Interview with Alyssa Weinberg (’16) in I Care If You Listen
The Curtis composition alumna, whose newly commissioned work, “Illuminating Arches,” premieres this spring as part of Curtis on Tour, discusses her inspirations and collaborations
Award-winning composer Alyssa Weinberg (Composition ’16) was recently interviewed for I Care If You Listen. Acclaimed for compositions that are “quite literally stunning” by the Chicago Tribune, the Curtis alumna, educator, and founding director of the Composer Institute at the Lake George Music Festival is fascinated with perception and playing with form, subverting audience expectations to create singular works that often feature surreal scenarios. A dedicated educator, Ms. Weinberg currently teaches at Peabody Conservatory, Mannes School of Music, and Juilliard Pre-College.
In the article, the Brooklyn-based composer—whose catalog includes chamber, orchestral, and vocal works, opera, and music for dance—discusses the inspiration for Illuminating Arches, her new string sextet commissioned especially for Curtis on Tour’s upcoming six-city U.S. tour in February and March. Ms. Weinberg talks about her love of string writing, her collaborative relationship with cellist and fellow Curtis alumnus Gabriel Cabezas (’13), her James Turrell-inspired solo cello work Pieces of Light—supported by Curtis’s Daniel W. Dietrich II Young Alumni Fund award—and her passion for educating the next generation of composers.
Read the article HERE, and visit Ms Weinberg’s official website.
Photos of Alyssa Weinberg by Zoe Prinds-Flash.