Andrea Clearfield
Andrea Clearfield, composer, was recently awarded The American Academy in Rome Fellowship from the American Composers Forum and will be living and composing in Rome next fall.
Andrea's cantata, Kabo Omowale (Welcome Home Child), commissioned by The Philadelphia Orchestra and premiered in 2008, was performed again on January 18, 2010 to celebrate Martin Luther King with Charlotte
Blake Alston, narrator, the Philadelphia All City Choir and The Philadelphia Orchestra, Maestro Thomas Wilkins, conductor.
Andrea traveled through the Himalayas on a trek to the remote northern region of Lo Monthang, Nepal, in 2008 to gather research for a commission from Network for New Music for large chamber ensemble in
collaboration with visual artist Maureen Drdak. The resulting work, Lung-Ta (The Windhorse) was premiered in Philadelphia in March, 2009. Andrea and anthropologist Katey Blumenthal received a grant from The Rubin Foundation to return to Lo Monthang to record and document the music of royal court singer, Tashi Tsering. They will embark on a trek to
this restricted region in May/June 2010.
More information at
www.andreaclearfield.com