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Beth Ratay
Czech-American composer Beth Ratay is a versatile musician who is able to craft music using a wide variety of styles and techniques. From music possessed of a quiet, understated grace, to music based on mathematical concepts, to emotive and hilarious opera, Ratay's music is engaging, charming and beautiful.
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Biography
Beth Ratay has had her music performed by diverse ensembles such as Earplay, West Edge Opera, Coalescence Percussion Duo, the Phoenix Symphony Chorus, Ninth Planet, The Hartford Opera Theater, and the Oregon Bach Festival Composer’s Ensemble. Her studies on the relationship of text to music in the work of Leoš Janáček and symmetric or layered musical structures in the music of Harrison Birtwistle strongly informs her own compositions. Beth is a strong and continued supporter of new music as the Artistic Director for the Boston New Music Initiative.
Ratay is also active as a performer. She has a youtube channel with a series called “Twoofer Tuesday” which showcases a work for flute duet by a living composer each week. She was also the principal flutist for the University of California, Santa Cruz Orchestra and for the April in Santa Cruz New Music Festival for three consecutive years and has been a member of the Back Bay Chorale and the San Francisco Symphony Chorus.
Dr. Ratay also enjoys teaching, especially general education classes, and has taught at Bunker Hill Community College, Roxbury Community College, Hartnell College, Gavilan College, and the University of California, Santa Cruz. Beth currently lives with her amazing family including one husband, two sons, and one cat in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Ratay is also active as a performer. She has a youtube channel with a series called “Twoofer Tuesday” which showcases a work for flute duet by a living composer each week. She was also the principal flutist for the University of California, Santa Cruz Orchestra and for the April in Santa Cruz New Music Festival for three consecutive years and has been a member of the Back Bay Chorale and the San Francisco Symphony Chorus.
Dr. Ratay also enjoys teaching, especially general education classes, and has taught at Bunker Hill Community College, Roxbury Community College, Hartnell College, Gavilan College, and the University of California, Santa Cruz. Beth currently lives with her amazing family including one husband, two sons, and one cat in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
