Angelica Sanchez conducting a rehearsal of the Sun Ra Ensemble at Bard College. Photo by Jonathan Asiedu ’24
Angelica Sanchez, assistant professor of music, was inspired by “the sounds of the pitch-dark woods at night” while composing her newest album,
Nighttime Creatures. Reviewing the album for NPR’s
Fresh Air, music critic Kevin Whitehead says that pastoral inspiration is felt throughout the record. “You get a sense of sonic depth, foreground versus background. That sort of spatial awareness is another thing one might cultivate in the woods at night, where the same animal cry can be charming or alarming, depending on distance,” Whitehead says. “For open-eared composer Angelica Sanchez, such encounters set the mind buzzing. On
Nighttime Creatures, she bottles that open-air feeling and brings it into the studio.”
Post Date: 11-21-2023