Kristen Baum

Kristen Baum is an American composer writing works for solo piano, art song, and film. She holds a M.M. in Theory and Composition from Youngstown State University. Her undergraduate degree had a piano performance concentration. Her current project is composing a parallax of Schumann/Chamisso’s Frauenliebe und Leben using erasure poetry techniques. Baum’s art songs frequently center fairy tale retellings. She frequently collaborates with living poets, including Sarah J. Sloat, Sally Rosen Kindred, and Mary McMyne. Her concert works have premiered in Hollywood, Nashville, Michigan, Minneapolis, New York, Baltimore, and Berlin. She splits time between Nashville and Manhattan.