A.B. Kirsten
@xoabox.bsky.social
composer | author | director | mentor
dancing w/ photons since 1972
SHE/THEY; proud child of an IMMIGRANT; MyBodyIsMINE; tree hugger; magicalfairyqueen; MUSICisGODisLOVE
*lions&swamp monsters, oh my!*
www.amybethkirsten.com
📕 🌈 ✊🏿 ✊🏾 ✊🏽 🌱🌍 ☮️ 🧬 ❤️ 📕🇦🇺
dancing w/ photons since 1972
SHE/THEY; proud child of an IMMIGRANT; MyBodyIsMINE; tree hugger; magicalfairyqueen; MUSICisGODisLOVE
*lions&swamp monsters, oh my!*
www.amybethkirsten.com
📕 🌈 ✊🏿 ✊🏾 ✊🏽 🌱🌍 ☮️ 🧬 ❤️ 📕🇦🇺
Reposted by A.B. Kirsten
"[Kirsten] employs what she calls an “anti-grand opera” approach. “Everyone is involved from the beginning and we influence each other.” When working on a libretto, she is simultaneously workshopping the music and revising along the way, rather than setting the text after the fact."
Amy Beth Kirsten’s Multidimensional Storytelling is on Display in "Infernal Angel"
Yaz Lancaster sits down with Amy Beth Kirsten ahead of the Curtis premiere of her new work, "Infernal Angel," on May 10.
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April 8, 2025 at 6:39 PM
"[Kirsten] employs what she calls an “anti-grand opera” approach. “Everyone is involved from the beginning and we influence each other.” When working on a libretto, she is simultaneously workshopping the music and revising along the way, rather than setting the text after the fact."
I made a scale model of Gould to help me design some of the staging
#infernal_angel2025
World premiere: May 9-10, 2025, Curtis Institute, Philly
#infernal_angel2025
World premiere: May 9-10, 2025, Curtis Institute, Philly
April 13, 2025 at 3:46 PM
I made a scale model of Gould to help me design some of the staging
#infernal_angel2025
World premiere: May 9-10, 2025, Curtis Institute, Philly
#infernal_angel2025
World premiere: May 9-10, 2025, Curtis Institute, Philly
Reposted by A.B. Kirsten
Wait.
So all I have to do to undermine Zuck and Meta a little bit is...talk about a book?
OK
So all I have to do to undermine Zuck and Meta a little bit is...talk about a book?
OK
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Smart Bitches, Trashy Books
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March 15, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Wait.
So all I have to do to undermine Zuck and Meta a little bit is...talk about a book?
OK
So all I have to do to undermine Zuck and Meta a little bit is...talk about a book?
OK
seems like now would be a good time to freeze credit. I mean. Right? This way if “someone” has our info it can’t be used without our permission.
February 18, 2025 at 2:54 PM
seems like now would be a good time to freeze credit. I mean. Right? This way if “someone” has our info it can’t be used without our permission.
keeping the external chatter at bay so I can hear the music inside
February 17, 2025 at 7:17 PM
keeping the external chatter at bay so I can hear the music inside
I’m part kangaroo and this is my joey
February 15, 2025 at 6:51 PM
I’m part kangaroo and this is my joey
Reposted by A.B. Kirsten
It’s important to be informed but it’s equally important to be nourished. Let’s make sustainable spaces for our souls. Let’s feed our imaginations and then use them to cultivate generative communities and beautiful futures. #44PoemsOnBeingWithEachOther #KitchenHymns #OnBeing #poetry
February 15, 2025 at 6:03 PM
It’s important to be informed but it’s equally important to be nourished. Let’s make sustainable spaces for our souls. Let’s feed our imaginations and then use them to cultivate generative communities and beautiful futures. #44PoemsOnBeingWithEachOther #KitchenHymns #OnBeing #poetry