Asha Srinivasan
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Asha Srinivasan is currently working on her DMA in Composition at the University of Maryland, College Park, where she is studying under Dr. Robert Gibson. She earned two Master's degrees in Computer Music Composition and Music Theory Pedagogy at the Peabody Conservatory, under the tutelage of Dr. Greg Boyle, Dr. Geoff Wright, and Dr. Paul Mathews. She recently won the BMI Foundation's Commission Competition for Women in New Music, as well as the Walsum and the Prix d'Ete competitions. Performances include a recent premiere of By the River Near Savathi, for clarinet and string trio, by The St. Luke's Ensemble, and Kalpitha, for string quartet, premiered by the Left Bank Quartet. Her electronic pieces have been performed at the SEAMUS Conference (2004 & 2007), the Spark Festival, the Electronic Music Midwest Festival, and The Women in New Music Festival. Being Indian-American, Ms. Srinivasan draws from both her Western musical training and her Indian heritage to create her compositional language.