Collection: Srinivasan, Asha

Indian-American composer Asha Srinivasan draws from her Western musical training and her Indian heritage to create her compositional language. Her music has been presented at various venues and has been discussed in dissertations and scholarly work. In 2019, she was commissioned by the East Carolina University NewMusic Initiative Commissioning Program. Her composition Dviraag was awarded at the 2011 Thailand International Composition Festival and won the 2015 Flute New Music Consortium competition. In 2012, Alarm Will Sound premiered Svara-lila at the Mizzou International Composers Festival. She has also won national commissioning competitions, including the BMI Foundation's Women's Music Commission and the Flute/Cello Commissioning Circle. Her works have been released on CD by MSR Classics, Ablaze Records, Mark Records, Beauport Classical, and SEAMUS CD Series (vol. 22). From 2016-18, she served on the board of the American Composers Forum and served as panel judge in 2017 and 2018 for the National Endowment for the Arts. In 2012, she co-hosted the SEAMUS national conference at Lawrence University. Her studies include: D.M.A. Composition at University of Maryland, College Park; M.Mus. Computer Music Composition and Music Theory Pedagogy at the Peabody Conservatory, and B.A. at Goucher College. Ms. Srinivasan is currently an Associate Professor of Music at Lawrence University. For further details about her other works, please visit twocomposers.org.