Composer Shelley Hirsch talked about her improvisation work and her new audio CD “States,” released on TELLUS. Shelley Hirsch is a 1996 Artists’ Fellowship recipient of the New York Foundation for the Arts.
States, Presentation
September 19, 1997
Harvestworks Art & Technology Building
Nolan Park, Building 10a
Governor’s Island, NYC
Shelley Hirsch is an award winning, critically acclaimed vocalist, composer, and storyteller whose solo compositions, staged multimedia works, improvisations, radio plays, surround sound pieces, installations and collaborations havebeen produced and presented in concert halls, clubs, festivals, theaters, museums, galleries and on radio, film and television on five continents. She has received awards. fellowships, grants and residencies from Creative Capital, NYFA, NYSCA, Mary Flagler Carey Trust, NEA and AIRS from the DAAD, Yaddo, Montalvo Arts Center and many more.