"The rhythmically thoughtful works of Rain Worthington take ideas
of American musical style to a new place - like a walk in a familiar,
yet very different park."
Rain Worthington has a distinctly unique voice within the field of contemporary music. As critic, Kyle Gann noted in Chamber Music magazine, her music take(s) ideas of American musical style to a new place - like a walk in a familiar, yet very different park... And isn't afraid to come up with its own startling conclusions.
Using the palette of chamber and orchestra instrumentations, Rain Worthington’s work touches the human heart with emotionally evocative music that is nuanced, delicate, powerful and transporting.
Rain Worthington’s music has been heard in New York City loft concerts, performance spaces and dance clubs, to orchestra recordings in Europe and chamber concerts in India. World music, romanticism and minimalism have influenced her compositional style.
Rain’s orchestra composition, Tracing a Dream, was recorded by the Russian Philharmonic Orchestra with Conductor, Ovidiu Marinescu, and released 2011 on PARMA/Navona Records. PARMA/Navona has scheduled a second recording session for Rain’s new orchestral piece, Of Time Remembered. Her orchestral compositions are also released on ERMMedia and CDBaby. Pianist, Max Lifchitz, has recorded her piano music for North/South Recordings.
Zeitgeist, Third Wheel, Englewinds, DoubleEntendre, Ricochet Duo and the North/South Chamber Orchestra have premiered her chamber music. Her composition entry was awarded 1st Prize in the Anton Stadler Competition. Rain’s music has been featured in articles by music journalists, Kyle Gann and Joseph Dalton, and in reviews in the American Record Guide, IAWM Journal, Fanfare, and MusicWeb-International.
She has been awarded grants from Meet The Composer, ASCAP, the American Music Center, NYFA, American Composers Forum, and commissioned by Englewinds.
In addition to composing concert works, Rain serves as Director of Development for the New York Women Composers.
Rain Worthington is a Sponsored Artist at The Field. Contributions are sincerely appreciated and are vital to making recordings of her music possible. If you choose to make a contribution in support of her music, your donation through The Field is tax deductible.
