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.

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

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.”

I’d like to invite you to The Muse’s Voice an evening of conversation and music 7:30 at Barnard College, NYC on October 31st. It’s free and open to the public.
Composer Kala Pierson and I will be talking about our music, careers as women composers, and other topics as host Gail Archer leads us in the conversation.
The program will include several of my works – a flute duet, violin solos, violin duet, and also the premiere of my one and only piece for chorus based on refrigerator word magnet phrases by Therese McNally, aptly called Refrigerator Poems.
Wednesday, October 31, 2018, 7:30 PM
The Sulzberger Parlor, located on the 3rd floor of Barnard Hall (enter through the main gate of the Barnard College campus at Broadway and 117th Street)
Information: 212.854.5096
Barnard College | Columbia University | 3009 Broadway, New York, NY 10027

Hey, hey, finally, got the award list from the American Prize ERNST BACON MEMORIAL AWARD for the PERFORMANCE of AMERICAN MUSIC, ensemble division, 2017‑18, and conductor Chris Kelts’ world premiere performance with the MSU Symphony Orchestra of “Tracing a Dream” came in as a tie for Third Place:

Rain Worthington, composer
Missouri State University Symphony
Christoper Kelts, conductor
Springfield MO
Tracing a Dream—Worthington

It’s very nice to receive word of the much-deserved recognition for Chris Kelts’ wonderful performance with the MSU Symphony, and to appear on the page of awardees!

I am so excitedly looking forward to attending this South American premiere of “In Passages” with Sylvia Davis Ahramjian as the soloist! June 23, 2018 in Limeira, SP, Brazil. Thank you Rafael Torralvo, Director of the V Encontro Internacional de Cordas.

Coming up: April 24th in Shippensburg, PA
Pianist Margaret Lucia will perform “Conversation Before the Rain” in her concert “Music for Earth Day: Tempests, reflections and fantaisies” for the Shippensburg University Chapel Series at the Old Main Chapel.
(This is a video excerpt I created from a recording of a very early concert performance I did)

Fantastic! Conductor Christopher Kelts and I are both moving up the ranks for the “American Prize ERNST BACON for the Performance of American Music“. We’ve made the list of Finalists! for my orchestral work, “Tracing a Dream.” (I applied as a Composer in the Professional division, and Chris Kelts applied in the College/University division for the Missouri State University Symphony world premiere performance.)

White Raven – Chamber Music by WomenHosted by Vent Nouveau and Compass New Music Series
Sunday, March 25th, 4:30 at the Marc A. Scorca Hall at the National Opera Center, NYC
Happy to say that two of my pieces will be included on this concert program. The one that’s for solo low wind, with the odd title of “BaDaBaDaDa” will be a premiere, which is always a treat to hear the music realized by a real musician! Can’t wait to hear it. (with fingers crossed that my writing works!)
Hope you can make it.