Amy Scurria

Amy Scurria (Ph.D. Composition, 2015) is a composer whose work spans opera, orchestral music, choral works, and chamber music. Her recent projects include the opera A.L.I.C.E., which has been presented at the Red River Lyric Opera Festival, the Women’s Theatre Festival, and the University of Utah, where it received a full orchestral production. Her music has been performed by ensembles and organizations across the United States, including the Dayton Philharmonic, Triad Vocal Ensemble, and Collective Euphonia. In 2025, her work What Lies Within Us for concert band and narrator—commissioned by World Projects and featuring text by Santa Rosa High School students and Ralph Waldo Emerson—will premiere at Carnegie Hall in New York City. A Duke University Ph.D. alumna, Scurria continues to compose widely performed works for orchestra, opera, choir, and chamber ensembles.