Stories of womanhood: Sarah Quartel on composing She Sang the Stars

OUP Composer Sarah Quartel discusses her new multi-movement work, She Sang the Stars, which is inspired by the Finnish epic poem the Kalevala.
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ABOUT THE COMPOSER
Sarah Quartel is a Canadian composer and educator known for her fresh and exciting approach to choral music. Sarah writes in a way that connects singer to singer, ensemble to conductor, and performer to audience.
ABOUT THE MUSIC
She Sang the Stars uses the lens of Elias Lönnrot's Finnish epic, the Kalevala, to explore the stages of womanhood. With all texts in English translation, the work's outer movements act as an introduction and conclusion, while the central movements profile three female characters from the Kalevala at different stages of life: Ilmatar (Youth), Lempi (Warrior Mother), and Louhi (Wise Woman).
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Music:
'Water Mother' from She Sang the Stars, performed by the Singing Girls of Texas
Kerra Simons, conductor
Sewon Kim, piano
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