A M Y S C U R R I A
composer
2024/25 Performances and Commissions
March 11, 2025
What Lies Within Us for Concert Band with Narrator (PREMIERE)
Text by the Students of Santa Rosa High School and Ralph Waldo Emerson
Commissioned by World Projects for the Santa Rosa High School Concert Band
Carnegie Hall, New York, NY
December 6, 2024
Scenes from A.L.I.C.E., An Opera in Two Acts
Duchess: Christian Abbo / Alice: Lily Martin / Chef: Stephen Coolman
Queen of Hearts: Corey Goetz
Linda Lister, Stage Director
Darryl Cooper, Music Director/Conductor
Maren Daynes, Pianist
Christian Abbo, Student Director (Baroness)
Emily Dirks, Production Assistant
Courtney Schwalbe, Production Assistant
Alexia Hamilton, Technical Assistant
Dr. Arturo Rando-Grillot Recital Hall
Lee and Thomas Beam Music Center
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
June 7, 2024
Inside for SATB Choir and Piano (PREMIERE)
Text by Amy Scurria
Commissioned for the Contemporary American Vocal Music Initiative by Dr. Jerron Jorgensen and the Choirs of Southern Oregon University
May 18, 2024
Scenes from A.L.I.C.E., An Opera in Two Acts
Alice: Dana Abbo
Cheshire Cat: Damian Islas
Conductor: Benjamin Keating
Pianist: William Surtees
Stansbury Auditorium, Lawrence University
April 13 & 14, 2024
Listening for high voice, cello, and piano
Text by Amy Lowell
Commissioned by Collective Euphonia, Scott Williamson, Founder
Performed by Julia Lehman (voice), Divya Srijay (cello), and Daniel Seyfried (piano)
Nelson Music Hall, Duke University
April 13 & 14, 2024
When the People for SATB choir and piano (PREMIERE)
Text by Jim Haba
Commissioned by Triad Vocal Ensemble, Conductor Virginia Johnston
for the 2024 Canticles for Life AIDS Benefit Concert
April 13, 2024 - St. Joseph Church, Maplewood, NJ
April 14, 2024 - St. Martin's Church, Bridgewater, NJ
April 12 & 13, 2024
A.L.I.C.E. an opera in two acts
University of Utah Opera and the Utah Philharmonic
Kingsbury Hall - University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
March 17, 2024
Adaptations for solo piano (FRENCH PREMIERE)
Kristin Roach, Piano
L'Amitié Franco-Américaine - Atelier de la Main d'Or
Paris, France
March 8 & 9, 2024
Beyond All Walking for full orchestra
Dayton Philharmonic, Conductor, Neal Gittleman
Schuster Center
Mead Theater
March 3, 2024
Listening for Voice, Cello, and Piano
Julia Lehman (mezzo), Divya Srijay (cello),
and Daniel Seyfried (piano)
Nelson Music Hall, Duke University, Durham, NC