Amber Vistein

Amber Vistein (b.1984) is a composer and sound artist based in Cambridge, MA. She is interested in the poetics of timbre, texture, and gesture. And has been praised for her conceptual “acuity” (Big, Red, and Shiny) and “blooming phrases” (New Music Box). She is currently a 4th-year PhD student in the Music department at Brown University. And is a 2017-19 Composition Fellow with American Opera Project’s Composers and the Voice program. 'Man Will Not Outlive the Weather'—her chamber opera for mezzo-soprano, ensemble and electronics—premiered in 2017.