Andrea Clearfield (1960) is an award winning American composer. Her full time schedule of commissions includes music for orchestra, chorus, soloists, chamber ensembles, dance, film and multi-media collaborations. She has been praised by the New York Times for her –graceful tracery and lively, rhythmically vital writing”, the Philadelphia Inquirer for her –virtuosity”, –compositional wizardry” and –mastery with large choral and instrumental forces”, the L.A. Times for her –fluid and glistening orchestration” and by Opera America for her –vivid and galvanizing work” of –timeless beauty”. Her works are performed widely in the U.S. and abroad.