Talia Berenbaum

Vice President

A native of Denver, Colorado, Talia Berenbaum is a composer and freelancer based out of Rochester, New York. Her music draws on many sources, combining the avant-garde, Jewish folk music, and traditional European classical music. Before joining OSSIA as a board member, Talia was the recipient of its 2023/24 student commission to create an electroacoustic sound installation. Her compositions and arrangements have been performed at numerous recitals, including New Music on the Point and the 2022 Women in Music Festival in Rochester. She has studied composition with Daniel Pesca, Robert Morris, Carlos Sanchez-Gutierrez, and Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon, and trombone with Mark Kellogg, Tim Smith, and Paul Naslund.

She also is active as a performer, having performed at NMOP, done numerous solo recitals, and freelanced around the Finger Lakes region. Talia was the recipient of the Bernard Rogers Memorial Prize two years in a row, and has also received the Belle Gitelman Award and honorable mention in the Israel-Pellman Prize. She holds a BM in Composition and Trombone Performance with High Distinction from the Eastman School of Music and currently works there towards an MM in Composition.

In addition to her work as a musician, Talia enjoys crocheting and spending time with her dog, Sava.