The credit goes to the advice I was given years ago: “whatever you do, don’t stop composing.” It was prophetic, really; on some days it comes as a gush of inspiration, and at other times, a fresh idea needs to settle. But the process of finding a text and empowering it with a new voice – there’s no experience parallel to it.
News
“Across the empty square” awarded the American Prize for Choral Composition (shorter works), 2022. See the prize announcement here.
“Across the empty square” is a finalist in the ACDA Brock competition for professional composers. See ACDA announcement here.
Standing Tall” receives the ACDA Pearl Prize. See ACDA announcement here.
“I had no time to hate” named a co-winner in the Robert Campbell Endowed Choral Composition Prize at Ithaca College, 2022. Read more here.
Review of “A ribbon red as wrapping”, by baritone Roderick Williams: “Voth creatively combines a Purcell ground with her own distinct musical language to produce a beautiful piece. Lovely setting, lovely text.” Listen to the virtual recording here.
Seeing the same stars” selected by the Michigan Choral Commission Consortium: Press release – July 10, 2020
“As night and morning meet”, on the album Every Tiny Thing, now available from Albany Records
Today_I_Will_Webstory from Westminster Choir College – Spring, 2020
CONCORA (Connecticut Choral Artists) features “Of distant skies”