Andrea Clearfield

b. 1960

American

Summary

Creating deep emotive musical languages that build cultural and artistic bridges, the music of Andrea Clearfield is performed widely in the U.S. and abroad. She has written over 170 works for opera, chorus, orchestra, chamber ensemble, dance and multimedia collaborations, exploring subjects ranging from freedom and oppression to ancient cultures, environmental sustainability, health and healing, gender and technology. Among her works are seventeen cantatas including one for The Philadelphia Orchestra with librettist Charlotte Blake Alston. She has been awarded a Pew Center International Residency Award, a Pew Fellowship in the Arts, two Independence Foundation Fellowships, two Fellowships at the Rockefeller Foundation’s Bellagio Center and Fellowships at the American Academy in Rome, Yaddo, MacDowell and Copland House among others. Dr. Clearfield has served on the Board of the Recording Academy/Grammy’s Philadelphia Chapter and currently serves on the executive board of Wildflower Composers, supporting young female, transgender, non-binary, and genderqueer composers. Passionate about building community around the arts, she is also founder and host of the Philadelphia SALON featuring contemporary, classical, jazz, electronic, dance, multimedia and world music since 1986. She is represented by Black Tea Music.

More at andreaclearfield.com

Photo of Andrea Clearfield by Vanessa Freire

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