Meet The Artists: Chris Rael
- Susan
- Jan 17
- 1 min read
Chris Rael for Winter Solstice at Howl! Happening
Composer Chris Rael loves to turn short story collections into song cycles. In 2011 he won the New York International Fringe Festival's composition award for Araby, which retold the stories of James Joyce's Dubliners in one song per story. His group Church of Betty is currently recording his latest song cycle: Eleven Kinds of Loneliness, the short stories of Richard Yates, to be released in spring 2026. This penchant for transforming literature into songs makes him a natural devotee of the Bushwick Book Club. He's beyond excited for BBC to interpret Guilt Sport, his own collection of short stories, in January '26. https://chrisrael.org/
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