“One of the decade’s more gifted, up-and-coming modern classical composers.”

– Pitchfork

"Snider must be recognized as one of today's most compelling composers for the human voice."

– NPR

"A rising star on the American compositional scene."

– Wall Street Journal

“An important representative of 21st century trends in composition.”

– New York Classical Review

“A potentially significant voice on the American music landscape.”

– Philadephia Inquirer

“Snider’s music lives in an increasingly populous inter-genre space that, as of yet, has produced only a few clear, confident voices. Snider is perhaps the most sophisticated of them all.”

– Pitchfork

“Among the brightest lights to emerge in recent seasons.”

– Time Out New York

“Genre-erasing”

– The New Yorker

Composer Sarah Kirkland Snider writes music of direct expression and vivid narrative that has been hailed as “rapturous” (The New York Times), "groundbreaking" (The Boston Globe), and “poignant, deeply personal.” (The New Yorker.)

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December 20, 2021

NPR Names 'Nausicaa' One of 100 Best Songs of 2021

Emily D'Angelo's widely-praised rendition of Snider's 'Nausicaa' is Song #38.

“Sarah Kirkland Snider is conjoining genres to produce culturally electric new music.”

– Los Angeles Times

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October

2021

Emily D'Angelo Enargeia

26-year-old mezzo-soprano Emily D'Angelo's Deutsche Grammophon debut album 'enargeia' includes original pieces by Hildegard von Bingen, Hildur Guðnadóttir, Missy Mazzoli, and Sarah Kirkland Snider.