Wow, I had a fantastic live-stream recording session today (with the full moon setting early morning NY time). PARMA Recordings‘ international sessions manager Jan Košulič, conductor Stanislav Vavrinek, & the Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra Ostrava musicians were terrific. The recording of “Shadows of the Wind” turned out gorgeous! I am one happy composer!
2Flutes’ CD Release Party & Concert, Sept 25th at the Tank, NYC
7-9 pm Wednesday, September 25th at The Tank. If you are a fan of beautiful flute music… here you have 2Flutes! Laura Falzon & Pamela Sklar are celebrating the release of their album “New York Tapestries” with a release party concert.
The CD weaves together works by composers Marilyn Bliss, Rain Worthington, Pamela Sklar, Alyssa Reit and Victoria Bond to form a tapestry of the city, creating a diversity of musical narratives and conversations.
Composers & works featured
Marilyn Bliss IT WAS THE WIND
Rain Worthington DUETS FOR A DUO
Alyssa Reit WHEN THE CLOUDS CLEAR
Pamela Sklar FLASHES OF INSPIRATION AND JOY
Victoria Bond WOVEN
David Osenberg with Rain Worthington in a 2-Part “Cadenza” webcast
Cadenza- Rain Worthington, composer Part 1
Cadenza- Rain Worthington, composer Part 2
Producer/Host David Osenberg concludes his “Summer Celebration of Women” on Cadenza, with a two-part conversation with Rain Worthington, Composer on WWFM – The Classical Network.
One of my great pleasures is having conversations about ideas, life, art and music. So, it was a treat to meet up with David Osenberg in New York City. David is a wonderful interviewer and easy conversationalist. Hope you enjoy listening.
Both segments are posted online, along with David’s phenomenal line up of previous Cadenza interviews!
Mezzrow Classical Salon With David Oei & Kinga Augustyn
Sunday, September 22, 2019 @ 5pm Violinist, Kinga Augustyn joins pianist, David Oei at the Mezzrow Classical Salon for an intimate recital of works by Johannes Brahms, Saint- Säens, Sergei Prokofiev, Henryk Wieniawski & Rain Worthington. Program includes Kinga’s beautiful performance of “An Evening Indigo” for solo violin.
Reservations $20 General/$10 students.
Sonograma Magazine “The Communicative Mystery of Instrumental Music”
It was a wonderful treat and honor to be asked by Sonograma Magazine to write an article about my music. I am very proud of my article focusing on the “The Communicative Mystery of Instrumental Music.” It was an interesting process to formulate these thoughts about the intuitive emotional communication in music.
Plus what a great online format in Sonograma Magazine that allows for videos, audio and score samples to be part of the graphic presentation. Check it out online at Sonograma.
Many thanks to Maria Ivanova, Communication & Design editor.
Hope you enjoy it. (the article is written in English)
Orquestra Sinfonica de Limeira World Premiere Shredding Glass
It was a total thrill to be in Limeira, Brazil with conductor, Rodrigo Müller and the Orquestra Sinfonica de Limeira for the world premiere performance of Shredding Glass. So happy to be with Mark Berger, Author and friends Rafael Torralvo, Artistic Director of the Encontro Internacional de Cordas, Luisa Pambuan, cellist Ji Yon Shim, Farid Zaine, Edilaine Torralvo & family after the concert!
World Premiere of Shredding Glass June 27, 2019 in Brazil
June 27, 2019 Conductor Rodrigo Müller and the Orquestra Sinfônica de Limeira will present the World Premiere performance of Shredding Glass at the Teatro Vitória, in Limeira, SP, Brazil. The concert will take place as part of the VI Encontro Internacional de Cordas festival.
I’m also excited to announce that Brazilian contrabassist, Sergio de Oliveira will perform my piece, “BaDaBaDaDa” for solo contrabass June 26, at the classical string festival, VI Encontro Internacional de Cordas, Limeira, Brazil. 
Imagined Tango premiered at the Flute Sounds Festival, Kosovo
I am pleased to say that flutist Erëmira Çitaku & harpist Cagatay, Akyol presented the world premiere of my miniature Imagined Tango for flute and harp at the National Library of Kosovo/ Biblioteka Kombëtare e Kosovës, Prishtinë, Kosovë. Thank you also to Dafina Zeqiri Nushi for coordinating this collaboration.
Locrian Chamber Players Perform Night Stream May 30, NYC
Thursday, May 30 at 8pm the Locrian Chamber Players present a program of music of our time at Riverside Church. Program includes the violin duet Night Stream.
The Locrian Chamber Players are a group of performers and composers dedicated to the music of our time. Their concerts are devoted exclusively to works less than a decade old, and their programs include both established and emerging composers. They perform contemporary music without pre-concert discussions and voluminous program notes, believing that the best music, when presented directly, speaks for itself.
Enjoy a new “Inside Story” Q&A for the release of Full Circle
This was fun! Hope you enjoy this new “Inside Story” Q&A for the orchestral release of “Full Circle” on PRISMA Vol 2 beautifully recorded by the Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra, Petr Vronský, Conductor, & Petr Nouzovský, cello soloist. 
Talking about my very first piano concert, my first mentor composer/pianist Charlemagne Palestine, friend and master cellist Carmine Miranda and more. Thanks PARMA Recordings!
“Full Circle” Released on PRISMA 2 on Navona Records
The new PARMA Recordings‘ album, PRISMA Vol 2 includes Full Circle – for cello soloist and orchestra beautifully recorded by cellist Petr Nouzovský with conductor Petr Vronský and the Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra. As reviewed by Núria Serra for Sonograma Magazine, Suplement de discos, 29 Abril, 2019
Petr Vronský, with the Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra, reflects the emotional density of the work Full Circle, for soloist cello and small orchestra by the composer Rain Worthington. The American composer expresses herself with a remarkable chromaticism, strongly rooted in her musical language. The Czech cellist Petr Nouzovský exposes, with ardent delivery, the concise and clear voice of Worthington.
Kinga Augustyn: Exposed. 20th & 21st Century solo violin, May 16th
Violin soloist Kinga Augustyn offers a demanding and evocative program of 20th and 21st Century works that push the boundaries of both instrument and player. Sparks fly when bow meets string in this extraordinary salon-style performance.
Kinga Augustyn is a Polish-born, New York City-based classical concert violinist and recording artist. She has been described as stylish and vibrant (The Strad Magazine), and beyond amazing, one hell of a violinist! (Fanfare Magazine).
The program includes works by New York Women Composers, Debra Kaye, Jessica Meyer, Kala Pierson and Rain Worthington’s An Evening Indigo and Frost Vapors.
Thursday, May 16 at 8pm, Queens New Music Festival, The Secret Theatre, 44-02 23rd Street, Long Island City, NY.
Composer Conversations: Rain Worthington on PARMA Recordings’ Blog
In celebration of In Passages, PARMA Recordings released an exclusive Composer Conversations audio interview in which Rain discusses her creative process, the writing of In Passages and other works that she has coming out on the Navona label, and more.
Violinist Kinga Austyn at the Kosciuszko Foundation in D.C.
March 31: D.C. Premiere of An Evening Indigo and Frost Vapors – for solo violin performed by Kinga Augustyn: “Kinga Augustyn in Concert” Violin Recital at The Kosciuszko Foundation, Washington, D.C.
“In Passages” released on “BENEATH THE TIDE” Navona Records
Now Available – “In Passages” for violin soloist and string orchestra on Navona Records BENEATH THE TIDE – Beautifully performed by the Croatian Chamber Orchestra (Hrvatski komorni orkestar), Miran Vaupotić, Conductor, and Mojca Ramušćak, violin soloist.
* Amazon * ArkivMusic * iTunes * Spotify * AppleMusic * Score: PARMA Music Publishing
World Premiere: by Christopher Kelts, conducting the Missouri State University Symphony Orchestra with violin soloist, Pamela Davis
European Premiere: in Italy with Maestro Claudio Scimone with I Solisti Veneti and Chiara Parrini, violin soloist
South American Premiere: in Brazil with the V Encontro Internacional de Cordas Orchestra, Paula Sant’ana conducting and Sylvia Ahramjian the violin soloist
Texas Premiere: with Emanuel Godoy conducting the Lux Musicae Ensemble with Emily Madonia, violin soloist
These performances are very sweet and gratifying affirmations that the music can be performed successfully and beautifully by a range of musicians from advanced students to master professionals!
“Duets for a Duo” on 2Flutes’ CD “New York Tapestries”
Looking for music for two flutes?
Check out the “New York Tapestries” CD – a collection of colorful contemporary works for two flutes by New York women composers, specifically written or transcribed for the duo 2Flutes. Includes music by composers Marilyn Bliss, Victoria Bond, Alyssa Reit, Pamela Sklar & Rain Worthington.
My piece, Duets for a Duo – for flute and alto flute is available at Sheet Music Plus.
Please consider passing along to any musician friends who might be interested. Thanks!
Why I selected “Shredding Glass” for my “1 Track”
Bearing Witness and “Shredding Glass” on “1 Track Podcast”
Worthington’s piece provides the listener with exquisite disintegration, mere glass filaments casting light in all directions, with an undercurrent of unresolved apprehension. – Scott Locke (Journal of International Alliance of Women in Music)
Anthony Joseph Lanman invited me to select one composition for an episode on his “1 Track Podcast.” The great concept of this show is that Lanman asks a composer to choose one work that they would use to introduce listeners to their music. The source points of my music have always come from emotional responses to life experiences. So, I chose “Shredding Glass” as this was an intensely poignant source point – bearing witness to 9/11 and the ensuing stages of grief that blocked my creative energies. I knew that I first had to find a way to translate my experience of bearing witness into music before I could continue composing.
Read more.
Thanks to the Musicians for their Performances in 2018!
My tribute and thanks to the Musicians who bring the music to life!
From Italy to Brazil,
Seattle to New York to San Antonio…
Thanks to these wonderfully gifted musicians for their exquisite performances of my music in 2018
I am so grateful for their skill and artistry!
Karen Bentley Pollick, violin/viola; Miolina: Lynn Bechtold & Mioi Takeda, violins; Ana Cervantes, piano; the V EIC Orchestra; I Solisti Veneti, Maestro Claudio Scimone, & Chiara Parrini, violin soloist; Sylvia Ahramjian, violin soloist, with Paula Gabriela De Sant’Ana, conductor, & with Rafael Torralvo, violin, at the Encontro Internacional de Cordas; Margaret Lucia, piano; Marvin Rosen, piano; Lux Musicae, conductor Emmanuel Godoy & Emily Madonia, violin soloist; Vent Nouveau w Katrina Owens, fl; Kristen Mather, cl; Briana Lehman, bsn; & Sam Kaester, bs cl; InterXchange: Melanie Mitrano & Gerson Galante; Barnard-Columbia Chamber Singers and Instrumentalists; and Leanne Friedman with woodwind quintet at NYU; and Jianda Bai, violin at JMU.
#Giving to NYWC = Giving Opportunities for Women’s Music
I have served as the Artistic Administrator/Composer Advocate for the New York Women Composers for over a decade now.
We are an innovative advocacy member organization with a mission to expand performance opportunities for women’s music.
Our program of Seed Money Grants has created concert opportunities all across America, and internationally in Brazil, Cyprus, Japan, Armenia, and Poland.
If you’d like to support our work through a tax-deductible contribution, no amount is too small or large. Contributions are appreciatively accepted throughout the year, and can be made through our NY Charities or PayPal Giving Fund buttons at: https://mailchi.mp/fa5d4e742619/givingtuesday-nywc-giving-opportunities-for-womensmusic-2847937 or on our website.
Thank you for you generosity!
Rain
Rain Worthington, Sylvia Ahramjian, Paula Sant’ana with the student orchestra of the Encontro Internacional de Cordas.
November 20, 2018 Lux Musicae concert with violinist Emily Madonia
Friends in San Antonio, TX region – Consider an evening out before Thanksgiving for this November 20, 2018 Lux Musicae concert – it will be a program of some gorgeous music including works by composer colleagues, Hilary Tann and Alyssa Reit! And, I’m thrilled that violinist Emily Madonia will be the soloist for my piece “In Passages.”
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