Education

Duke University - Durham, NC - 2007-Present
PhD Candidate

La Schola Cantorum - Paris, France - 1999
Summer Composition Program

Peabody Conservatory at Johns Hopkins University - Baltimore, MD - 1996-1998
Masters of Music Composition

Shepherd School of Music at Rice University - Houston, TX - 1991-1995
Bachelor of Music Composition

Aspen Music Festival - Aspen, CO - 1994
Summer Composition Program

Westminster Choir College Composition Program - Princeton, NJ - 1990
Summer Composition Program

 

Commissions

Fort Wayne Alumnae Chapter of Sigma Alpha Iota - Present
Orchestral Work – premiere scheduled for opening concert of 2008/2009 season

 

Long Leaf Opera Company - Present
Chamber opera to be performed at the Carrboro Arts Center

Richmond Symphony - 2005
Wildcats of Deep Run High Alma Mater – Orchestration

Private Commission - 2005
i thank you God for most this amazing for SATB choir and organ
Commissioned for performance by the Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church Choir

Philadelphia Orchestra & Minnesota Orchestra - 2003
We Are Met at Gettysburg for full orchestra composed by Amy Scurria and Steve Heitzeg

Youth Pro Musica - 2003
What is the Beginning?  for SSAA choir

Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church - 2003
In His High Service for SATB choir in honor of Jeffrey Brillhart

Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church - 2002
Thou Who Art Over Us in honor of Jack Moon

Shepherd College Concert Choir, Scott Williamson, Director - 2001
Press Onward for SATB choir

SHE, NYC - 2001
Blossoms for SSAA choir

Vermont Youth Orchestra - 2001
Blessings of Liberty for full orchestra

Private Commission - 2001
Hagar’s Prayer for soprano, piano and trumpet
for the Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church

Bryn Mawr Presbtyerian Church - 1999
Salmo 100  for SATB choir

MarthaSmith - 1994
Variations on Reflection for solo piano

 

Employment

Concert Composer - International - 1994-Present

Commissions from Philadelphia Orchestra, Minnesota Orchestra, Vermont Youth Orchestra, Youth Pro Musica, as well as others (See above for full list of commissions)

Founder and owner of Adamo Press

Commercial Composer - National - 2005-Present

Composed music for Twin Lakes Hospital commercial in Leitchfield, KY in collaboration with Group Nine Marketing Company, Louisville, KY

  • Education, Marketing, Advertising and Service Director – Richmond Piano – Richmond, VA - 2006-2007

Created and maintained new website; Developed and ran education program; Created ads and facilitated marketing for the company; Piano sales; Served as service manager

  • Paralegal - 2003-2006

LeClair Ryan, P.C. - Richmond, VA - Tort Litigation Paralegal:  Medical Malpractice- 2004-2006

  • Swartz Campbell, LLC - Philadelphia, PA - Paralegal, Workers Compensation, Employment and Insurance - 2003-2004
  • Music Education Partnership Coordinator – Settlement Music School - Philadelphia, PA - 1998-2000

    Integrated music instruction for children ages 7-13 in Philadelphia public schools; Interviewed and hired music instructors for program; Prepared financial reports detailing year end and projected budgets; Collated information necessary for grant requests to justify private and government funding

  • Music Teacher - 1996 – 2000

Children’s Music workshop teacher based on Orff and Kodaly methods, Settlement Music School - Philadelphia, PA - 1999-2000

Private Piano Teacher - Houston, TX - 1995-1996

Private Piano Teacher - Richmond, VA - 2006-2007

  • Publishing - 1998-Present

Owner Adamo Press - Durham, NC - 2001-Present

Hildegard Publishing Company, Assistant to the President - Havertown, PA - 1998-1999

Music Copyist - Finale - 1993-Present

Contracted copyist for the Women's Philharmonic - 1998-2000

Projects for Individual Composers and Self - 1993-Present

Pre-Concert Talks / Presentations

We Are Met at Gettysburg Premiere - 2003

Pre-concert discussion / interviews - Kimmel Center - Philadelphia, PA

Post-concert Meet the Composers – Kimmel Center – Philadelphia, PA

Interview and CD distributed to children in public schools throughout Philadelphia

http://www.philorch.org/imaginations/wearemetatgettysburg/amy_diary.htm

Bus Tour to Gettysburg - Gettysburg, PA – Presentation of We Are Met at Gettysburg

Union League - Philadelphia, PA - Roundtable with Richard Moe, Author

Philadelphia Public Schools - Philadelphia, PA – Presentations of We Are Met at Gettysburg

Pre-concert discussion – Concert Hall – Minneapolis, MN

Post-concert Meet the Composers – Concert Hall – Minneapolis, MN

Minnesota History Center - Minneapolis, MN – Presentation of We Are Met at Gettysburg

YWCA - Minneapolis, MN – Presentation of We Are Met at Gettysburg

  • Guest Composer in Residence – Shepherd College - Shepherdstown, WV - 2001

Performances of Scurria works throughout the week

Masterclass with Individual Student Composers

Panel discussion

Choral concert with premiere of commissioned work, Press Onward as well as other works

Pre-concert talk at premiere of Press Onward

Post-concert discussion at premiere of Press Onward                       

  • Pre-Concert Talk – Beyond All Walking Premiere - 1998

Tweeter Center (formerly the E-Center), Camden, NJ

Honors and Awards

Inclusion in Theodore Presser Composer Gallery - 2002-Present

Winner of Haddonfield Young Composers Competition – Beyond All Walking - 1998

Co-Founder of Peabody Conservatory Recording Cooperative - 1998

Participant in a Master Class with John Corigliano, Peabody Conservatory - 1996

Superior rating in National and State Piano Guild - 1988-1991

Radio Performances and Interviews

    Interview on WRTI, Philadelphia, PA (NPR) featuring We Are Met At Gettysburg

    Interview on MPR, Minneapolis, MN featuring We Are Met At Gettysburg

    Radio performances on:

WRTI, Philadelphia, PA

MPR, Minneapolis, MN

WCVT, Burlington, VT

WPRB FM Classical Discoveries, Princeton, NJ

Kohlrobi Classics, 90.7 FM, Kohlrobi, CA

Online and Print Articles

Style Weekly – The Ivory Trade

http://www.styleweekly.com/article.asp?idarticle=14738

 

Tom and Arnold Broido of Theodore Presser
http://www.newmusicbox.org/first-person/feb00/part6.html

 

Classical Net Review by Steve Schwartz

http://www.classical.net/music/recs/reviews/s/scu00001a.html

 

Piano Lane – Interview with a Rising Star

http://www.pianolane.com/v2/news/viewarticle.asp?id=429

 

The Civil War News

http://www.civilwarnews.com/archive/articles/we_are_met.htm

 

Classical Discoveries Playlist

http://ourworld.cs.com/clasdis/playlist20020319.html

 

Preservation Online

http://www.nationaltrust.org/magazine/archives/arc_mag/ma03yttrustme.htm

 

We Are Met At Gettysburg for the Philadelphia Orchestra

http://www.philorch.org/imaginations/wearemetatgettysburg/index.htm

 

Today in Music History

http://www.violinstudent.com/history/september/september24.html

 

The Philadelphia Orchestra E-News

http://www.kimmelcenter.org/styles/poa02e/www/enews_20030123.html

Committees

List of Compositions

(click here for comprehensive listing including sound files)

Published by Theodore Presser Company

A Prayer - SATB Choir - 1999

And He Shall Be Like a Tree - SATB Choir - 1999

Beyond All Walking - full orchestra - 1998 

  • Published by Adamo Press

Tiamat - trombone, euphonium, tuba - 2008

Adaptations - solo piano - 2007

i thank you God for most this amazing - SATB choir and organ - 2005

We Are Met at Gettysburg - full orchestra - 2003

What is the Beginning? - SSAA choir - 2003

In His High Service - SATB choir - 2003

Thou Who Art Over Us - SATB choir and organ- 2002

Press Onward - SATB choir - 2001

Blossoms - SSAA choir - 2001

Blessings of Liberty - full orchestra - 2001


Hagar’s Prayer - soprano, trumpet and piano - 2001


Advent - soprano and piano - 2000


Salmo 100 - SATB choir - 1999


Amen - 8 Amens for SATB Choir - 1999


Passion for Guitar - 1998


Five Haiku - soprano, baritone and chamber orchestra - 1998


Fugue and Chorale - for String Orchestra - 1997


Impromptu - tenor and piano - 1996

         
Rains Alive - tenor and piano - 1996     

      
Games Children Play - solo violin - 1995


Variations on Reflection - solo piano - 1994


A Winter of Flowers - song cycle (four songs) – soprano and piano - 1994


A Wedding March for Jacqueline - organ and trumpet - 1993


Fantasy for Piano - solo piano - 1993


Duo for Clarinet and Horn - 1993


Vocalise - solo piano - 1992


Furchte Dich Nicht - flute, trumpet, two violins, viola, cello, and double bass - 1991


After Tomorrow - solo piano - 1990


Unforgettable Moments - solo piano - 1989


Class of '91 - solo piano - 1991


Silent Words - solo piano - 1991


Charlotte - solo piano - 1988


Simple Thoughts for solo piano - 1988


The Irish Song - solo piano - 1989


Upon Reflection - solo piano - 1989


A Fork in the Road - solo piano - 1989


Sometimes in the Evening - solo piano - 1986

Volunteer and Other Interests

Chester United Methodist Church – Youth Group Volunteer - 2005 – 2007

Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN) - Volunteer - 2005 - 2006

Maymont - Volunteer - 2005

Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church Choir - Bryn Mawr, PA - 2000 – 2004

Albemarle Hopeline Women and Children’s Center - Elizabeth City, NC - 1994-1995

Mentor

Organized and ran a children’s music program to aid in expression and self confidence

Volunteer to accompany children to visits to courthouse and police departments

Houston Area Women’s Center (HAWC) - Houston, TX - 1991-1996

Member of Students Organized Against Rape (SOAR), Rice University

Made presentations at local high schools on the importance of respect and personal boundaries

Co-Wrote and Acted in Scruples, a play for incoming Rice University Freshman on the issues of dating, date rape, personal boundaries and respect

Rice University Cycling Team (only female team-member) - Rice University, Houston, TX - 1993-1994

Peer Counselor - Robert E. Lee High School – Springfield, VA - 1991

Acted as peer counselor to high school and elementary aged students

Made presentations at local elementary schools on the issue of peer pressures and self-confidence

Competitive Equestrian - 1981-1991

Flying Airshow- 1989-1991

Served as aircrew loading passengers into bi-planes

Performed various acts and stunts as part of the show