Judith Sainte Croix

Judith Sainte Croix

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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.

Sunrise

Year: 1972

Duration (in minutes): 5'39;

Difficulty: Medium (college/community)

Forsythia

Year: 1971

Duration (in minutes): 8'39;

Difficulty: Medium (college/community)

Description: text by Mary Ellen Solt.

BIOGRAPHY
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.
COMPOSITIONS

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.

Sunrise

Year: 1972

Duration (in minutes): 5'39;

Difficulty: Medium (college/community)

Forsythia

Year: 1971

Duration (in minutes): 8'39;

Difficulty: Medium (college/community)

Description: text by Mary Ellen Solt.

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