It was so heartening to live stream in to participate in this PARMA Recordings session with the Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra for the recording of my string orchestra piece, “Within Deep Currents.” Seeing musicians playing together again gave me such hope. Not to mention they did a fantastic job bringing the piece to life! I’m looking forward to hearing the session edits!

Photog/journalist, Bob Krasner wrote a very cool article for NYC paper, The Villager about my journey as a composer.
From the 8BC to Carnegie Hall: The improbable journey of composer Rain Worthington

TUTTI Festival Thursday, 7:30 pm March 5, 2020: Conductor Philip Rudd will lead the TUTTI Festival Orchestra in a performance of Yet Still Night at Michael D. Eisner Center for the Performing Arts-Sharon Martin Hall, Denison University, Granville, OH

I am thrilled to announce this career highlight. Conductor Miran Vaupotić and Distinguished Concerts International NY (DCINY) selected my short orchestral piece Still Motion for their “Perpetual Light” concert program.

The program will open with Conductor Miran Vaupotić and the DCINY Orchestra performing works by composers Sergio Cervetti, Arthur Gottschalk, Mark John McEncroe and myself.

The second half will feature “Requiem” by English choral composer, John Rutter with Conductor, Jonathan Griffith and the DCINY Orchestra and Singers.

Tickets & Seating chart

Here’s a preview excerpt video I created with the opening of Still Motion.

Wow, this is a wild ride that you will need to approach with a full open mind and adventurously open ears! With the erudition of a musicologist, Dave Lake is interested in all facets of the music scene. So in his exploration of my journey to becoming a composer it made total sense to add music from my early downtown NYC ensembles, Zone and Hizohi into the mix. Then moving on to some of my first notated instrumental duos and on to some pivotal orchestral pieces! It’s a journey for the adventurous for sure! On WRUU Contemporary Classics 107.5 FM Savannah, GA.

(The core Zone ensemble was bass Mitch McNeil, percussion Mustafa Ahmed, sax Charles Compo, guitar Mark Worthy, Susan Smith Compo adding some occasional vocals & me on a very basic early Casio keyboard. The Roulette performance is a duo gig with vocalist Jill Burton and me on synth. Music tracks also feature 2Flutes: Pamela Sklar & Laura Falzon; violinist Moonkyung Lee, & pianist Martha Locker; cellist Petr Nouzovský, conductor Petr Vronsky & the Moravian Philharmonic; and a shout out to cellist, Carmine Miranda and PARMA Recordings.)

Many thanks to musicologist & music journalist, Ona Jarmalavičiūtė for her intriguing questions and to Classical Music Daily for the publication of this profile conversation.
“Universality of Emotion”
Ona Jarmalavičiūtė talks to American composer Rain Worthington

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!

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!

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)

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!

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.

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.

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!

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.

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.

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.