2024
January - ALICE will be presented at the 2024 National Opera Association Conference with director Robert Breault.
April - ALICE will receive its full orchestra premiere at the University of Utah (Robert Breault, director; Robert Baldwin, conductor) in their 2000-seat Kingsbury Hall with a full, SATB chorus.
2023
January - Listening on a text by Amy Lowell was premiered at the University of Washington and Lee in Lexington VA. Commissioned and premiered by Collective Euphona, Scott Williamson, Founder. A video of the premiere can be viewed here: https://youtu.be/F5rE8eMKCQc
February - The children's book, I Love You, Stinky Face by Lisa McCourt (with sales totaling over 9 million copies) received its musical premiere at the Barinoff Theatre in Safety Harbor, FL (premiered by soprano Kelly Balmaceda and pianist Joshua Cessna) to benefit the Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital Music Therapy Program. A video will be released soon.
March 5 - Katia on Mt. Unzen received a Chicago performance at the International Women's Day Concert in Chicago.
April 21 - Duke University (David Heid, director) performed "A Mad Tea Party" from ALICE as a staged scene.
Spring - the East Chapel Hill High School Orchestra (Conducted by Ryan Ellefsen) premiered the full orchestra version of Amy's work, La Loba, composed while she was a PhD candidate at Duke.
July - ALICE received its chamber orchestra premiere in Wichita Falls, TX at the Red River Lyric Opera Festival (Produced by Darla Diltz, Conducted by Kristin Roach, Directed by Grace Edgar, Choreographed by Christina Reaves). More information can be found here: http://redriverlyric.com/
Fall - ALICE won third place in the Professional Opera Division of the American Prize. The opera was presented at the 2023 Women's Theatre Festival with director Grace Edgar, who went on to direct the opera at the Red River Lyric Opera Festival. ALICE received its chamber orchestra premiere at the 2023 Red River Lyric Opera Festival where Scurria served as their first composer-in-residence. Produced by Darla Diltz and RRLO, Directed by Grace Edgar, Conducted by Kristin Roach, choreographed by ChristinaNoel Reaves.
2022
January - ALICE, An Operatic Wonderland (with text by Zane Corriher and Kelly Balmaceda) received its piano/vocal workshop premiere at the Maguire Theater of Arts of the Albemarle in Elizabeth City, NC. Produced by Kelly Balmaceda and Music Off Main. More information can be found at www.amyscurria.com/alice
April - Amy's lucid dreaming experiences and her work on ALICE were included as an episode on a major podcast that received millions of listens. Hosted by comedian Kate Berlant, and produced by Vox Media. The episode can be heard here: https://podcasts.voxmedia.com/show/are-you-sleeping
June - Katia on Mt. Unzen on a text by Germaine Shames (about the life and death of Katia Krafft) was premiered in New York City through the Art Song Preservation Society of New York (Premiered by mezzo, Madison Marie McIntosh and pianist, Shaobai Yuan). A video of the premiere can be viewed here: https://youtu.be/cpKSAbKkeIY
September 23 - A Severed Chord with libretto by renowned actor Jeff Shankley received a concert premiere in Palm Beach, Florida to benefit the Gray Team and is now being developed into Amy's third opera, Delirium. An example of the work can be heard through these links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FG1W43BFHqs and https://youtu.be/U4ZDndABvKE and https://youtu.be/NnYhkTJBwC8
2020
Amy is currently creating a new opera, ALICE, An Operatic Wonderland, with singer and producer Kelly Balmaceda. She's also launched a radio show, Composer’s Studio, that features interviews with living composers. Previous interviews are archived.
2016
Amy Scurria's album, Beyond a Lullaby, was released in spring 2016.
2015
Composition
Department of Music