about the composer-clarinetist

BIOGRAPHY

Nadine Silverman is a composer-performer based in Norristown, Pennsylvania. She is an Instructor of music composition, music theory, and aural skills for the Wells School of Music at West Chester University of Pennsylvania, where she graduated with her bachelor’s in 2019. In 2023, she earned concurrent master's degrees in music theory and clarinet performance at Rutgers University’s Mason Gross School of the Arts. Nadine also performs with the East Brunswick Symphony Orchestra and the Danza Wind Quintet. In her free time, she enjoys hiking, kayaking, and playing Pokémon GO with family and friends.

Nadine is the 2023 winner of the International Alliance for Women in Music’s Alex Shapiro Prize for her wind ensemble work, Hope Through the Dark. She has written for the Rutgers University Wind Ensemble, the Rutgers University Concert Band, the West Chester University Low Brass Ensemble, the Albion College Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Voix de Femmes Clarinet Quartet, Fivemind Reeds, Duo Ferula, Pennsylvania Chamber Winds, Orange Road String Quartet, the Nimbus Clarinet Quartet, and many individual performers. Her music explores the depth of human emotion and how we interact with the physical world around us. Nadine’s versatility and skill as a composer-performer have been showcased through the performances of her own works throughout the United States and internationally. In her work, she strives to create a larger chamber repertoire for the clarinet and concert band that is accessible and meaningful to all levels of performers.