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"It's a magpie of influences, even contemporary influences, but it adds up to something personal, just as Rachmaninoff's music does. Also, like Rachmaninoff, Scurria's dramatic and lyrical interpenetrate. The singing is intense, slightly melancholy, the drama tinged with tenderness. During my first couple of hearings, I tended to listen to the work as that of a young composer and was impressed by the variety of textures, highlighting and mixing sections, nonetheless part of a real symphonic argument. Very quickly, however, I realized that, young or old, Scurria is one fine composer." - Steve Schwartz (Classical Net Review)
Amy Scurria is currently working on a PhD in music composition at Duke University. She holds degrees in Music Composition from the Peabody Conservatory at Johns Hopkins University (Masters) and The Shepherd School of Music at Rice University in Houston, TX (Bachelors). She has also studied composition at La Schola Cantorum in Paris, France with Samuel Adler, Philip Lasser and Narcis Bonet, the Aspen Music Festival, and the Westminster Choir College summer composition program. Having had her first commission in 1994, Ms Scurria has since been commissioned by such groups as the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Minnesota Orchestra (co-commission), the Vermont Youth Orchestra, Shepherd College in WV, SHE (an a cappella women's choir in NYC dedicated to raising money for NYC charities through music), and the Bryn Mawr (PA) Presbyterian Church, as well as others.
Amy Scurria is one of the youngest composers published by Theodore Presser Company. (Her music is also now published by Adamo Press.) Her music has been heard throughout the United States, Brazil (heard by audiences of over 10,000), Paris, and various cathedrals in England. Ms Scurria grew up singing in church choirs and with madrigal groups and began teaching herself piano as well as the basics of writing music by the age of eight. Her serious study of piano began at eleven and, soon after, she had written several pieces for solo piano. By seventeen, she had received several piano performance awards and was frequently performing her works throughout the state of VA.
Her honors and awards have included four consecutive ASCAP Plus Awards, the 1998 Winner of the Haddonfield Young Composers' Competition and 1991 Winner of the Northern Virginia Composition Competition. Her music has been aired on WCVT, Burlington, VT, WPRB, Princeton, NJ, and Kohlrobi Classics, 90.7 FM, CA. Internet features have included New Music Box, Piano Lane, and Classical Net Review. Ms Scurria is affiliated with ASCAP, Theodore Presser Company, Adamo Press, CPCC, American Composers Forum, and NACUSA.
Ms. Scurria believes that "Music is a powerful and unusual language that, when spoken well, can reach the deepest part of the human spirit."
Put together the first music video for one of the songs, that being for the song "Eel Marsh House", which is based on the movie "The Woman In Black". Wasn't sure to name it that instead of 'Eel Marsh..." ...Eel Marsh House being where the woman in black 'lived', and now haunts it. Though, she seems to haunt the general area of the village as well as the House. If anyone catches her gaze, looks into her eyes....a child will die, usually from the family of the person unfortunate to look at her. As you see what happens to the story's main character at the end.
Hope you like it, that's about all for now, Cheers! Rob
Wrath Of The Raven's Dance - "Eel Marsh House" - Video
Hey, stopping by to wish you a great weekend. It's been a long week here so I am looking forward to playing some music and relaxing a bit. Hope all is well. much love ~adrian adriannrhen. com
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Thank you for adding me to this page. I was the first one added and I posted the first comment on your original page nearly two years ago if I recall. I still love your music today. Keep it up.
Hi Amy! I am so glad I found your page! I enjoyed listening to samples of your work here. Let me know if you've ever got anything going on in Chicago. Stay in touch! -allison
This is Zach from CUMC. Hope everything is going well with you and Zane. God just gave with this wonderful idea this morning and i would love to share i with you and Zane. So if you could please give me a call that would be great.
-ZACH
P.S. If you dont have my number any more it is 804-909-3728
RENAISSANCE COURT has a NEW song up, with REAL vocals(long time listener's will know what that means)....Thanks to British Renaissance vocalist Suzanne Sear for her voice on "Variations On A Theme: Witchfinder", have a listen!!
