Dr. Alyssa Schwartz
Dr. Alyssa Schwartz comes from Jamestown, New York and is the Director
of Bands at Fairmont State University, Director of the Morgantown Community
Orchestra, and Senior Instructor of Flute and Piano through West Virginia University's
Community Music Program. Previously, she has served as Contributing Faculty
in Flute at Dickinson College in Carlisle, PA and as a Lecturer of
Music Theory and Music Education at West Virginia University. She debuted
at New York City's Carnegie Hall in November 2017 and returned for a second
performance the same month as a result of winning 1st prize in the 2017
Golden Classical Music International Competition and 2nd Prize in the 2017
Concert Artists International Music Competition.
Alyssa is a competitive performer, winning 1st Prize in the 2020 International
Music Competition Bonn, the 2019 Florida Flute Association Orchestral
Excerpts Masterclass Competition, 1st Prize in the 2017 International
Grand Prize Virtuoso Competition Senior Division for which she gave her
debut performance at the Wiener Saal Mozarteum in July 2017, 2nd Prize in
the 2016 International Grand Prize Virtuoso Competition, 2nd Prize in the 2016
Golden Classical Music Awards Senior Division, 3rd Prize in the 2016 Golden
Classical Music Awards Chamber Music Division, 1st Prize in the 2016 Oklahoma
Flute Society Collegiate Competition, 3rd Prize in the 2016 Kentucky Flute
Society Due Competition, and 2nd Prize in the 2013 International Flute Symposium
Emerging Artist Competition. Alyssa is a founding member of BETA Quartet,
a professional ensemble that has won 1st Prize in the 2020 France Music
Competition, participated as a semi-finalist in the 2017 Fischoff National
Chamber Music Competition, won 1st Prize in the 2017 Kentucky Flute Society Quartet
Competition, and won 1st Prize in the 2016 WV MTNA Chamber Winds Competition.
In November 2020, Alyssa partnered with Cambridge-based physicist and composer
Domenico Vicinanza and NASA to utilize the first audio recording of a Marsquake
as the structural foundation for a new piece, “Sonification for NASA,” which
was premiered at NASA's SC20 Virtual Conference. She recorded two ringtones
and one alert, composed by Domenico, that are now available for download
for Android and iPhone on NASA's website
here. She also partnered with Domenico on BBC documentary “The Lost Sounds
Orchestra,” which was released in February 2021.
