7 Meetings is a piece for Harp and Guitar in 7 movements written in 2016. Dedicated to Bridget Kibbey, the piece describes the teachings of a master, who in the Afro-Brazilian religion is referred to as ” Mãe de Santo”. The 7 Meetings are the seven encounters with the master, and each movement is about a particular revelation or advice.
Called the “Yo-Yo Ma of the harp,” by Vogue’s Senior Editor Corey Seymour, Bridget Kibbeyis a winner of the prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant and Concert Artists Guild. Kibbey has fast gained a reputation for her diverse, energetic programming that spans the baroque, French Masterworks, and rhythmic migration in South America.
