“There is a deep interiority to this music . . . a composer of considerable imagination, emotional expressiveness, and poetic sensibility.”
–American Record Guide
Self-taught in composition, Rain Worthington’s catalog includes works for orchestra, chamber ensembles, duos, solos and miniatures.
Performances of Worthington’s compositions have spanned the globe from Brazil to Iceland, Cyprus to Korea, Italy to India. Her work takes “. . . ideas of American musical style to a new place – like a walk in a familiar, yet very different park” – Chamber Music.
2020 performances of her orchestral works include Still Motion performed at Carnegie Hall February 2020 on the DCINY concert series and Yet Still Night at the TUTTI Festival at Denison University. Shredding Glass received its World Premiere in Brazil in June 2019. Worthington received a 2020 commission for a new violin/piano work from violinist Audrey Wright.
Navona Records upcoming release of Shadows of the Wind is scheduled for 2020. Recent 2019 Navona Records’ releases include In Passages –violin soloist and string orchestra and Full Circle –cello soloist and orchestra.
Worthington is Artistic Administrator & Composer Advocate for the New York Women Composers.