Amy Austria (formerly Gravell, b. 1998) is an emerging composer, clarinetist, and educator. She obtained her Bachelor's Degree in Music Studies from Texas State University, where she studied music education and composition. She studied classical and jazz composition under esteemed composers Michael Ippolito and Hank Hehmsoth, and clarinet under Vanguel Tangarov.
Amy began composing for ensembles as a high school student, which resulted in her first public performance of a work in 2016. She was one of the selected winners of the Austin Symphony Orchestra Texas Young Composers Competition in 2017 and 2018, which included public performances by the Austin Symphony. Her recent works span a wide variety of instrumentations, including for concert band, string quartet, chorus, chamber groups, and solo instruments. Amy was a selected participant in the 2020 Great Plains Composers Workshop and had a work premiered at the 2023 Music For All National Concert Band Festival. She has a published clarinet instruction book through Troy Nelson Music and has taught dozens of clarinet students across central Texas as their private lessons instructor.
