Alicia Erlandson
Alicia Erlandson (age 20) is a composer based in the Bronx, New York, originally from Detroit, Michigan. She has been a part of the Wildflower Composers Program, MATA Jr. Festival, and Great Plains Composers Workshop, studying under Flannery Cunningham, Gabrielle Herbst, and Dawn Norfleet. In 2022, her string quintet Windowpane was awarded the G. Schirmer Prize at Luna Composition Lab, and she was commissioned by the Cincinnati May Festival as part of 25 for 25: A New Time for Choral Music. She is currently pursuing a B.M. in Composition at Mannes School of Music at The New School.