Judith Sainte Croix
Judith Sainte Croix
Pianist, vocalist, synthisist. Gaudeamus winner, Pulitzer Prize nomination. Lyrical, dynamic style using intricate rhythms and imaginative, bright, harmonic palette; graceful, subtle flow, impressionistic, evocative. Communicates readily, yet demands further hearings. Teaching artist: Lincoln Center, Guggenheim, Meet The composer, New York Sate Council on the Arts.
Hahai-I Wuhti Kachina Prelude
Year: 1992
Duration (in minutes): 11'39;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Description: Commissioned by New York State Council on the Arts. Native American (Hopi) legend. Hahai-i Wuhti is the Mother of the Kachinas (nature spirits). Depicts Lullaby in Grand Canyon, at dusk, amidst "endless blue of rock shadows" and Wind Dreams at Sipapu."
Emerald Heart
Year: 1992
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Description: commissioned by Meet The Composer. Music as if within the facets of the jewel.
Anodos (The Goddess Arising
Year: 1991
Duration (in minutes): 12'39;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Description: tbn, tu, timp, 3 perc, hp, pn, strs Premiered Canton (Ohio) Symphony Orchestra, G.Zimmerman, cond. Musical description of Divine Feminine aspects from pre- patriarchal myths. Dramatic style. Difficult. Digital recording available from composer.
Turquoise Surprise
Year: 1989
Duration (in minutes): 5'39;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Description: incl. solo, duet, quartet & ch - 6 songs 2' to 3' each.
Rainbow Mother Weaves Hummingbird Dream Bundles
Year: 1989
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Description: children's chorus, perc, synth, pn, vn, vc commissioned/Premiered Meet The Composer, PS 9, NYC. A ritual opera, created with the composer in residence, that celebrates children's creativity. Includes children acting, dancing, singing and drawing.
Aphrodite's Aphrodisiac
Year: 1986
Duration (in minutes): Aphrodite'39;s
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Description: Celestial music that imaginatively lulls the listener into another world. For transcending ego boundaries, inner journeys, and deep healing meditation. Some movements tuned in third tones.
Midsummer Night's Dream
Year: 1983
Duration (in minutes): 15'39;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Description: incl. solo, duet, quartet & ch - 6 songs 2' to 3' each.
Forsythia
Year: 1971
Duration (in minutes): 8'39;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Description: text by Mary Ellen Solt.
Hahai-I Wuhti Kachina Prelude
Year: 1992
Duration (in minutes): 11'39;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Description: Commissioned by New York State Council on the Arts. Native American (Hopi) legend. Hahai-i Wuhti is the Mother of the Kachinas (nature spirits). Depicts Lullaby in Grand Canyon, at dusk, amidst "endless blue of rock shadows" and Wind Dreams at Sipapu."
Emerald Heart
Year: 1992
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Description: commissioned by Meet The Composer. Music as if within the facets of the jewel.
Anodos (The Goddess Arising
Year: 1991
Duration (in minutes): 12'39;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Description: tbn, tu, timp, 3 perc, hp, pn, strs Premiered Canton (Ohio) Symphony Orchestra, G.Zimmerman, cond. Musical description of Divine Feminine aspects from pre- patriarchal myths. Dramatic style. Difficult. Digital recording available from composer.
Turquoise Surprise
Year: 1989
Duration (in minutes): 5'39;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Description: incl. solo, duet, quartet & ch - 6 songs 2' to 3' each.
Rainbow Mother Weaves Hummingbird Dream Bundles
Year: 1989
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Description: children's chorus, perc, synth, pn, vn, vc commissioned/Premiered Meet The Composer, PS 9, NYC. A ritual opera, created with the composer in residence, that celebrates children's creativity. Includes children acting, dancing, singing and drawing.
Aphrodite's Aphrodisiac
Year: 1986
Duration (in minutes): Aphrodite'39;s
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Description: Celestial music that imaginatively lulls the listener into another world. For transcending ego boundaries, inner journeys, and deep healing meditation. Some movements tuned in third tones.
Midsummer Night's Dream
Year: 1983
Duration (in minutes): 15'39;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Description: incl. solo, duet, quartet & ch - 6 songs 2' to 3' each.
Forsythia
Year: 1971
Duration (in minutes): 8'39;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Description: text by Mary Ellen Solt.