Andrea Clearfield, composer

Andrea Clearfield's compositions for chorus, orchestra, instrumental and vocal soloists and mixed chamber ensembles are performed internationally. Her recent commissions include works for The Philadelphia Orchestra, Orchestra 2001, Network for New Music, The Debussy Trio, Dolce Suono Chamber Music Series, the Mendelssohn Club and the Turtle Creek Chorale. She has been praised by The Philadelphia Inquirer for her "virtuosity," "compositional wizardry" and "mastery with large choral and instrumental forces".

She has received grants and awards from ASCAP, the NEA, The Leeway Foundation, the American Music Center, the American Composers Forum, the International Alliance for Women in Music, the Independence Foundation, and the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts. She has been awarded fellowships at Yaddo, where she has held the Aaron Copland Residency for an American Composer, as well as the MacDowell Colony, Blue Mountain Center, Ucross, Ragdale, the Helen Wurlitzer Foundation and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, among others.

A native of Philadelphia, Dr. Clearfield received a D.M.A. in composition from Temple University. She serves on the composition faculty at The University of the Arts and is also the host and founder of the Philadelphia Salon concert series featuring contemporary, classical, jazz, electronic and world music, now celebrating its 22nd Year.

Andrea Clearfield website