Harriet Steinke is a composer from Detroit, Michigan. Her work has been premiered by soloists, chamber ensembles, and orchestras across the United States. She was awarded 2023 Charles Ives scholarship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters and has received composition fellowships from the Tanglewood, Aspen, and Norfolk summer festivals.

Recent commissions include new works for the Akropolis Reed Quintet, Beth Morrison Projects, the Albany Symphony Orchestra, the Red Clay Saxophone Quartet, the Yale Cellos, Bowling Green State University Wind Ensemble, the Civic Orchestra of New Haven, AREPO contemporary ensemble, Virago, Grand Band, Pro Musica of Detroit, Detroit Chamber Winds & Strings, Eighth Blackbird Creative Lab, and the Tanglewood Music Center. She has also worked closely with several soloists, including pianist Lisa Moore, clarinetist Lloyd Van’t Hoff, vocalist Molly Yuko McGuire, saxophonist Perry Roth, cellist Kellen Degnan, and percussionists Sijia Huang & Makana Medeiros.

She has taught musicianship, private composition lessons, and composition workshops for both K-12, undergraduate, and graduate students and has given guest lectures and masterclasses at universities including Wayne State University, Stephen F. Austin University, Notre Dame College, Butler University, University of North Carolina Greensboro, and Duke University. 

She holds degrees in music and english from Butler University and two graduate degrees in music composition from the Yale School of Music. She has also worked as a professional grant writer, artistic operations manager, and business development director for several arts and non-arts organizations. Her primary composition teachers include Michael Schelle, Martin Bresnick, Chris Theofanidis, Aaron Jay Kernis, and David Lang.