Molly Beth Hennig
Composer
| Years at Source: | 2021 |
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| Biography: | Molly Beth Hennig (BM) is a recent graduate of vocal performance and music industry at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. During her time at UWO, she studied composition with Dr. Ed Martin and Dr. John Mayrose and participated in a songwriting masterclass with professional solo artist Alarke/Mary Alouette hosted by the New York Singing Teachers Association at the National Opera Center in New York. Her past works include Lucille (2017), a musical theater solo for piano, strings and voice, First Sting (2019) for solo clarinet, Mr. Eel (2020) for intermediate piano, and Abandonment (2020) for SSAATTBB choir and piano. Current projects are a self-produced album and a piece for Pierrot ensemble. Molly participated in UW Oshkosh theater productions The Fantastics (2017), Sweeney Todd (2018), and the UW Music Department Opera The Tender Land. (2018). Her awards include the Provost's Award for the Oshkosh Celebration of Scholarship & Creative Activity (2019, 2020) and the UWO Music Department Concerto Competition (2019) and Honors Recital (2018, 2020). She was awarded the Office of Student Research & Creative Activity Undergraduate Research grant both for her scholarship of Schumann's Frauenliebe und Leben (2019) and Ligeti’s Mysteries of the Macabre (2020). Molly's academic writing on the performance of Frauenliebe und Leben is featured in the 2021 issue of the Oshkosh Scholar. A recipient of the Leland Coon Fellowship for Musicology, she will continue her education at UW Madison in the fall of 2021. |
| Website: | www.mollybethhennig.com |