| Amy C Scurria, Composition
I am currently working on a full length opera in collaboration with author, Carol Gilligan, Jonathan Gilligan and grammy nominated conductor, Sara Jobin. Please note: Amy has left the "Music" group at Duke University; some info here might not be up to date. - Contact Info:
- Education:
MMus | Peabody Conservatory of Music | 1998 |
BMus | Rice University | 1995 |
- Specialties:
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Composition
Keyboard
- Research Interests: Women's Studies, Opera, Stravinsky, Debussy
I am currently working on a full length opera with Carol Gilligan, author of In a Different Voice, Krya, and The Birth of Pleasure), Jonathan Gilligan, and grammy nominated conductor Sara Jobin. The opera, Pearl, is based on Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter and presents itself as a modern look at feminism and gender truth and equality in the face of a patriarchal society.
Current projects:
- Pearl, an opera in two acts; Libretto by Carol and Jonathan Gilligan, Multi-media project, Commission for the Fort Wayne Philharmonic for full orchestra, Commission for LongLeaf Opera, Work for Alarm Will Sound
- Areas of Interest:
- Opera
Women Composers Orchestral music Orchestration Choral and Vocal music
- Keywords:
- scurria • composer • woman • opera • orchestra • choral • choir • orchestral • contemporary • female
- Curriculum Vitae
- Recent Publications
(More Publications)
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- Amy Scurria, What the Soul Remembers
(2009), Adamo Press [html] [abs]
- Amy Scurria, Esperanza Rising
(2009), Adamo Press [html] [abs]
- Amy Scurria, La Loba
(2008), Adamo Press [html] [abs]
- Amy Scurria, Tiamat
(2008), Adamo Press [html] [abs]
- Amy Scurria, Something Borrowed, Something Blue
(2008), Adamo Press [html] [abs]
- Selected Commissions
- Philadelphia Orchestra and Minnesota Orchestra, 2002, Philadelphia, PA and Minneapolis, MN [htm]
- What the Soul Remembers, 2009, Fort Wayne, IN [html]
- Esperanza Rising, 2009 [html]
- Private Commission at Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church, 2005, Bryn Mawr, PA
- Youth Pro Musica, March 30, 2003, Boston, MA [forum.aspx]
- Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church, 2003, Bryn Mawr, PA
- Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church, 2002, Bryn Mawr, PA
- Vermont Youth Orchestra, May, 2002, The Elley-Long Music Center, Colchester, VT
- Private Commission, 2001, Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church, Bryn Mawr, PA
- SHE Choir, 2001, New York, NY
- Shepherd College Concert Choir, 2001, Shepherd College, WV
- Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church, 1999, Brazil
- Private Commission, 1994, Houston, TX
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