplative and evocative piece for unaccompanied cello. Known for her fusion of ancient and modern sounds, Worthington’s music resonates deeply with listeners and performers alike.

Audio features cellist Mira Frisch’s recording from the “Dancing on Glass” CD release on Albany Records / PARMA Recordings.
Score available for purchase.

“Dream Vapors Suite Live” album release


I love the energy of a live concert performance, so I’m thrilled to announce PARMA Recordings’ release of “Dream Vapors Suite Live” – the Armenian State Symphony Orchestra‘s World premiere performance of “Dream Vapors Suite” with Conductor, Elias Peter Brown.
Take a listen!
Digital Download: Amazon
Streaming on: Spotify | Amazon Music | YouTube Music
Or, check out the cool premiere performance video!

I am also so honored to receive Marçal Borotau’s wonderful Sonograma Magazine review. What cool descriptions of the emotionality of the music!
“…music from emotions and has the power to seize those of the listeners, guiding them along an imaginary journey that excites the inner being…”
“…tension through tonality, with an ever-deepening intensity of feeling.”

The Full Score or Study Score is available through Subito Music Distribution.

The three movements have also been performed as stand-alone works.
Scores for the movements as separate works are also available through Subito Music Distribution.

Some recent sculptural installation concept visualizations

I am pulled toward the potency of awe and transformative spaces, and am essentially drawn to material and light that convey an ephemeral fluidity – within space, form, or line.
Here are a couple of recent works… click the title links to check out the video visualizations with music excerpts.
“The Music Within” a large scale sculptural installation concept visualization… kind of nebulae-like, set to an except of my original orchestral composition “Confluences.”
and
“Circuit Dance” a sculptural concept rendering to include kinetic lighting design and original music composition, “Relays” for two violins.

Presenting at the 2024 ICG Conference, January 4-6, NYC


International Conductors Guild Conference 2024 Presentation at the Sidewalk Studio, Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center.
Rain Worthington – Creating Contemporary Concert Experiences: Actionable Ideas for Cultivating Audience Engagement
I was delighted to have been invited to present a talk at the International Conductors Guild’s 2024 Conference, January 4-6, 2024.
Dacher Keltner’s inspiring book Awe and recent scientific research into “musical awe” demonstrate that audiences, as a group, can synchronistically experience this transformative and mysterious energy. I was excited to offer ideas for energizing community engagement and developing “reflective concert formats” in which the encounter with orchestral music and the potency of awe can be maximized for audiences.
Check out the Conference Lineup and Registration

Relevant Tones Podcast episode

It was an honor to be featured on Seth Boustead’s Relevant Tones Podcast. Thanks to host Matthew Dosland for the interview conversation and music selections. I have to say my heart said “YES!” as speaking about my love of writing for orchestra segued into Full Circle, for cello soloist and orchestra. (starting with Matthew’s question at 19:17)

Thomas Piercy’s concert premiere of “Just Beyond Reach”


Hello friends, colleagues, NYC metro area denizens!
I’m looking forward to Thomas Piercy’s concert and premiere of Just Beyond Reach June 27th.

Thomas Piercy & New York Women Composers 2023
Tuesday, June 27, 2023 at 7pm
A stylistically diverse program of musical trios and duos by women composers.
Scorca Hall at National Opera Center
330 7th Ave 7th Floor, New York, NY 10001

Performed by Thomas Piercy, clarinet; Daniel Hass, cello; Tengku Irfan, piano
The program includes works by Beth Anderson, Chen Yi, Jinhee Han, Stefania de Kenessey, Jane Leslie, Alla Pavlova, Faye-Ellen Silverman, and Judith Zaimont.
Tickets: $25 (Students/Seniors $15) Doors open at 6:30pm.
Information/Reservations: [email protected]

CV San Francisco Review of “Shredding Glass” Performance

Wow, I am very excited to share this San Francisco Classical Voice review of Redwood Symphony‘s West Coast premiere performance of “Shredding Glass” conducted by Kyle Baldwin.
“Redwood Symphony Blends Seriousness and Festivity“
Definitely sounds like Kyle Baldwin did a great job conducting Shredding Glass!
Journalist David Bratman totally got the piece in his review – plus, he also listened to the cool pre-concert Zoom conversation that Kyle and I had.
I’m thrilled!

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