Biography
Alicia Erlandson (b.2004) is a contemporary classical composer based in the Bronx, New York, originally from Detroit, Michigan. She’s studied flute since 2014, taking lessons from Stacey Bellott Jamison from 2019 to 2022. Alicia started composing in March of 2020 and has since been a part of the Wildflower Composers Program (2021), MATA Jr. Festival (2021), Great Plains Composers Workshop (2021), and Luna Lab (2021-2022): studying under Flannery Cunningham, Gabrielle Herbst, and Dawn Norfleet. Her works have been performed by Ellie Sutherland and Arlen Hlusko, the Bergamot Quartet, Rachelle Goter, and members of the International Contemporary Ensemble. From 2021-2022, Alicia privately studied under Michael Maiorana. In 2022, her string quintet Windowpane was awarded the G. Schirmer Prize for Luna Lab, and she was commissioned by the Cincinnati May Festival as part of 25 for 25: A New Time for Choral Music. She’s now pursuing a B.M. in Composition at Mannes School of Music at The New School.
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