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14 </div></div></header><!-- #masthead --><div id="content" class="site-content"><div id="primary" class="content-area"><main id="main" class="site-main" role="main"><article id="post-36" class="post-36 page type-page status-publish"><header class="entry-header"><h1 class="entry-title">Biography</h1></header><!-- .entry-header --><aside class="biography-images"><div class="biography-slideshow"><div class="slide"><div class="slide-image"><figure class="acf-responsive-image acf-responsive-image-thumbnail-medium"><a href="https://cdn.juliawolfemusic.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2022/08/NEW_wolfe_julia1_©serling_2022_0980-1900x2850.jpeg?strip=all&quality=88&webp=88&avif=88&sharp=1"><img width="375" height="375" src="https://cdn.juliawolfemusic.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2022/08/NEW_wolfe_julia1_©serling_2022_0980-375x375.jpeg?strip=all&quality=88&webp=88&avif=88&sharp=1" class="attachment-thumbnail-medium size-thumbnail-medium" alt="Julia Wolfe, composer" sizes="(max-width: 430px) calc( 100vw - 60px ), (min-width: 900px) 220px, 354px" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" srcset="https://cdn.juliawolfemusic.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2022/08/NEW_wolfe_julia1_©serling_2022_0980-375x375.jpeg?strip=all&quality=88&webp=88&avif=88&sharp=1 375w, https://cdn.juliawolfemusic.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2022/08/NEW_wolfe_julia1_©serling_2022_0980-250x250.jpeg?strip=all&quality=88&webp=88&avif=88&sharp=1 250w, https://cdn.juliawolfemusic.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2022/08/NEW_wolfe_julia1_©serling_2022_0980-125x125.jpeg?strip=all&quality=88&webp=88&avif=88&sharp=1 125w, https://cdn.juliawolfemusic.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2022/08/NEW_wolfe_julia1_©serling_2022_0980-500x500.jpeg?strip=all&quality=88&webp=88&avif=88&sharp=1 500w, https://cdn.juliawolfemusic.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2022/08/NEW_wolfe_julia1_©serling_2022_0980-750x750.jpeg?strip=all&quality=88&webp=88&avif=88&sharp=1 750w" /><figcaption class="wp-caption-text acf-caption" id="acf-caption-4100"> <span class="photographer">© Peter Serling</span> <span class='download-original-button force-download' data-href='https://juliawolfemusic.com/about/new_wolfe_julia1_serling_2022_0980/'>download original</span></figcaption></a></figure></div></div><!-- .slide --><div class="slide"><div class="slide-image"><figure class="acf-responsive-image acf-responsive-image-thumbnail-medium"><a href="https://cdn.juliawolfemusic.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2019/11/julia_wolfe_photo1_copyright_2009_peter_serling-scaled-1900x2376.jpg?strip=all&quality=88&webp=88&avif=88&sharp=1"><img width="375" height="375" src="https://cdn.juliawolfemusic.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2019/11/julia_wolfe_photo1_copyright_2009_peter_serling-scaled-375x375.jpg?strip=all&quality=88&webp=88&avif=88&sharp=1" class="attachment-thumbnail-medium size-thumbnail-medium" alt="Julia Wolfe, composer" sizes="(max-width: 430px) calc( 100vw - 60px ), (min-width: 900px) 220px, 354px" decoding="async" srcset="https://cdn.juliawolfemusic.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2019/11/julia_wolfe_photo1_copyright_2009_peter_serling-scaled-375x375.jpg?strip=all&quality=88&webp=88&avif=88&sharp=1 375w, https://cdn.juliawolfemusic.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2019/11/julia_wolfe_photo1_copyright_2009_peter_serling-scaled-250x250.jpg?strip=all&quality=88&webp=88&avif=88&sharp=1 250w, https://cdn.juliawolfemusic.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2019/11/julia_wolfe_photo1_copyright_2009_peter_serling-scaled-125x125.jpg?strip=all&quality=88&webp=88&avif=88&sharp=1 125w, https://cdn.juliawolfemusic.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2019/11/julia_wolfe_photo1_copyright_2009_peter_serling-scaled-500x500.jpg?strip=all&quality=88&webp=88&avif=88&sharp=1 500w, https://cdn.juliawolfemusic.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2019/11/julia_wolfe_photo1_copyright_2009_peter_serling-scaled-750x750.jpg?strip=all&quality=88&webp=88&avif=88&sharp=1 750w" /><figcaption class="wp-caption-text acf-caption" id="acf-caption-38"> <span class="photographer">© Peter Serling</span> <span class='download-original-button force-download' data-href='https://juliawolfemusic.com/about/julia_wolfe_photo1_copyright_2009_peter_serling/'>download original</span></figcaption></a></figure></div></div><!-- .slide --><div class="slide"><div class="slide-image"><figure class="acf-responsive-image acf-responsive-image-thumbnail-medium">
14<a href="https://cdn.juliawolfemusic.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2019/11/photo-julia_wolfe_c_peter_serling_2014.jpg?strip=all&quality=88&webp=88&avif=88&sharp=1"><img width="375" height="375" src="https://cdn.juliawolfemusic.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2019/11/photo-julia_wolfe_c_peter_serling_2014-375x375.jpg?strip=all&quality=88&webp=88&avif=88&sharp=1" class="attachment-thumbnail-medium size-thumbnail-medium" alt="Julia Wolfe, composer" sizes="(max-width: 430px) calc( 100vw - 60px ), (min-width: 900px) 220px, 354px" decoding="async" srcset="https://cdn.juliawolfemusic.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2019/11/photo-julia_wolfe_c_peter_serling_2014-375x375.jpg?strip=all&quality=88&webp=88&avif=88&sharp=1 375w, https://cdn.juliawolfemusic.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2019/11/photo-julia_wolfe_c_peter_serling_2014-250x250.jpg?strip=all&quality=88&webp=88&avif=88&sharp=1 250w, https://cdn.juliawolfemusic.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2019/11/photo-julia_wolfe_c_peter_serling_2014-125x125.jpg?strip=all&quality=88&webp=88&avif=88&sharp=1 125w, https://cdn.juliawolfemusic.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2019/11/photo-julia_wolfe_c_peter_serling_2014-500x500.jpg?strip=all&quality=88&webp=88&avif=88&sharp=1 500w, https://cdn.juliawolfemusic.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2019/11/photo-julia_wolfe_c_peter_serling_2014-750x750.jpg?strip=all&quality=88&webp=88&avif=88&sharp=1 750w, https://cdn.juliawolfemusic.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2019/11/photo-julia_wolfe_c_peter_serling_2014-1200x1200.jpg?strip=all&quality=88&webp=88&avif=88&sharp=1 1200w" /><figcaption class="wp-caption-text acf-caption" id="acf-caption-40"> <span class="photographer">© Peter Serling</span> <span class='download-original-button force-download' data-href='https://juliawolfemusic.com/about/photo-julia_wolfe_c_peter_serling_2014/'>download original</span></figcaption></a></figure></div></div><!-- .slide --><div class="slide"><div class="slide-image"><figure class="acf-responsive-image acf-responsive-image-thumbnail-medium"><a href="https://cdn.juliawolfemusic.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2023/05/080903_wolfe_bw_©serling_0423-1900x2776.jpg?strip=all&quality=88&webp=88&avif=88&sharp=1"><img width="375" height="375" src="https://cdn.juliawolfemusic.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2023/05/080903_wolfe_bw_©serling_0423-375x375.jpg?strip=all&quality=88&webp=88&avif=88&sharp=1" class="attachment-thumbnail-medium size-thumbnail-medium" alt="Julia Wolfe, composer" sizes="(max-width: 430px) calc( 100vw - 60px ), (min-width: 900px) 220px, 354px" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://cdn.juliawolfemusic.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2023/05/080903_wolfe_bw_©serling_0423-375x375.jpg?strip=all&quality=88&webp=88&avif=88&sharp=1 375w, https://cdn.juliawolfemusic.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2023/05/080903_wolfe_bw_©serling_0423-250x250.jpg?strip=all&quality=88&webp=88&avif=88&sharp=1 250w, https://cdn.juliawolfemusic.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2023/05/080903_wolfe_bw_©serling_0423-125x125.jpg?strip=all&quality=88&webp=88&avif=88&sharp=1 125w, https://cdn.juliawolfemusic.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2023/05/080903_wolfe_bw_©serling_0423-500x500.jpg?strip=all&quality=88&webp=88&avif=88&sharp=1 500w, https://cdn.juliawolfemusic.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2023/05/080903_wolfe_bw_©serling_0423-750x750.jpg?strip=all&quality=88&webp=88&avif=88&sharp=1 750w" /><figcaption class="wp-caption-text acf-caption" id="acf-caption-4738"> <span class="photographer">© Peter Serling</span> <span class='download-original-button force-download' data-href='https://juliawolfemusic.com/about/080903_wolfe_bw_serling_0423/'>download original</span></figcaption></a></figure></div></div><!-- .slide --><div class="slide"><div class="slide-image"><figure class="acf-responsive-image acf-responsive-image-thumbnail-medium">
14<a href="https://cdn.juliawolfemusic.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2022/02/Julia-Wolfe-by-Peter-Serling.jpg?strip=all&quality=88&webp=88&avif=88&sharp=1"><img width="375" height="375" src="https://cdn.juliawolfemusic.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2022/02/Julia-Wolfe-by-Peter-Serling-375x375.jpg?strip=all&quality=88&webp=88&avif=88&sharp=1" class="attachment-thumbnail-medium size-thumbnail-medium" alt="Julia Wolfe, composer" sizes="(max-width: 430px) calc( 100vw - 60px ), (min-width: 900px) 220px, 354px" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://cdn.juliawolfemusic.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2022/02/Julia-Wolfe-by-Peter-Serling-375x375.jpg?strip=all&quality=88&webp=88&avif=88&sharp=1 375w, https://cdn.juliawolfemusic.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2022/02/Julia-Wolfe-by-Peter-Serling-250x250.jpg?strip=all&quality=88&webp=88&avif=88&sharp=1 250w, https://cdn.juliawolfemusic.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2022/02/Julia-Wolfe-by-Peter-Serling-125x125.jpg?strip=all&quality=88&webp=88&avif=88&sharp=1 125w, https://cdn.juliawolfemusic.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2022/02/Julia-Wolfe-by-Peter-Serling-500x500.jpg?strip=all&quality=88&webp=88&avif=88&sharp=1 500w, https://cdn.juliawolfemusic.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2022/02/Julia-Wolfe-by-Peter-Serling-750x750.jpg?strip=all&quality=88&webp=88&avif=88&sharp=1 750w" /><figcaption class="wp-caption-text acf-caption" id="acf-caption-3937"> <span class="photographer">© Peter Serling</span> <span class='download-original-button force-download' data-href='https://juliawolfemusic.com/about/julia-wolfe-by-peter-serling/'>download original</span></figcaption></a></figure></div></div><!-- .slide --></div><div class="biography-slideshow-nav" id="biography-slideshow-nav"> <img src="https://cdn.juliawolfemusic.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2022/08/NEW_wolfe_julia1_©serling_2022_0980-125x125.jpeg?strip=all&quality=88&webp=88&avif=88&sharp=1" alt=""> <img src="https://cdn.juliawolfemusic.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2019/11/julia_wolfe_photo1_copyright_2009_peter_serling-scaled-125x125.jpg?strip=all&quality=88&webp=88&avif=88&sharp=1" alt=""> <img src="https://cdn.juliawolfemusic.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2019/11/photo-julia_wolfe_c_peter_serling_2014-125x125.jpg?strip=all&quality=88&webp=88&avif=88&sharp=1" alt=""> <img src="https://cdn.juliawolfemusic.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2023/05/080903_wolfe_bw_©serling_0423-125x125.jpg?strip=all&quality=88&webp=88&avif=88&sharp=1" alt=""> <img src="https://cdn.juliawolfemusic.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2022/02/Julia-Wolfe-by-Peter-Serling-125x125.jpg?strip=all&quality=88&webp=88&avif=88&sharp=1" alt=""></div></aside><div class="entry-content"><div class="bio-nav"> <button class="bio-nav-button bio-nav-button-long bio-nav-button-active" data-tab="long-bio">long bio</button> <button class="bio-nav-button bio-nav-button-short" data-tab="short-bio">short bio</button></div><div class="bio-content"><div class="tab bio-content-tab" id="long-bio"><p class="intro">Julia Wolfeâs music is distinguished by an intense physicality and a relentless power that pushes performers to extremes and demands attention from the audience. She draws inspiration from folk, classical, and rock genres, bringing a modern sensibility to each while simultaneously tearing down the walls between them.</p><p dir="ltr">In the 2026-2027 season, Wolfe sees four premieres of her critically-acclaimed work <a href="https://juliawolfemusic.com/music/fire-in-my-mouth/"><em>Fire in my mouth</em></a>, based on the garment industry in New York City at the turn of the 20th century, with a focus on the tragic 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire and its aftermath.</p><p dir="ltr">In September, conductor Marin Alsop and the Philharmonia Orchestra give the UK premiere at the Southbank Centre, with London Voices. In November, the Rotterdam Philharmonic and conductor Brad Lubman give the Dutch premiere at the de Doelen Center in Rotterdam and the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam with the National Choir. In May, Alsop brings <em>Fire in my mouth</em> to Cincinnati’s May Festival for the Ohio premiere with the Cincinnati Symphony and May Festival Chorus.</p><p dir="ltr">Five performances of <a href="https://juliawolfemusic.com/music/liberty-bell/"><em>Liberty Bell</em></a> occur this season. In August, the Grant Park Music Festival and conductor Giancarlo Guerrero give the Chicago premiere; the Philadelphia Orchestra, with conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin give the Philadelphia and New York City premieres in October; and in November Giancarlo Guerrero and the Nashville Symphony give the Tennessee premiere, and Jaap Van Zweden and the Chicago Symphony give a reprise Chicago performance.</p><p dir="ltr">In January, conductor Teddy Abrams leads the Louisville Orchestra in the US premiere of Wolfe’s orchestral arrangement of her Pulitzer Prize-winning work, <a href="https://juliawolfemusic.com/music/anthracite-fields/"><em>Anthracite Fields</em></a>, with the Louisville Choir and Cardinal Singers. This arrangement was co-commissioned by the Louisville Orchestra, the BBC Philharmonic, the Antwerp Symphony, and Trinity Wall Street.</p><p dir="ltr">Recent premieres include <a href="https://juliawolfemusic.com/music/liberty-bell/"><em>Liberty Bell</em></a>, premiered by the Houston Symphony in September 2025 â co-commissioned by the Houston Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, Carnegie Hall, the Grant Park Music Festival, and the Nashville Symphony. The work celebrates the iconic Liberty Bell â a major symbol of American democracy. Taking the bellâs inscription literally, âunto all the inhabitants thereofâ, the proclamation speaks to all who reach for the promise of liberty.</p><p dir="ltr"><a href="https://juliawolfemusic.com/pretty/"><em>Pretty</em></a>, premiered in June 2023 by conductor Kirill Petrenko and the Berlin Philharmonic. Co-commissioned by the Berlin Philharmonic, Houston Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, and the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, <em>Pretty</em> is a raucous celebration â embracing the grit of fiddling, the relentlessness of work rhythms, and inspired by the distortion and reverberation of rock and roll.</p><p dir="ltr"><a href="https://juliawolfemusic.com/music/her-story/"><em>Her Story</em></a>, a 45-minute semi-staged work for orchestra and womenâs chamber choir, received its world premiere in September 2022 with the Nashville Symphony, conductor Giancarlo Guerrero, the vocal ensemble Lorelei, and stage direction by Anne Kauffman. Co-commissioned by the Nashville Symphony, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, and National Symphony Orchestra, <em>Her Story</em> invokes the words of historical figures and the spirit of pivotal moments to pay tribute to the centuries of ongoing struggle for equal rights and representation for women in America.</p><p dir="ltr">The 2019 world premiere of <a href="https://juliawolfemusic.com/music/fire-in-my-mouth/"><em>Fire in my mouth</em></a> â a large-scale work for orchestra and womenâs chorus â by the New York Philharmonic with The Crossing and the Young Peopleâs Chorus of New York City, addresses the plight of young immigrant women working in New York City’s garment industry at the turn of the century. The work received extensive acclaim â one reviewer called it âa monumental achievement in high musical drama, among the most commandingly imaginative and emotively potent works of any kind that Iâve ever experienced.â (The Nation Magazine) The work is the third in a series of compositions about the American worker: 2009âs <a href="https://juliawolfemusic.com/music/steel-hammer/"><em>Steel Hammer</em></a> examines the folk-hero John Henry, and the 2015 Pulitzer prize-winning work, <a href="https://juliawolfemusic.com/music/anthracite-fields/"><em>Anthracite Fields</em></a>, a concert-length oratorio for chorus and instruments, draws on oral histories, interviews, speeches, and more to honor the people who persevered and endured in the Pennsylvania Anthracite coal region. Mark Swed of the LA Times wrote, <em>Anthracite Fields</em> âcaptures not only the sadness of hard lives lostâ¦but also of the sweetness and passion of a way of daily life now also lost. The music compels without overstatement. This is a major, profound work.â</p><p dir="ltr">Other recent works include <a href="https://juliawolfemusic.com/music/forbidden-love/"><em>
14Forbidden Love</em></a> (2019), a string quartet performed by percussionists, written for SÅ Percussion and co-commissioned by Carnegie Hall, the LA Philharmonic, and the Kennedy Center; <a href="https://juliawolfemusic.com/music/flower-power/"><em>Flower Power</em></a> (2020), a concerto for the Bang on a Can All-Stars co-commissioned by the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Danish National Symphony; and <a href="https://juliawolfemusic.com/music/oxygen/"><em>Oxygen</em></a> (2021) for 12 flutes, commissioned by the National Flute Association â a version for twelve flute choirs (144 flutes) was premiered in August 2022 at the National Flute Convention in Chicago.</p><p dir="ltr">Wolfe has written a major body of work for strings, from quartets to full orchestra. Her quartets “combine the violent forward drive of rock music with an aura of minimalist serenity [using] the four instruments as a big guitar, whipping psychedelic states of mind into frenzied and ecstatic climaxes.” (The New Yorker Magazine) Wolfe’s <a href="https://juliawolfemusic.com/music/cruel-sister/"><em>Cruel Sister</em></a> for string orchestra, inspired by a traditional English ballad, was commissioned by the Munich Chamber Orchestra and received its U.S. premiere at the Spoleto Festival. <a href="https://juliawolfemusic.com/music/fuel/"><em>Fuel</em></a> for string orchestra is a collaboration with filmmaker Bill Morrison, and <em><a href="https://juliawolfemusic.com/music/spinning/">Spinning</a></em> is a multi-media work written for cellist Maya Beiser with visuals by Laurie Olinder.</p><p dir="ltr">Wolfe has collaborated with theater artist Anna Deavere Smith, projection/scenic designer Jeff Sugg, filmmaker Bill Morrison, visual artist Laurie Olinder, and directors Anne Bogart, François Girard, and Anne Kauffman, among others. Her music has been heard at venues throughout the world, including Carnegie Hall, the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Lincoln Center, Muziekgebouw (Netherlands), Southbank and Barbican Centres (UK), Settembre Musica (Italy), and Theatre de la Ville (France.) Wolfeâs music has been recorded on Decca Gold, Naxos, Cantaloupe Music, Teldec, Sony Classical, and Universal.</p><p dir="ltr">In addition to receiving the 2015 Pulitzer Prize in Music, Wolfe was a 2016 MacArthur Fellow. She received the 2015 Herb Alpert Award in Music, and was named Musical Americaâs 2019 Composer of the Year. Julia Wolfe is co-founder/co-artistic director of New Yorkâs legendary music collective Bang on a Can, and she is Artistic Director of NYU Steinhardt Music Composition.</p><p dir="ltr">Her music is published by <a href="http://www.redpoppymusic.com/">Red Poppy Music</a> and <a href="https://www.ricordi.com/en-US/">G. Ricordi & Co., New York</a> (ASCAP) and is distributed worldwide by the Universal Music Publishing Group.</p></div><div class="tab bio-content-tab" id="short-bio"><p class="intro">Julia Wolfeâs music is distinguished by an intense physicality and a relentless power that pushes performers to extremes and demands attention from the audience. She draws inspiration from folk, classical, and rock genres, bringing a modern sensibility to each while simultaneously tearing down the walls between them.</p><p dir="ltr">Wolfe’s recent premieres include <a href="https://juliawolfemusic.com/music/liberty-bell/"><em>Liberty Bell</em></a>, premiered by the Houston Symphony in September 2025 â co-commissioned by the Houston Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, Carnegie Hall, the Grant Park Music Festival, and the Nashville Symphony. The work celebrates the iconic Liberty Bell â a major symbol of American democracy. Taking the bellâs inscription literally, âunto all the inhabitants thereofâ, the proclamation speaks to all who reach for the promise of liberty.</p><p dir="ltr"><a href="https://juliawolfemusic.com/pretty/"><em>Pretty</em></a>, premiered in June 2023 by conductor Kirill Petrenko and the Berlin Philharmonic. Co-commissioned by the Berlin Philharmonic, Houston Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, and the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, <em>Pretty</em> is a raucous celebration â embracing the grit of fiddling, the relentlessness of work rhythms, and inspired by the distortion and reverberation of rock and roll.</p><p dir="ltr"><a href="https://juliawolfemusic.com/music/unearth/"><em>unEarth</em></a>, commissioned and premiered in June 2023 by the New York Philharmonic, is a large-scale work for orchestra, menâs chorus, and childrenâs chorus that addresses the climate crisis. Performed in three movements, the 40 minute piece is realized with spatial staging and scenic design projected on a large circular screen.</p><p dir="ltr"><a href="https://juliawolfemusic.com/music/her-story/"><em>Her Story</em></a>, a 45-minute semi-staged work for orchestra and womenâs chamber choir, received its world premiere in September 2022 with the Nashville Symphony, conductor Giancarlo Guerrero, the vocal ensemble Lorelei, and stage direction by Anne Kauffman. Co-commissioned by the Nashville Symphony, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, and National Symphony Orchestra, <em>Her Story</em> invokes the words of historical figures and the spirit of pivotal moments to pay tribute to the centuries of ongoing struggle for equal rights and representation for women in America.</p><p dir="ltr">In addition to receiving the 2015 Pulitzer Prize in Music, Wolfe was a 2016 MacArthur Fellow. She received the 2015 Herb Alpert Award in Music, and was named Musical Americaâs 2019 Composer of the Year. Julia Wolfe is co-founder/co-artistic director of New Yorkâs legendary music collective Bang on a Can, and she is Artistic Director of NYU Steinhardt Music Composition.</p><p dir="ltr">Her music is published by <a href="http://www.redpoppymusic.com/">Red Poppy Music</a> and <a href="https://www.ricordi.com/en-US/">G. Ricordi & Co., New York</a> (ASCAP) and is distributed worldwide by the Universal Music Publishing Group.</p></div></div></div><!-- .entry-content --></article><!-- #post-## --></main><!-- #main --></div><!-- #primary --></div><!-- #content --><footer id="colophon" class="site-footer" role="contentinfo"><div class="site-footer-inner"><div class="site-info"><p>All materials</p><p>© 2026 Red Poppy, Ltd.</p></div><!-- .site-info --></div></footer><!-- #colophon --></div><!-- #page -->
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