ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE KATHRYN BOSTIC
2020-2023
The Artist-in-Residence program is one of Chicago Sinfonietta’s many efforts to champion important voices and evolve the relationship between artists and audience. The partnership is designed to highlight creativity that could only be achieved through collaboration, by contributing to the creation of new music and community impact ventures.
Composer and singer/songwriter Kathryn Bostic is known for her original work on film, TV, theater and symphonic music. Emmy nominated for her score in the award winning films “Amy Tan:Unintended Memoir” and “Toni Morrison- The Pieces I am,” she is a recipient of many fellowships and awards including the prestigious Sundance Time Warner Fellowship, Sundance Fellowship for Feature Film Scoring, Sundance/Skywalker Documentary Film Scoring, African American Film Critics Award for Best Music in Film, BMI Conducting Fellowship and Society of Composers and Lyricists “Outstanding Music for Independent Feature Film.”
Kathryn was the Vice President of the Alliance for Women Film Composers from 2016-2018. A member of the Television Academy of Arts and Sciences, in 2016 she became the first female African American score composer in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences. We are thrilled to have her with us as our inaugural Artist-in-Residence for 2020 - 2023.
Part of the residency includes heavy involvement in the orchestra’s community programs as well as new orchestral commissions:
- Portrait of a Peaceful Warrior (Premiered during Common Ground: Collective Stories in 2020)
- The Great Migration: A Symphony in Celebration of August Wilson (Premiered during CS's Annual MLK Tribute Concert in 2021)
- Letters From Moral Courage (Premiering during THUNDER in January 2023)
And finally, learn more about Kathryn, her composing process, and the influence of August Wilson in our interview from 2021.
