KITTY BRAZELTON

the music I make

Two recent pieces:

CROWS (for string quartet): I. A murder of… 2. Allopreening 3. Gifting

A Woman Alone But Not Lonely: Todd Rewoldt, alto sax, Jai Jeffryes, piano

Ongoing Projects:

NEW! in-progress mixes towards ATMOS immersive audio!

EARTHQUAKE! FIRE STORM

Jala Smriti—Vaibu Mohan, libretto—Kitty Brazelton, music—

Vaibu and Kitty in shock — **WINNER, 96 Hour Project** **2024,** Antinori Foundation Grand Prize + a commission from Atlanta Opera to create a full opera

Atlanta Opera 96 Hour Project Competition, June 17, 2024, screen shot

Recursion and Release created by MASARY 2023 Providence RI

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Listen to Recursion and Release, live Dec. 2, 2023

Created by MASARY Studios, Boston

Kitty Brazelton, music, Jack Kornfield, words, from “A Meditation on Letting Go”, used by permission

Barbara Hill, soprano, Teri Kowiak, mezzo, Eric Christopher Perry, tenor, Stephan Griffin, baritone, Nathan Halbur, bass

Photos by Misha Barshteyn, 2023

Recursion and Release, 12/1-3/23, Grace Episcopal Church, Providence RI

““impressive nerve ... a pop-operatic pow ... orchestrated like Kate Bush kickin’ it with the Mingus Big Band.””

— David Fricke, Rolling Stone

““Brazelton is a dynamo on stage.””

— The New York Times

““brilliant, boisterous and quintessentially downtown...””

— Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times

““Few composers are as uninhibited in saying exactly what they want to say...””

— Ken Smith, Gramophone

““...through sheer will and implied sexuality… Brazelton wrote herself into the score... the cohesion of the music comes from her expression of then and now.”

— Daniel Webster, The Philadelphia Inquirer

““brilliant sonic palettes... passionate vocals and her edgy, yearning delivery... urgency and allure.””

— Dan Ouellette, Schwann Guide

““you might wonder how someone’s musical appetite can be quite so voracious... Hard to resist.””

— Andy Hamilton, THE WIRE

“ “What Is It Like To Be A Bat” is a hellacious squall of sound that is never boring and wholly original… like the soundtrack [to] a pending Armageddon.”

— Mitchell J. Ryan, Boston Herald

““[Brazelton] isn’t interested in cheap irony or vain attempts at hipness... she’s stylistically inclusive because she simply wants to make interesting and original sounds.””

— Danny Felsenfeld, Time Out New York

““Vocalist/composer/educator Kitty Brazelton is a true musical renaissance woman.””

— Glenn Astarita, AllMusic Guide

““...rips the entire postscript that is postmodern rock to the ground... Brilliant and dangerous...””

— Thom Jurek, AllMusicGuide