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Amanda Harberg is an American composer and pianist of classical music whose work has been performed internationally. She is currently on the composition faculty at the Berklee College of Music, and has been on the faculty at the Juilliard School as well as the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University. Her work has been performed by leading orchestras worldwide like the New York Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Juilliard School, and New England Conservatory.

Biography
Harberg was raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and studied piano and composition in her early youth, completing her first composition at the age of 5. She earned a BM and Masters in Music from the Juilliard School as the only undergraduate in her class, studying with Stephen Albert, David Diamond, and Robert Beaser, graduating with the Peter Mennin prize and as the only female student. Her music has been performed in venues like Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Disney Hall, Verizon Hall, and the Symphony Center and has been awarded two New Jersey State Council on the Arts Fellowships, a New York State Council on the Arts fellowship, a MacDowell Colony summer residency, New York Youth Symphony First Music Award, and nine National Flute Association Newly Published Music awards. Harberg has worked on the faculty for Rutgers University's Mason Gross School of the Arts and the Juilliard School's Advancement Program. She is currently on the composition faculty for the Berklee College of Music. She has had residencies at schools like Northwestern University's Bienen School of Music, DePaul University, Arizona State University, Lawrence University, University of Nevada, Coastal Carolina University, and Ohio University. She is published by Schott Music. ==Compositions==
Compositions
Orchestra Elegy (2007) for viola and string orchestra • Viola Concerto (2012) for viola and orchestra • Of Earth and Air (2013) orchestra • Elegy (2013) for orchestra • Prayer (2014) for orchestra • Solis (2015) for orchestra • On Rousseau (2016) for orchestra; commissioned by the Bay Atlantic Symphony • Piccolo Concerto (2021) for piccolo and orchestra; performed by Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra with soloist Erica Peel • Clarinet Concerto (2022) for clarinet and orchestra; also version for wind band Chamber music On the Edge (1997) for two cellos • Poem and Transformation (2000) for flute and piano • Tenement Rhapsody (2005) for two pianos or clarinet ensemble (2011) • Elegy (2017) for viola and piano • Philadelphia Suite (2007) for viola and piano • Birding in the Palisades (2009) for flute and piano • Prayer (2011) for flute or viola and piano • Venus Unhinged (2011) for two amplified sopranos, flute, oboe, clarinet in Bb, bassoon, soprano saxophone, baritone saxophone, horn, trumpet in C, trombone, percussion, synthesizer, two violins, viola, cello, bass • Feathers and Wax (2014) for flute and piano; Winner of the 2016 National Flute Association Newly Published Music award • Sonata for Clarinet and Piano (2015) for clarinet in Bb and piano • Sadie’s Birthday Adventures (2016) for narrator, clarinet (bass Bb), bass trombone, double bass, percussion, and piano • Court Dances (2017) for flute and piano • Suite for Wind Quintet (2017) for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, and bassoon • Sonata for Piccolo and Piano (2018) for piccolo and piano • Mementos (2020) for flute and guitar • Fever Dreams (2020) for three piccolos and piano • Luca’s Garden (2021) for clarinet in Bb, violin, cello, and piano • Bassoon Sonata (2021) for bassoon and piano • Crossroads (2022) for flute, clarinet in A or English horn, and piano • Aria (2022) for flute, clarinet in A, and piano • Tuba Sonata (2023) for tuba and piano • This! (2023) for solo flute and flute ensemble • Oh, Snap! (2024) for clarinet in Bb and piano Choral musicApparitions (2008) for SATB a cappella chorus • This! (2022) for flute and SATB a cappella chorus Solo non-piano musicFor Sydney (2011) for solo viola • Toccata (2013) for organ; Commissioned by the Grand Rapids Presbyterian Church for organist Helen Hofmeister Hawley. • Don’t Forget to Write (2020) for solo clarinet or piccolo Solo piano musicPiano Sonata (1992) for solo piano • 5 Short Pieces (1994) for solo piano • Breathing Songs (2002) for solo piano • Up Up and Away (2010) for solo piano • A Conversation (2015) for piano solo • Rock Star (2015) for piano solo • Windswept (2015) for piano solo • When We Sat for Tea (2015) for piano solo • Woodland Toccata (2015) for piano solo • Four Sisters (2024) for solo piano ==Discography==
Discography
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