Carolyn Steinberg (born 1956) is an American flutist and composer.
She went on to study composition with Ludmila Ulehla at the Manhattan School of Music where she received a master's degree, and with and Bernard Rands at Juilliard where she received a Doctor of Musical Arts in 1989.
She also studied in Europe with Franco Donatoni in Siena, Italy, and Brian Ferneyhough and Francis Travis in Germany.
[2] During her studies, Steinberg began working as a music teacher.
Steinberg received the Goddard Lieberson Award of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters in 1990.