Amanda Harberg (born 1973) is an American composer and pianist of classical music whose work has been performed internationally. She is currently on the composition faculty at the Berklee College of Music and has been on the faculty for the Juilliard School advancement program as well as the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University. Notable students include Tito Muñoz. She is notable for orchestral work like her "Piccolo Concerto", "Clarinet Concerto", and "Tuba Sonata", as well as wind band work. Biography. Harberg studied piano and composition in her early youth. She earned a BM and Masters in Music from the Juilliard School, studying with David Diamond. She subsequently received a Fulbright–Hays Fellowship to study in Europe with Frederic Rzewski. She later received a PhD from Rutgers University. Dr. Harberg’s music has been praised by the New York Times as “a sultry excursion into lyricism,” and by Yannick Nézet-Séguin as “she shrugs off the mundane and explores the unexpected.” “She invigorates the brain and touches the soul. I love her work,” says composer John Corigliano. Harberg has worked on the faculty for Rutgers University’s Mason Gross School of the Arts and the Juilliard School’s Advancement Program. She is currently on the composition faculty for the Berklee College of Music and the Interlochen Center for the Arts during the summer.