# Amanda Harberg

Amanda Harberg (born 1973) is an American composer and pianist of classical music whose work has been performed internationally. She is currently on the composition faculty at the Berklee College of Music and has been on the faculty for the Juilliard School advancement program as well as the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University.
Notable students include Tito Muñoz. She is notable for orchestral work like her Piccolo Concerto, Clarinet Concerto, and Tuba Sonata, as well as wind band work.

## Biography

Harberg studied piano and composition in her early youth. She earned a BM and Masters in Music from the Juilliard School, studying with David Diamond. She subsequently received a Fulbright–Hays Fellowship to study in Europe with Frederic Rzewski. She later received a PhD from Rutgers University.
Dr. Harberg’s music has been praised by the New York Times as “a sultry excursion into lyricism,” and by Yannick Nézet-Séguin as “she shrugs off the mundane and explores the unexpected.” “She invigorates the brain and touches the soul. I love her work,” says composer John Corigliano.
Harberg has worked on the faculty for Rutgers University’s Mason Gross School of the Arts and the Juilliard School’s Advancement Program. She is currently on the composition faculty for the Berklee College of Music and the Interlochen Center for the Arts during the summer.

## List of compositions
### Orchestra

* Elegy (2007) for viola and string orchestra
* Viola Concerto (2012) for viola and orchestra
* Of Earth and Air (2013) orchestra
* Elegy (2013) for orchestra
* Prayer (2014) for orchestra
* Solis (2015) for orchestra
* On Rousseau (2016) for orchestra; commissioned by the Bay Atlantic Symphony
* Piccolo Concerto (2021) for piccolo and orchestra; performed by Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra with soloist Erica Peel
* Clarinet Concerto (Harberg) (2022) for clarinet and orchestra; also version for wind band

### Chamber Music

* On the Edge (1997) for two cellos
* Poem and Transformation (2000) for flute and piano
* Tenement Rhapsody (2005) for two pianos or clarinet ensemble (2011)
* Elegy (2017) for viola and piano
* Philadelphia Suite (2007) for viola and piano
* Birding in the Palisades (2009) for flute and piano
* Prayer (2011) for flute or viola and piano
* Venus Unhinged (2011) for two amflified sopranos, flute, oboe, clarinet in Bb, bassoon, soprano saxophone, baritone saxophone, horn, trumpet in C, tromebone, percussion, synthesizer, two violins, viola, cello, bass
* Feathers and Wax (2014) for flute and piano; Winner of the 2016 National Flute Association Newly Published Music award
* Sonata for Clarinet and Piano (2015) for clarinet in Bb and piano
* Sadie’s Birthday Adventures (2016) for narrator, clarinet (bass Bb), bass trombone, double bass, percussion, and piano
* Court Dances (2017) for flute and piano
* Suite for Wind Quintet (2017) for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, and bassoon
* Sonata for Piccolo and Piano (2018) for piccolo and piano
* Mementos (2020) for flute and guitar
* Fever Dreams (2020) for three piccolos and piano
* Luca’s Garden (2021) for clarinet in Bb, violin, cello, and piano
* Bassoon Sonata (2021) for bassoon and piano
* Crossroads (2022) for flute, clarinet in A or English Horn, and piano
* Aria (2022) for flute, clarinet in A, and piano
* Tuba Sonata (2023) for tuba and piano
* This! (2023) for solo flute and flute ensemble
* Oh, Snap! (2024) for clarinet in Bb and piano

### Choral Music

* Apparitions (2008) for SATB a cappella chorus
* This! (2022) for flute and SATB a cappella chorus

### Solo Non-Piano Music

* For Sydney (2011) for solo viola
* Toccata (2013) for organ; Commissioned by the Grand Rapids Presbyterian Church for organist Helen Hofmeister Hawley.
* Don’t Forget to Write (2020) for solo clarinet or piccolo

### Solo Piano Music

* Piano Sonata (1992) for solo piano
* 5 Short Pieces (1994) for solo piano
* Breathing Songs (2002) for solo piano
* Up Up and Away (2010) for solo piano
* A Conversation (2015) for piano solo
* Rock Star (2015) for piano solo
* Windswept (2015) for piano solo
* When We Sat for Tea (2015) for piano solo
* Woodland Toccata (2015) for piano solo
* Four Sisters (2024) for solo piano