Denisch is Professor at Berklee College of Music and has taught at Boston University, Northeastern University, and the University of Massachusetts.
She is a member of the International Alliance for Women in Music; an ASCAP composer and publisher member; and was the founding director of the American Composers Forum New England.
World Premiere in Munich, Germany
All of Us, an orchestral suite by Beth Denisch
Rainbow Sound Orchestra; Mary Ellen Kitchens, Conductor
Saturday, October 24, 2026, at 6:00 PM
Himmelfahrtskirche, Kidlerstraße15.81371
For more information about All of Us:
Contemporary Counterpoint
“Beth Denisch’s expertise and love of composition shine through in this clearly written, elegant guide to counterpoint. This book is an excellent resource that will fill in a lot of blanks for intermediate composers and offer a trove of new, easy-to-follow ideas for beginners.”
Yanvalou
Yanvalou, on the 2025 Grammy nominated CD Alone/Together, is a lively dance inspired by Katherine Dunham, hailed as the Matriarch of Black Dance. Ms. Dunham was a pioneering dance anthropologist, community and political activist, and a leader in bringing African culture to the attention of the American dance and general public. Her groundbreaking fieldwork in anthropology included the Haitian Yanvalou dance and Rada traditions on which this music is based.
The Beacon Ensemble
The Beacon Ensemble – Beason New Music Festival played Beth Denisch’s string quartet, The Hermit, at the Beacon Hill Friends House in Boston onTuesday, July 8th at 7:00 PM.
All of Us
Five orchestras will premiere Denisch’s current project, “All of Us: An Orchestral Suite Honoring Queer Community and Visionary Leadership.” Each co-commissioning orchestra selected a leader to honor: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter (Minnesota Philharmonic Orchestra, US), Steve Nobles (Rainbow Symphony Orchestra Cologne, DE), Monique Wittig (Rainbow Symphony Orchestra (Paris, FR), Micky Wenngatz (Rainbow Sound Orchestra–Munich, DE), and Alan Turing (Birmingham Gay Symphony Orchestra, UK). All orchestras will play the complete suite in their 2026-2027 concert season.
The Tree House
Denisch’s “The Tree House” will be performed on Saturday, May 9th, at 4:00 PM in Concord, MA by the Concord Women’s Chorus, Jane Ring Frank, Director. Go to concordwomenschorus.org for more information.
“…fierce rhythmic patterns,” Bernard Holland, New York Times
“… brimmed with personality and drive …” Anthony Tommasini, The Boston Globe
“.. absolutely first-rate stuff… wonderfully evocative … simply splendid,” David Cleary, New Music Connoisseur
“.. colorful .. pictorial .. ends joyfully and ebulliently.” Ellen Pfeifer, Boston Herald
“..a delightfully jazzy romp .. highly entertaining and imaginative work.” Peter Burwasser, New Music Connoisseur
“.. sparing and imaginative .. bucolic and serene .. syncopated and delightfully stylized ..” Richard Johnson, Bay Windows
“.. a resolute music that is also powerfully accessible.” Women in the Arts St. Louis, MO
“For anyone seeking an enlightening, entertaining, eclectic mixture, this is a CD not to be missed.” Ronald Horner, Journal of the International Alliance of Women in Music (reviewing “Jordan and the Dog Woman”)