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Sage Shurman
2019-20
Alumni

Sage Shurman (b. 2005) is a composer and pianist based in Los Angeles. Amongst other accolades, she is a 2022 winner of the ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Awards and National YoungArts Awards. Sage studies privately with Ian Krouse at UCLA and is a third year fellow in the Los Angeles Philharmonic Nancy and Barry Sanders Composer Fellowship Program. Sage has had her work performed by ensembles including the LA Phil, members of the LACO, Sandbox Percussion, ICE, and Triple Helix. Recently, she has been commissioned by Hub New Music, the Taos Chamber Music Group, and the Cincinnati May Festival.