Music by Kamala Sankaram

Libretto by Jerre Dye

Music by Kamala Sankaram

Libretto by Cara Ehlenfeldt and Jason Cady

Chamber Opera in Three Acts

Dur. 25 mins

Setting - Manhattan, 1970s

Thumbprint is inspired by the extraordinary transformation of Mukhtar Mai, a young woman whose world was shattered by an act of brutality that could have destroyed her. Instead, she discovers a weapon—her voice—and against all odds, to the astonishment of her country and herself, she seeks justice and finds it. “The worst thing in my life is also the best,” she says. “It has given my life meaning.”

Music by Kamala Sankaram

Libretto by Jerre Dye

For voice and piano

Inspired by the Authorization for the Use of Military Force, this aleatoric piece begins in quiet and blossoms into an aggressive mass of sound.