Amy Scurria is a multi-award-winning composer whose work has been recognized by institutions such as the North Carolina Arts Council and Duke University. Her compositions have been performed internationally, including on the Perlman Stage at Carnegie Hall and by the Philadelphia Orchestra at the Kimmel Center.

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Late-diagnosed as autistic, Scurria began composing at age 8, with music serving as her primary language for exploring emotion and experience. Her creative process blends improvisation, movement, and a vivid internal ear—techniques shaped by her unique neurodivergent perspective.

 

In 1998, she became the youngest composer published by Theodore Presser Company, and later founded her own publishing house, Adamo Press. She studied at Rice University, Peabody Conservatory, La Schola Cantorum (now EAMA), and the Aspen Music Festival.

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Scurria’s music does not recount trauma, but asserts survival as a source of power—and art. Her latest opera, A.L.I.C.E., created with her partner and librettist Zane Corriher, was composed almost entirely without piano—direct from mind to page. She was recently commissioned to write a choral work (Inside) based on her lived experience as an autistic artist. Her work dismantles old narratives and reclaims sound as a tool for radical transformation.