Composer Beth Anderson Joins Smart Rider Principles, October 15th

On Thursday, October 1st, from 4pm – 6pm, Smart Rider Principles will be joined in the booth by renowned composer Beth Anderson. Beth is a composer of new romantic music, text-sound works, and music theater events. Her early work was considered post-Cagian, non-academic but the later work is lyrical while retaining the cut-up quality of the minimalists. Her all-Beth Anderson recordings are out on Other Minds (Namely, 2020), Albany (Quilt Music, 2004), New World (Swales & Angels, 2004), and Pogus (Peachy Keen-o, 2003). Other Minds (10+2=12 American Text Sound Works, 2003). Born in Kentucky, she studied primarily in northern California with John Cage, Terry Riley, Robert Ashley and Larry Austin-at Mills College and U.C. Davis. She is a resident of Brooklyn and a member of International Association of Women in Music and a board member of New York Women Composers.

(Photo: Molly Sheridan)