From Behind the Caravan

CANTALA (Lawrence University Women's Choir)
Phillip A. Swan, Conductor

Matthew Michilec, viola
Tristan Renfrow, percussion
Ange Dvorak, Amanda Ketchpaw, Cayla Rosché, soli

From Behind the Caravan: Songs of Hâfez, movement II - suffer no grief

from the program, "Jekyll, Hyde . . . and Seek"
2011 National ACDA Conference - Chicago, IL

Suffer No Grief - by Abbie Betinis

Concert: Epics and Elegies
In Collaboration with the Colorado College Chamber Chorus
Cynthia Robinson, viola; Jerry Grandel, percussion
Recorded live in Shove Chapel, Colorado Springs - November, 2011


Closer to the Fire (Movement 3: From Behind the Caravan: Songs of Hafez) by Abbie Betinis

Concert: Epics and Elegies
In Collaboration with the Colorado College Chamber Chorus
Cynthia Robinson, viola; Jerry Grandel, percussion
Recorded live in Shove Chapel, Colorado College
Colorado Springs, CO - November, 2011


Suffer no grief (Movement 2: From Behind the Caravan; Songs of Hafez), by Abbie Betinis

Reviewed as "whirling, soaring" and "audacious... edgy... and thrilling," the music of Abbie Betinis is being performed increasingly in the United States and abroad.

Abbie has received nearly fifty commissions for new music, by organizations such as the American Suzuki Foundation, Cantus, Cornell University, and the Dale Warland Singers.  In 2011, NPR Music and New York's WQXR Radio listed her in the top 100 Composers Under Forty.  A McKnight Fellowship recipient, she has been composer-in-residence with The Schubert Club since 2005, and has also held residencies with The Rose Ensemble and The Singers--Minnesota Choral Artists.

Abbie lives with her grand piano, Lester, at the tippy-top of a restored 19th century walk-up in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

From Behind the Caravan

Abbie Betinis, composer