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. Her music has been the Eastman Philharmonia, performed at festivals such as New Music on The Point and the 2022 Women in Music Festival in Rochester, she was the recipient of OSSIA New Music Group’s 2023/2024 student commission to create a new sound installation, and she now serves as Vice President of OSSIA. Talia has studied composition with Elizabeth Ogonek, Daniel Pesca, Robert Morris, Carlos Sanchez-Gutierrez, and Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon, and trombone with Mark Kellogg, Tim Smith, and Paul Naslund.

Talia also is active as a performer, appearing with groups like OSSIA, Musica Nova, the Eastman Wind Ensemble, premiering the works of her colleagues, and freelancing in the Finger Lakes region. Talia was the recipient of the Bernard Rogers Memorial Prize twice, 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 works towards an MM in Composition there now.

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