Elaina Stuppler

Elaina Stuppler is a composer, singer, and multi-instrumentalist creating music with themes of positive change. She was recently featured on NPR’s “From the Top” as a Musicians & the Environment Fellow, and selected for the Seattle Symphony’s “Dear Humanity” Concert. She is a three-time YoungArts Winner, DownBeat’s Outstanding Jazz Composition Award recipient, and Luna Composition Lab Fellow. Elaina participates with the Portland Youth Philharmonic and is All Classical Radio’s Young Artist in Residence. Her compositions have been played by the Oregon Symphony and the International Contemporary Ensemble. She has performed at Carnegie Hall, the Sydney Opera House, and the Hollywood Bowl.

“Second Chances”
Music & Lyrics by Elaina Stuppler
Program Mentor: Andrea Daly 
Orchestrator: Anessa Marie Scolpini 
Featuring: Amina Faye

In “Second Chances”, Maria Anna Mozart sings to her brother Wolfgang and the society that cast her aside. Once a prodigy alongside him, she was forced to abandon her musical dreams at 17 due to gender expectations in the 1760s. Now, as Wolfgang returns, she refuses to be treated as an afterthought and challenges the idea of second chances, having never been given a first.