Английская Википедия:Amy Scurria
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Amy Scurria (born September 24, 1973) is an American composer.
Biography
Amy Scurria was born into a military family and showed an early interest in music, memorizing the piano assignments of her sister Jackie. At age 11 she took lessons under the Suzuki method and began composing.[1] Scurria graduated from Rice University in Houston, Texas, in 1995 with a bachelor's degree in composition. In 1998 she received a master's degree in composition from Johns Hopkins University. She completed her doctoral degree in 2015 from Duke University in Durham.[2] Dr. Scurria has also studied at La Schola Cantorum in Paris, France.
Teachers she studied with include: Chen Yi, Robert Sirota, Narcis Bonet, Anthony Kelley, and Stephen Jaffe. Her compositions have been performed in the United States, England, Brazil, Spain, Portugal, France, and Japan.[3] She was a composer-in-residence at Shepherd College in Shepherdstown, West Virginia, in 2001.[4]
Personal life
In 2004, Amy Scurria married Zane Corriher. They have a daughter, Lily,[5] who is also a composer.
Honors and awards
- Duke University Evan Frankel Fellowship Recipient
- Duke University Aleane Webb Dissertation Research Award
- Duke University Summer Research Fellowship Recipient
- 1991 Northern Virginia Composition Competition
- 1998 Haddonfeld Young Composers' Competition
- ASCAP Award Recipient, 1999–present
- Winner of Haddonfield Young Composers Competition for Beyond All Walking, 1998
- Music highlighted at National Convention for Women in the Arts, Rice University, 1996
- Winner of N. VA Composition Competition, 1990
- Superior rating in National and State Piano Guild, 1988–91[6]
Works
Selected works include:
- Beyond All Walking for Full Orchestra, (1998)
- A Prayer for SATB Choir, (1999)
- And He Shall Be Like a Tree for SATB Choir and Organ/Piano, (2000)
- We Are Met at Gettysburg for full orchestra (2003) with Steve Heitzeg
- Adaptations (2007)
- La Loba (2008)
- Tiamat (2008)
- Something Borrowed, Something Blue (2008)
- What the Soul Remembers (2009)
- Esperanza Rising (2009)[7]
- Pearl: An Opera in Two Acts (2015)[5]
References
External links
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