“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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June 22, 2021
I Care If You Listen Premieres Two Videos for 'Gloria,' from Mass for the Endangered
The Official video and interactive piece were created by Deborah Johnson/CandyStations.
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“Sarah Kirkland Snider is conjoining genres to produce culturally electric new music.”

– Los Angeles Times

Latest Album

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September
25
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2020

Mass for the Endangered

The Mass, with libretto by Nathaniel Bellows, is a celebration of, and elegy for, the natural world, performed by English vocal ensemble Gallicantus, led by Gabriel Crouch.

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Mass for the Endangered: Gloria (Official Video)

Visuals by Deborah Johnson/CandyStations

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