“We try on different versions of ourselves and project these temporal selves as cast shadows on the walls.” Hennies’s arrangement of Hidalgo’s work is another key part of the performance. The piece, ...

I started by asking her what a contralto is. SARAH HENNIES: In traditional choral music, there are different categories of singers that are separated by gender, male and female. So the ones most ...

"This idea of the so-called female voice does not exist. A female voice is the voice of a person who is female," said Sarah Hennies, composer of "Contralto." "Contralto," is a groundbreaking work ...

When composer Sarah Hennies learned about a neurological theory called “motor tapes” from Oliver Sacks’ book Musicophilia, the concept stuck with her for years. The theory comes from neuroscientist ...

Composer and percussionist Sarah Hennies was born in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1979. She started playing drums when she was nine years old; in her teens she played drums with local college punk rock ...